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Donald Trump is close to running out of people and populations to offend. His latest target: Pope Francis. But, by taking on Francis, Trump has met way more than his match
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There's a battle brewing between the Florida House and Senate over how to use the $1 billion budget surplus. Then there's Gov. Rick Scott who wants to dole it out as tax breaks to rich…
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Miami is the metropolitan area with the highest level of economic inequality in a nation that leads the developed nations in inequality. You would then imagine that all money available…
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Earlier this year, the Florida legislature approved and Gov. Rick Scott signed a new water law that wiped out a longstanding January 2015 deadline that mandated a radical reduction in…
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The water that comes from the faucets of Flint is foul. It is both a consequence and a symptom of a whole matrix of economic, political and ideological changes that have been taking…
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There is almost no end to the adjectives that could be used to describe the January 13 death in Miami of thirty-eight-year old Maria Huaman. Untimely. Tragic. Unnecessary.…
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Why will it crash? The cannibalistic nature of the GOP nomination process is only one, and not necessarily the main, reason. The increasingly nasty infighting won’t help come November,…
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President Barack Obama is proposing a plan aimed at reducing the huge toll gun violence wreaks in this society. Mad as hell and ready to fight are many including the NRA and Republican…
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In Miami, you get so used to reading about buildings that have stood for decades biting the dust to make way for our local deity — Development. The Church by the Sea has stood for…
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The most remarkable thing about 2015 is the astounding number of international agreements reached, each of which provides more than a ray of hope that disputes may be moving toward…
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