Sundial

When you walk through the installation, “ Black Power Naps/Siestas Negras ” you’re automatically sucked into a world of relaxation. There are six embellished beds and a sound track playing where the Afro Latinx artists Navild Acosta and Fannie Sosa explain what the concept of sleep means to them in a deep soothing voice.

On this Thursday, Dec.5, episode of Sundial: Is the Florida Prison System crumbling? The new head of Florida’s Department of Corrections, Mark Inch, is worried that the state’s prison system is on the brink of failure . Inch believes there are signs Florida prisons could one day experience a riot as big as the 1980 New Mexico riot , where prison guards killed 33 inmates and held others hostage. Florida’s prison system is the third largest in the nation . Mary Ellen Klas is the Capital Bureau

On this Tuesday, Dec. 3, episode of Sundial: FEMA Data Shows Delays In Hurricane Recovery Funding Through an examination and analysis of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) data and records, The New York Times uncovered delays in funding for recovery efforts after Hurricanes Maria and Irma, which devastated Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. The data shows discrepancies in funding allocation between the Carribean Islands and states like Florida and Texas. The New York Times reporter

Billionaire Jorge M. Pérez, known as Miami’s Condo King, is opening a new art museum called “El Espacio 23” in Allapattah this week. The 28,000-square-foot art space is named for its location on Northwest 23rd Street and features thousands of pieces that Pérez had kept away in storage for years, including photographs, paintings, sculptures and videos from around the globe. The opening exhibition, “Time for Change: Art and Social Unrest in the Jorge M. Pérez Collection” displays 80 artworks

On this Monday, Dec. 2, episode of Sundial: Will the U.S. cut ties with Cuba? There are fears among policy experts that the United States will cut ties with Cuba. The Trump Administration has put in place a series of restrictions on U.S. travel to Cuba since taking office, including limits to educational and tourism visas. It is also placing limits on doing business with entities linked to Cuba’s military. WLRN Americas’ editor Tim Padgett joins Sundial to discuss how these announcements could

On Sundial for Wednesday, Nov. 27: StoryCorps hosts The Great Thanksgiving Listen StoryCorps , a national storytelling nonprofit, is hosting its annual project The Great Thanksgiving Listen . The initiative, which launched five years ago, asks young people to record conversations with an elder, mentor, friend or someone they admire using the StoryCorps App.

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On the Nov. 25 episode of Sundial: Cockfighting in Puerto Rico Cockfighting has been a tradition in Puerto Rico for hundreds of years. Now that practice is reaching its final days. Last December, Congress passed a bill ending the practice in U.S. territories. The ban takes effect Dec. 20. Patricia Mazzei , Miami bureau chief for the New York Times, traveled to the island to report on how people are responding to the controversial sport’s final days. Johns Committee The Johns Committee was formed

In one of the opening scenes of the new film Waves , Tyler Williams, played by African American actor Kelvin Harrison Jr., and his girlfriend drive down a causeway in South Florida, blasting electric pop music with the windows down, hair flowing and surrounded by the deep blue South Florida water on both sides. The movie, which was completely filmed and directed in South Florida, tries to capture the real essence of the place with shots of swimming manatees, walks in the Everglades, palm trees,

More than 60 years ago, a committee was formed in the Florida legislature with the purpose of identifying and removing LGBTQ students and professors on Florida college campuses. Over the course of a decade, investigators with the Johns Committee - so named because former Florida state lawmaker and governor Charley Johns led it- stalked and interrogated hundreds of suspected gay individuals, leading to the firing or expulsion of at least 200 people from their schools. The state of Florida still