The Pot, a timely and culturally relevant play for the community and nation, centers around the idea ‘Who Am I’? On Thanksgiving, a family comes together and are forced to reconsider notions of race, immigration, hope and the melting pot.When Laura brings home her new boyfriend, Rick, an undocumented Mexican immigrant to her parents George, a newly elected state senator, and Mary, the pot is stirred and the heat is raised....

  Vice President Joe Biden was in South Florida on September 2-3 to speak at Miami Dade College and the Jewish Community Center in Davie. Biden spoke at the Science Center at MDC's north campus addressing the importance of helping more Americans go to college. The Vice President was last at MDC to deliver the keynote address at the 2014 commencement. Biden came to South Florida to lend a hand to Senate Democrats and the administration's...

  Miami Dade College students Tomas Monzon and Brayan Vazquez, who are members of the school’s newspaper, The Reporter, are on their way to Orlando to participate in the 2015 National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) Student Project during the organization’s Excellence in Journalism conference.The event is scheduled from September 18 through 20.The project offers 12 students nationwide an opportunity to receive a...

  For Barbara Goleman Senior High School Gators, school spirit runs deep and sometimes, it’s hard to leave “the swamp.” Following high school and college graduations, a handful of Goleman alumni couldn’t resist walking down familiar corridors and returned once again, only this time, as faculty.Jose Lopez, Sara Yanes, Miguel Arguelles, Isabel Ojeda, Robert Inza, Lorena Cancela, Jeanette Galup, and Ariel Cribeiro...

  Miami Lakes Mayor Michael Pizzi and council members clashed over the attorney fees his lawyers are demanding the town pay for his criminal trial and reinstatement cases, as the hot button issue exposed some bad blood with the town attorney as well.The dispute over his court costs finally came to a head at the September 1 regular Town Council meeting, where lawmakers questioned the $3.2 million legal bill without any facts and figures...