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By Varela Last September, Emilio and Gloria Estefan tried to sing in Havana's Revolution Square with Juanes. At the time, the Ladies in While had spent years parading with gladioli…
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By Robert Reich From the Robert Reich blog I was born in 1946, just when the boomer wave began. Bill Clinton was born that year, too. So was George W. So was Laura Bush. And Ken…
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By Bill Press For Christians and Jews everywhere, whether they celebrate Easter or Passover, this is the most holy time of the year. How unfortunate, then, that so many people chose…
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By Aurelio Pedroso In Cuba, at any time, day or night, you feel compelled to reflect, because even the smallest detail in daily life could cause you an explosive infarct that, later…
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By Max J. Castromaxjcastro@gmail.com In the mining industry, workers are expendable. The tragedy at the Upper Big Branch mine in West Virginia, where 29 miners died in an explosion,…
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By Saul Landau Scandals distract the public from focusing on key issues. Sometimes, however, they also provide insights into the character of leading cultural and political figures --…
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By Mark Engler From Dissent Magazine Here’s something you don’t see every day: One of the most influential promoters of market fundamentalist “free trade” policies admitting that…
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By Katherine Driscoll (Editor’s Note: This is a letter that appeared in Saturday’s Miami Herald. The opinions offered are from a Miami-Dade County teacher. The fact is that there has…
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By Tim Nickens From the St. Petersburg Times If Jeb Bush wants to be governor again, the job will be open soon. If he wants to be a U.S. senator, he should run against Gov. Charlie…
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By Rómulo Pardo Silva Taken from Rebelión Cuba’s fierce enemies have the economic means and the access to communications for a permanent global campaign against the island. Based on…
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