Chuck Strouse
Miami New Times
Miami, FL, United States
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Former New Times Art Critic Carlos Suarez de Jesus, Who Died February 3 at Age 61, Is a Forever Legend
Carlos Suarez de Jesus was a uniquely Miami renaissance man. → Read More
New Times News Editor Jessica Lipscomb Wins Prestigious Clarion Award
Miami New Times news editor Jessica Lipscomb has won the 2019 Clarion Award for the best feature story in a weekly newspaper in the United States. Sponsored by the Association for Women in Communications (AWC), the Clarions are a hotly contested national competition. The winning story, "Deadly Dreams," detailed... → Read More
Sun Sentinel Wins Pulitzer Prize in Public Service for Its Coverage of Parkland Shooting
There was a time when the Sentinel was in the Miami Herald's shadow, but with this Pulitzer, and following the last one, it has truly come into its own as a local journalistic powerhouse. → Read More
Crystal Wagar Could Be South Florida's Next Political Leader
Sure, yesterday was a big day in elections. Donald Trump buddy and crook Benjamin Netanyahu won reelection in Israel, Raúl Valdés-Fauli edged out Jeannett Slesnick for mayor in Coral Gables, and there was a statistically bizarre tie for the final council seat in Miami Shores that could mean an April 30... → Read More
Liberty City Hunger Strike: Brave Men and Amazing Publicity, but Little Action So Far
Where are the gun bills, Mayor Carlos Giménez? When do we get increased street patrols, Mayor Francis Suarez? State Sen. Oscar Braynon, I know you are in the minority, but what in hell is happening in Tallahassee? → Read More
Miami Beach Police Spring Break Crackdown Begins
The crackdown begins. After an emergency meeting in which Miami Beach commissioners bemoaned fistfights and rowdiness on South Beach this week. dozens of cops clad in what appeared to be riot gear and riding ATVs moved onto the sands yesterday. In one short video posted on the police Facebook... → Read More
Andrew Gillum Announces Voter Registration Drive at Florida Memorial University in Miami Gardens
Andrew Gillum, who lost in the Florida governor's race to an apparently weaker candidate, Ron DeSantis, will announce a new voter effort at Florida Memorial University in Miami Gardens → Read More
Dolphins Quarterback Ryan Tannehill Heads to the Tennessee Titans on a One-Year Contract
The Dolphins will get a fourth-round pick in 2020 as well as a 2019 seventh-round pick, while the Titans receive Tannehill and a sixth-round pick in 2019. → Read More
Five Reasons Miami Is Better Than Orlando for the State Capital
Boca State Sen. Kevin Rader wants to move the capital to Orlando. He is wrong. → Read More
Protest Calls for Closing Homestead Center for Unaccompanied Immigrant Children
Hundreds of activists plan to rally this morning to shut down the Homestead Detention Center for unaccompanied minors. The center, which is the only one of its type in the nation, will soon — or maybe already has — double in capacity to 2,350, as a tent city in Tornillo... → Read More
Dwyane Wade's Amazing, Buzzer-Beating Three-Pointer Beats Golden State Warriors
In astounding last-minute victory over the NBA champion Golden State Warriors, Dwyane Wade hit an astounding buzzer-beating three pointer that renders completely irrelevant how lousy the Miami Heat's season just may end. The all-star guard, who is playing his last season, had a more-than solid game, scoring 25 points in... → Read More
Jorge Ramos, Banished From Venezuela by Nicolas Maduro, Got the Same Response From Donald Trump
They were ordered to be at the airport this morning and will take a midday flight back to Miami. → Read More
More Than 200 McClatchy Employees Take Buyouts; CEO Calls It Good "for the Future of Our Republic" UPDATED
McClatchy Company CEO Craig Forman announced Wednesday "a bit fewer" than 225 employees had accepted buyout offers and would leave newspapers across the country. Among them are longtime and highly accomplished Miami voices in the gay community, in state politics, and in sports. Also departing is one of the nation's most important reporters covering international politics. → Read More
CBS Corp. Offers Buyouts to Hundreds of Senior Employees Following Buzzfeed, Gannett, Vice and and McClatchy
The CBS Corporation is making buyout offers to hundreds of employees across the country including Miami, New Times has learned. At least 20 highly paid, long-time employees of WFOR/CBS4, the CBS owned-and-operated television station in Doral, began receiving offers last week. Senior Vice President and Associate General Counsel Adam Siegel... → Read More
Exclusive: McClatchy Follows Buzzfeed, Vice and Others in Cutting Staff
The McClatchy cuts were not unexpected after a deal with the Tribune Company fell apart several months ago. Print revenues at daily newspapers as well as web-based publications have been declining recently. → Read More
Five Reasons This Will Be the Most Horrible Super Bowl Ever
Why? Because Tom Brady and company cheated their way to the top of professional sports and will probably win. Because Los Angeles is a detestable community → Read More
Ninth Medical Marijuana Dispensary, the First by Knox Medical, Opens in Miami-Dade
The revolution is here. Knox Medical, one the state's largest medical marijuana companies and the only one based here, opened its first local dispensary about two weeks ago at 175 NW 167th St. in North Miami Beach. The company plans five stores in Miami-Dade County, a Knox spokesman, Scott Klenet, said this... → Read More
Ninth Medical Dispensary, the First By Knox Medical, Opens in Miami-Dade
Miami, which now boasts nine dispensaries, has become a center of the trade. → Read More
Marijuana Reporter Wanted at Miami New Times
Miami New Times is looking for a freelance reporter to cover Florida's burgeoning marijuana scene. The ideal candidate will have a college degree and at least one year of experience reporting on public policy for a credible news publication. → Read More
The Road to Recreational Marijuana in Florida Starts Next Week
Two court decisions and a petition drive could spark a revolution. → Read More