WLRN Presents

Feb 26 2025 34 ep. 25 mins 6
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The best of WLRN News storytelling, including radio series, special-topics coverage and interactive projects.

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Haiti On The Line

Feb 26 2025 92 mins  
Last year more than 5,000 people in Haiti were killed in gang-related violence. The country has been in a political crisis for years. And for Haitians in America with feet in two worlds, reality in both countries is unstable. To better understand the story, public radio stations in the three cities with the largest Haitian populations in America teamed up to open the phones and hea

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

Mar 08 2023 18 mins  
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.

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

Mar 07 2023 18 mins  
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 Bea

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

Dec 09 2021 23 mins  
By Nadege Green

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

Feb 16 2021 58 mins  
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.

There Goes The Neighborhood: Miami—Part 3

Nov 08 2019 28 mins  
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 2 (From The Stakes)

Nov 06 2019 25 mins  
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 1 (from The Stakes)

Nov 04 2019 27 mins  
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.

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

Aug 26 2019 63 mins  
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.

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

May 13 2019 7 mins  
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.