/tags/the-bahamas The Bahamas en-US SA���ʴ�ı Tue, 02 Jun 2026 16:27:00 GMT /arts-culture/2026-06-02/can-a-revived-goombay-stand-on-its-own Coconut Grove’s signature celebration of Bahamian culture returns this week, but organizers say growing attendance has not solved a lingering problem: finding the sponsors needed to secure the event’s future and reduce its reliance on city funding. Tue, 02 Jun 2026 16:27:00 GMT /arts-culture/2026-06-02/can-a-revived-goombay-stand-on-its-own Francisco Alvarado | Coconut Grove Spotlight /podcast/detentionpod/2022-10-11/its-all-about-the-money-immigration-detention-in-2022 As the immigration detention system flourished since the 1980s, it led to the creation of the private prison industry. The last episode of SA���ʴ�ı's podcast Detention By Design looks at the inextricable links between the two, and how, in turn, the picture has gone full circle in 2022, leaving us in a place very similar to the early days of Haitian and Cuban arrivals in Florida. Tue, 11 Oct 2022 22:50:17 GMT /podcast/detentionpod/2022-10-11/its-all-about-the-money-immigration-detention-in-2022 /2021-12-14/pbc-schools-want-to-limit-public-comment-black-coconut-grove-history-and-adopting-pets-this-season Palm Beach County school officials are considering limiting public comment. The influence of Black Bahamians on Coconut Grove. Plus, before you go and adopt that pet for the holidays, there are some questions you should be asking yourself. Tue, 14 Dec 2021 22:15:19 GMT /2021-12-14/pbc-schools-want-to-limit-public-comment-black-coconut-grove-history-and-adopting-pets-this-season Leslie Ovalle Atkinson, Caitie Muñoz /2021-03-03/cracking-down-on-spring-breakers-flood-insurance-prices-to-go-up-and-alis-final-fight Miami Beach prepares for another pandemic Spring Break. You may be paying a lot less for your flood insurance than you should be. And we hear from one of the photographers who was at Muhammad Ali’s final fight. Wed, 03 Mar 2021 22:31:38 GMT /2021-03-03/cracking-down-on-spring-breakers-flood-insurance-prices-to-go-up-and-alis-final-fight Leslie Ovalle Atkinson /news/2020-07-23/tit-for-tat-for-trump-in-the-bahamas-now-americans-are-the-very-bad-people COMMENTARYWhen the Bahamas closed its doors to American visitors this week – because of the U.S.’s catastrophic inability to control the new coronavirus –… Thu, 23 Jul 2020 11:01:08 GMT /news/2020-07-23/tit-for-tat-for-trump-in-the-bahamas-now-americans-are-the-very-bad-people Tim Padgett /news/2020-06-04/latin-american-expat-voices-should-be-at-the-front-of-the-floyd-protests-warning-us COMMENTARYIt’s a mystery why the Trump Administration chose Miami this week as one of only two major U.S. cities to be sent “riot teams” as protests… Thu, 04 Jun 2020 11:13:37 GMT /news/2020-06-04/latin-american-expat-voices-should-be-at-the-front-of-the-floyd-protests-warning-us Tim Padgett /news/2020-03-09/six-months-after-dorian-grand-bahama-scrambles-for-clean-drinking-water FREEPORT, GRAND BAHAMA — A few days after Hurricane Dorian, Amanda Kellowan rummaged through what was left. She had just spent 36 hours in the attic of… Mon, 09 Mar 2020 14:02:23 GMT /news/2020-03-09/six-months-after-dorian-grand-bahama-scrambles-for-clean-drinking-water Daniel Rivero /show/latin-america-report/2019-12-30/latin-america-and-the-caribbean-2019-from-fire-in-the-streets-to-ire-in-the-skies It's hard to wrap your arms around everything that happened 2019 in Latin America and the Caribbean. It's even harder to find any good news — from the… Mon, 30 Dec 2019 14:16:56 GMT /show/latin-america-report/2019-12-30/latin-america-and-the-caribbean-2019-from-fire-in-the-streets-to-ire-in-the-skies Tim Padgett /news/2019-10-28/debris-clearance-needed-in-bahamas-before-post-dorian-rebuilding-can-begin More than a month after Hurricane Dorian ripped through Mash Harbour in the Bahamas, the debris —smashed pieces of wood that used to be houses, cars… Mon, 28 Oct 2019 09:19:53 GMT /news/2019-10-28/debris-clearance-needed-in-bahamas-before-post-dorian-rebuilding-can-begin /2019-10-15/little-miracles-huge-problems-the-bahamas-a-month-after-dorian Parts of the island nation are still in ruins, thousands remain displaced and rebuilding efforts have only just begun. But locals and volunteers are making a difference. Tue, 15 Oct 2019 20:44:49 GMT /2019-10-15/little-miracles-huge-problems-the-bahamas-a-month-after-dorian Jason Beaubien