Florida

By Dara Kam and John Lantigua From the Palm Beach Post WEST PALM BEACH - A new Florida law that contributed to long voter lines and caused some to abandon voting altogether was…
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By Jeff Kunerth From the Orlando Sentinel ORLANDO, FL - Fifteen-year-old Jesus Calle came of age this election. In 2008, he was too young to pay attention to presidential…
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By Tracey Eaton From his Along the Malecon blog The U.S. government has hired a former CIA agent to create and manage a team of at least 10 journalists in Cuba, contract records…
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By Silvio Torres-Saillant From the National Institute for Latino Policy network NEW YORK - The re-election of President Barak Obama for a second term arguably means more for…
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By Max J. Castro MIAMI - “Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.” So goes the saying once famously mangled by George W. Bush. But what do you say when you…
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Al’s Loupe Build on momentum By Alvaro F. Fernandez alvaro@progresoweekly.com Forty-eight percent of Cubans voted for Obama. That’s what one side is telling us. While…
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By Max J. Castro majcastro@gmail.com MIAMI - In the 2012 U.S. presidential election, dollars – transubstantiated into persons with speech rights by the U.S. Supreme Court – battled…
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By Dan Gelber Taken from Florida Voices MIAMI - Why were the lines so obscenely long? Because the state legislature wanted them long, and there was little anyone could do to stop…
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Marco Rubio NOT the GOP’s golden ticket for attracting Hispanics By Kyle Munzenrieder From his blog in Miami New Times MIAMI - Despite winning the majority of white voters, the…
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Al’s Loupe How Obama won By Alvaro F. Fernandez alvaro@progresoweekly.com President Barack Obama has won reelection, a victory that will protect his landmark health care…
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