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How Cheney’s destructive war on terror became Trump’s authoritarian war on truth
When Richard Cheney died, it marked more than the end of a political life. It marked the closing of an American chapter, one that began in the smoke of the Twin Towers and stretches to…
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The prophet of pawprints and the king of debt: An Argentine-American love story
When Donald Trump returned to the White House—declaring himself both President and Chief Brand Officer of Western Civilization—he promised to restore “real leadership” to the Americas.…
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The oldest colony, the newest war: Puerto Rico as launchpad for war on Venezuela
When President Donald Trump announced that the CIA had been authorized to conduct operations inside Venezuela, just as US drones struck another small boat off Venezuela’s coast, few…
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The U.S. footprint of interventions
When historians count U.S. interventions abroad, the first difficulty is deciding what qualifies. Should it be only large-scale invasions and occupations? Or every instance of Marines…
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Concerns grow in Washington about Trump’s (illegal?) Venezuela operations
WASHINGTON — Growing concern is spreading throughout Capitol Hill over the opaque nature of recent U.S. lethal strikes on suspected Venezuelan drug-smuggling vessels, and new…
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The new DEI: Discrimination, exclusion, and intolerance
It begins innocently enough, as all recent American reversals do, with a noisy, incoherent press conference and a color choice. The president stands at the podium, unveils a striking…
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A fugitive’s freedom: Assata Shakur’s exile in Cuba
The news of Assata Shakur’s death in Havana, Cuba, on September 26, was met with a deep sense of shared loss among revolutionaries and activists worldwide. Shortly after, at a gathering…
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The blockade/embargo on Cuba explained
There's an Aesop fable we used to hear as children, in which a shepherd always cried wolf, and when the wolf really came, no one helped him because they no longer believed him.
A…
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The recognition of Palestine: What it does, what it doesn’t do, and why now
The United Kingdom, Canada, Portugal, and Australia officially recognized the State of Palestine in a series of separate but coordinated statements on Sunday, September 21. Other…
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Cuba Study Group issues report on Cuba’s private sector
This month, the Cuba Study Group released a report authored by Ricardo Torres, an economist specializing in the Cuban economy who has written for Progreso Weekly in the past. The…
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