Miami-Dade Community College student Felipe Matos has a new schedule this spring semester. Each day starts with a 5:30 a.m. wake-up call, a big breakfast, a quick stretch and securing his feet with a thick layer of duct tape. Then Matos sets off for a 17-mile walk interspersed by several breaks of singing songs, and later stops to sleep in a different place every night — RVs, churches or even strangers’ homes. read more »

For two weeks Jean Montrevil faced deportation. But after Monday's earthquake, President Obama suspended the deportation of Haitians like him. "Because of the tragedy that happened to Haiti, I could have been a widow today," Montrevil's wife, Jani, said Wednesday. She spoke to a crowd of about 100 people who gathered under two large American flags that hung from the front of the Varick Detention Center. read more »