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A boy and his mother walk through rubble

Hong Kong, southern China clean up after super typhoon Mangkhut

The category 5 storm hit Southeast Asia over the weekend.

Why Some Miami Businesses Now Accept Argentine Pesos

Business, Economics and Jobs

That’s So Miami: Finding Poetry in City Life

The World

Brazilian Home Buyers Spark a Miami Comeback

Business, Economics and Jobs
The World

Advice Upon Travelling in the Rainforest

The World

The End of Banana Republics?

Richard Schiffman reports from Costa Rica on various recent developments in the banana industry concerning land use and pesticides in Central America.

An Earful on Corn

A new documentary film tells us that if you are what you eat… then today you’re corn.

Almanac/Fete du Limon

This week marks the 70th annual Fete du Citron in Menton, France. The Riviera town used to be the lemon capital of Europe and still throws a giant lemon party every spring.

The World

US deportations to Haiti begin again

Environment

The U.S. deported 27 Haitians on Thursday, as the Obama administration overturned the freeze on repatriations that began one year ago after the earthquake. This group is the first in an unknown number of detainees that will be sent back to their country.

The World

Connecting journalists to local communities via text

Arts, Culture & Media

This week we’re hosting a summit with our friends at WLRN in Miami that’s made possible by the Knight Foundation. We’re experimenting to see how we can use text messaging as a tool for uncovering local issues that matter in Little Haiti, Miami.