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From a 200-gallon tank to Capitol Hill to United Nations Oceans Conference, one recent high school graduate is working his way into an adult conversation. Some people call him the Coral Kid. This story is the third in a series highlighting bold initiatives to save Florida's coral reefs.

Off the coast of Miami Beach, an underwater sculpture park serves both as a carbon-capturing reef and an example of women's leadership. It's founder wants people to have a "marine epiphany." This story is the second in a series highlighting bold initiatives to save Florida's coral reefs.

University of Miami graduate students are in a race to prevent coral bleaching before more irreversible damage is done. The Kanopi project, a hexagon-shaped floating shade, is buying coral reefs time – for now. This story is the first in a series highlighting bold initiatives to save Florida's coral reefs.

A new play by S. Asher Gelman explores how political divisions are fracturing Jewish communities in the wake of the Oct. 7 attack on Israel and the ensuing war in Gaza.

To mark International Workers' Day, Coral Gables Arts Cinema will screen the new documentary, “Without Shade, Without Rest.” A rally and march organized by WeCount! will follow. Florida has stymied efforts to have even local protections for outdoor workers.

April is National Sexual Assault Awareness Month and Child Abuse Prevention Month, but former State Senator Lauren Book wants people thinking year round about abused kids. She herself was one of them.

Professor Matthew David Nelson, a Political Science professor, studies how local-level institutions, especially schools and neighborhoods, act as microcosms of democracy. He spoke to CommunityWire reporter Mary Stose about how moving elections to November could increase voter turnout – and the trouble with the attack on mail-in voting.

Will moving elections from April to November save money and bring more voters to the polls, or let local issues get overshadowed by ‘toxic’ politics in Washington? City Commissioners vehemently disagree, and it’s time for voters to have their say.

The ZimSculpt exhibition in the gardens of Bonnet House Museum & Gardens in Fort Lauderdale is a journey through African art and culture. It is open for visitors through April 19.

A mail-in referendum that could shift local elections from April to November, and encourage more participation from citizens already coming out to vote for state, congressional and presidential elections.

Organizers say the third major demonstration against the Trump administration drew about 8 million participants nationwide. The president's approval rating stands at about 36%.

It’s a Tuesday afternoon, and hundreds of runners are lining up, with three pacers ready to guide the way.

At the Human Rights in the Americas Symposium at the University of Miami, panelists argued that homelessness should be addressed as a pressing human rights issue.

Across Miami, the sounds of cheering and clapping morphed into crying and sighing.

DORAL, Fla. – Donation boxes towered over Michelle Williamson as she walked through the Global Empowerment Mission’s warehouse. She pointed to crates stacked ceiling-high with donations bound for Jamaica in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa.

Food insecurity for college and graduate students is a growing problem nationwide, and many struggle to stay nourished when they should be focusing on their studies. A semester of reporting on campus food pantry showed one student journalist the power of the press in galvanizing community action.

After a challenging but ultimately successful season and a 10-2 scorecard, the Miami Hurricanes rocked the collegiate football world by earning a spot in the College Football Playoff (CFP) over Notre Dame’s Fighting Irish, their longtime rivals. Local fans rejoiced and are hoping the Canes make their endzone dreams come true this Saturday, Dec. 20.

When Liv Caiazzo, an 18-year-old freshman studying marine biology and ecology at the University of Miami, returned to her childhood dive site in the Bahamas last spring, she found the reef bleached and lifeless.

Soaring rents, endless drives, and knee-deep floods: welcome to the city of Miami.