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It's that time of the year when everyone writes about the most important events of the last twelve months. The more audacious may go out on a limb and predict what will happen in the…
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The change in U.S. policy toward Cuba has rattled one sector of the Cuban American community--hard-line exiles who consider themselves the real or "historical exiles"--to their very…
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Police violence. Savage torture. The worship of the gun. Massive tax avoidance by big companies. Environmental injustice and inaction on climate change. Outrageous levels of inequality.…
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"Protesters shut down I-195 amid Art Basel frenzy." This Miami Herald December 6 front page headline speaks volumes about the chasm – local, national, global – that divides those inside…
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Here I am speaking literally of physical stuff – nuts and bolts, bridges and highways, ports and railways, clean energy systems and broadband internet – that is the backbone of any…
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The idea that Obama's action somehow poisoned the well is preposterous. The fact is that the GOP-run House has turned down every immigration reform proposal brought before it.
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These two studies offer a window on the results of two decades of Republican political domination of Florida: dismal. After four more years of Rick Scott, the word might have to be made…
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Faced with an unprecedented number of sources of insecurity--terrorism in the homeland, failed wars, an economy in decline--Americans are scared. Like a drowning person, they thrash…
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All this is in stark contrast to what has been taken place in the other half of the continent.
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Now the mystery of Pam Bondi's fierce resistance to gay marriage in Florida becomes clear. Bondi is a full-fledged, high profile member of RAGA. RAGA supports virtually every right-wing…
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