Atena Sherry

Hell by the Sea

Just before midnight Saturday, Jonathan Hamilton began scaling a mountain of uneven concrete slabs where Champlain Towers South in Surfside, Florida, once stood. A heavy-rigging specialist with Tampa Fire Rescue, he climbed over dozens of condos that…

Video Shows Miami Cop Touching Protester's Breast During Arrest

A video taken Wednesday at a demonstration for George Floyd shows a Miami police officer grabbing the breast of Dulcee Barnes, a 22-year-old law student and activist, as she was taken into custody. The footage shows the officer walking Barnes down…

Against Experts' Advice, Police Once Again Deploy Tear Gas at Miami Protest

As demonstrations against police brutality and the killing of George Floyd continue in Miami, police deployed tear gas to disperse a group of protesters on Interstate 395 on Saturday night. The protesters believe officers also fired rubber bullets…

Critics Question Miami Police's Use of Force in Arresting Protesters

On Wednesday, protesters took to the streets of downtown Miami in the 13th consecutive day of unrest sparked by the death of George Floyd, who died at the hands of Minneapolis police last month. The peaceful demonstration grew tense after protesters…

George Floyd Protest Organizers in Miami Helped Deescalate Sunday's Crowd

After a protest against police brutality culminated with Miami police officers firing tear gas and a handful of people looting shops at Bayside Marketplace on Saturday, a demonstration held downtown yesterday ended relatively peacefully, to the…

Protesters Stand Up to Police Brutality in Downtown Miami

After a chaotic Saturday, protesters returned to downtown Miami on Sunday, May 31, in response to the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis Police. During the standoff with Miami Police, the Dream Defenders sought to keep things peaceful…

Paraplegic Miami Inmate With COVID-19 Denied Release

Anthony Swain, a 43-year-old inmate who has sued over the handling of coronavirus in a Miami-Dade jail, was denied release for the second time on Monday. After Swain was diagnosed with COVID-19 last week, his attorneys filed an emergency motion for…

Miami Inmate Who Sued Over Jail Conditions Now Has COVID-19

Anthony Swain, a 43-year-old Miami-Dade inmate who has publicly spoken out about insufficient protections in the county's jails amid the coronavirus pandemic, is now battling a case of COVID-19. Swain, who was being held at the Metro West Detention…

Thousands Remain in Miami-Dade Jails as Lawsuit Moves Forward

This past Tuesday morning, Lorena Gutierrez's 4-year-old son sat in the backseat of her SUV, and a handwritten sign reading "Year Sentence NOT Death Sentence" rested on the dashboard. She spent two hours driving around the Richard E. Gerstein Justice…

Armed Men Moved Sex-Trafficking Victims Between Spas in Robert Kraft Case

STUART, Florida—Armed men driving luxury vehicles moved sex slaves between massage parlors across Florida as part of a “transnational human-trafficking ring,” Martin County Sheriff William Snyder told The Daily Beast. The widening investigation made…

Robert Kraft Is Just One of Many Rich and Powerful Men Busted in Florida Prostitution Ring

JUPITER, Florida—A new McLaren 720 and Ferrari 488 gleam in the sun outside of The Orchids of Asia Day Spa while residents pass by to take selfies and make lewd jokes on Saturday. They have come to see the place where New England Patriots owner…

Void Projects Creates a New Home for Painters in Downtown Miami

In a nondescript downtown storefront, seven Miami artists are getting acclimated in their new studios while Billie Holiday hums in the background. They have come together to create Void Projects, an educational residency and community space. The…

Rising Tides

Rising Tides is a four-part documentary series in which internationally acclaimed photography journalist Kadir van Lohuizen investigates the consequences of the rising sea level. Within the next decades indicates the sea level will rise…

Recount Ordered for Florida Governor and Senate Races, Elections Officials Find ‘No Illegal Activity’ in Broward County

LAUDERHILL, Florida—The state’s top election official ordered a recount in both the governor and Senate races on Saturday, with the Democratic candidates edging closer to their Republican opponents. Meanwhile, protesters from both sides of the…

Roger Stone Cheers as Conspiracists Descend on a Florida Election, Again, to Stop ‘Radical Leftists’ From Counting Votes

LAUDERHILL, Florida—A loose coalition of fringe right-wing personalities, local political activists and associates of longtime GOP trickster and Donald Trump adviser Roger Stone descended upon the Broward County Board of Elections Friday in order to…

Cesar Sayoc’s Lawyer Pooh-Poohs Fingerprint Evidence From Bomb Package

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.—Cesar Sayoc, the Florida man accused of mailing bombs to prominent Democrats, will appear in federal court Monday afternoon, the first step in a legal process that could put him behind bars for the rest of his life. Two…

Inside Accused Bomber Cesar Sayoc’s World: Steroids, Strip Clubs and Sick Views

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. —The night before an army of law enforcement swooped in and charged him with being a serial mail bomber, Cesar Sayoc Jr. was in his element, working as a DJ in one of South Florida’s strip joints. Sayoc had been manning the door…

In Florida panhandle a local church steps up after Hurricane Michael

Amid the destruction that Hurricane Michael exacted upon Panama City when it stormed ashore on Oct. 10 stands St. Dominic Catholic Church. Its young pastor, Father Michael Nixon, has been at the helm of a well-organized post-Michael relief operation…

Surveying the damage after Hurricane Michael

When Hurricane Michael made landfall as a Category 4 storm on Oct. 10, it drove a wall of water 10 to 15 feet high across large swaths of the once sleepy seaside Gulf town of Mexico Beach, Fla. Propelled by the storm’s sustained winds of 150 miles…