Hacked at Sea
In the era of tech-reliant yachts, piracy looks a lot different than it used to. Another beautiful day in the Mediterranean and life is good, ain’t it? The sun is…
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Ryan Pfeffer
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Beyond Thoughts and Prayers
Broward students go back to school this month, half a year since the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting. What has changed? What hasn’t? America’s ongoing national nightmare came to…
Shell Shocked
Inside the fight to save the sea turtle, some of Fort Lauderdale’s most adorable and threatened residents. One morning last March, Ben Hicks woke up early, grabbed his camera and…
For Art’s Sake
Twenty years ago, a real estate gamble sparked a cultural awakening in Fort Lauderdale. The question now is: how do you keep a cool, artistic district cool and artistic when…
“Want A Job, Kid?”
Good, blue-collar tradesman jobs — America just doesn’t produce those anymore, right? Wrong. And one of Fort Lauderdale’s biggest industries is an untapped resource. Millennials, pre- and post-college kids, young men…
Angling for Change
In three decades, the Fort Lauderdale-based Billfish Foundation and its army – navy? – of angler volunteers have done vital work helping to preserve some of the ocean’s most awe-inspiring…