A WLRN investigation found the nonprofit sold homes of clients to Express Homes — owned by Carlos Morales, husband of Miami City Attorney Victoria Méndez — which resold several properties within days.

UNGUARDED: The Guardianship Program of Dade sells properties of ‘incapacitated’ people to a Miami realtor, who reaps big gains

Miami Beach is known for its colorful Art Deco buildings. But more and more, only real estate developers are willing to spend the money it takes to preserve them — if they can build a tall, high-end residential tower on the property. This strategy saves at least part of the old buildings but changes the skyline forever. Preservationists fear this will destroy what makes Miami Beach special. WLRN's Verónica Zaragovia reports on the simmering tensions over historic preservation in an evolving city — throughout the last century and today.

A battle over the soul of Miami Beach: Will developers destroy or save Art Deco?

Miami And County School Board Destroyed A Black Community To Build A Whites Only School

In this Florida Public Media production, journalists explore the high costs of the pandemic for children and young adults who faced some of the greatest obstacles to success in school well before COVID-19 upended public education. For the full series, visit classofcovid.org.

In this Florida Public Media production, journalists explore the high costs of the pandemic for children and young adults who faced some of the greatest obstacles to success in school well before COVID-19 upended public education. For the full series, visit <a href="http://classofcovid.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">classofcovid.org</a>.

Class of COVID-19: An Education Crisis for Florida's Vulnerable Students

Life and loss in Little Haiti, where residents find themselves in the path of a land rush. WLRN and WNYC Studios present the final episode of a three-part series on climate gentrification.

There Goes The Neighborhood: Miami—Part 3 

The fear of mass displacement isn’t paranoia for black people in Liberty City. It’s family history. WLRN and WYNC studios present the second episode of a three part series on climate gentrification.

There Goes The Neighborhood: Miami - Part 2 (From The Stakes)

The sea level is rising--and so is the rent. WLRN and WYNC studios present the first episode of a three part series on climate gentrification.

There Goes the Neighborhood: Miami—Part 1 (from The Stakes)

Florida’s first all-charter school district was engineered by unelected state bureaucrats at then-Gov. Rick Scott’s Department of Education, funded by the state Legislature and carried out by a charter school network based in South Florida, nearly 500 miles away.

Chartered: Florida's First Private Takeover Of A Public School System

For the last couple of years, a school bus driver in Florida City has made prom possible for dozens of teenage girls in South Miami-Dade.

Florida City Mom Makes Prom Special For Teenage Girls After Her Daughter Was Killed

In collaboration with 70 Million, a national podcast that examines criminal justice reforms around the country, WLRN looked at the mechanisms of Miami-Dade County's Criminal Mental Health Project.

How Miami-Dade's Mental Health Program Steers People To Treatment, Not Jail

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Derision 2018: Carl Hiaasen And Dave Barry Take A Look Into Florida's Political Landscape

Stoneman Douglas

The grief and mourning continue for the 17 dead students and staff killed in last week’s mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. But something else is happening among the anguish of the interrupted lives of the victims and survivors. Out of the agony — activism.

Anguish and Activism: Listen To The Students of Stoneman Douglas High

Hurricane Irma was the strongest storm to hit Florida in more than a decade. It set records on its way through the Atlantic and Caribbean: the longest sustained Category 5 storm of the satellite age, the fastest winds of any storm in the open Atlantic and enough energy for an entire hurricane season -- all in one storm.

Florida After Hurricane Irma - Part 2

Irma was an epic storm. It was stronger and bigger than almost all hurricanes on record and lasted longer than any storm on record. From the Lower Florida Keys to St. Augustine, the Gulf Coast across to I-95, it triggered the largest evacuation in Florida and left large swaths of the state without power for days.

Florida After Hurricane Irma - Part 1

As of March 13, 2017, Florida has a death penalty again.

Cell 1: Florida's Death Penalty in Limbo (Epilogue)

Karson Turner reaches into a grassy row of sugar cane. He grips a stalk, jointed like bamboo, and breaks it, revealing the sweetness inside.

 Research Supports Proposed Reservoir For Everglades As Farmers Fear For Their Livelihoods

Among the cow pastures and citrus groves of Florida's heartland north of Lake Okeechobee, patches of wetlands serve as kidneys for the Everglades.

 Southern Reservoir? Northern Reservoir? Research Says Florida Needs Both

If you scoop a glassful of water from the heart of the Everglades, that water is as pure and clear as the water that flows from your tap.

Everglades 101: Just How Does This Thing Work, Anyway?

What We Talk About When We Talk About Everglades Restoration

Myya Passmore

Young Survivors: How Myya Passmore got through high school after being shot in the chest

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