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Amid all the foam and froth in Washington surrounding last week's forced resignation of Eric Shinseki as head of the Veterans Administration, another more momentous controversy was…
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Another week, another murderous rampage. This time, once again, it happened at a school, specifically a university. It took place in what the media describe as the "scenic" and…
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Florida Senator Marco Rubio says the planet may be getting warmer but human activities, such as the generation of vast amounts of energy from coal and other fossil fuels that produce…
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Recent studies carried out by big name think tanks outside Florida have found that, in a nation with breathtaking economic inequality, Miami has one of the biggest chasms between rich…
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Clayton Lockett died last week. His execution was newsworthy because it did not go down as just another carefully choreographed, efficient, and seemingly humane bureaucratic procedure…
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The debate over immigration -- specifically what to do with the nearly twelve million undocumented immigrants that live, work, get sick, get pregnant, drive, serve in the armed forces,…
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If anyone doubted that the U.S. military tribunals in Guantánamo were kangaroo courts those doubts should have been erased last week when it was revealed that the FBI has been spying on…
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Eduardo Padrόn committed a cardinal sin last week. The Miami-Dade College (MDC) president spoke truth to power. He named names and denounced the actions of legislators that are supposed…
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Paul Ryan, the 44-year-old Republican U.S. Representative from Wisconsin, aspires to transform the nation through a weapon much more powerful than bows, arrows, and swords: the federal…
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Suddenly, everyone seems to be talking about inequality. Barack Obama talks about it. Leading economists and other social scientists write about it. And no one talks about inequality…
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