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Back to the future: Election rigging in Florida
By Bill Press
They said it could never happen again. Well, don't look now, but Florida is well on its way to stealing another election.
We all remember Florida 2000. A few months…
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Rivera amendment would only help break Cuban family ties
MIAMI - Almost 50 percent of family members who travel to Cuba are U.S. residents who have yet to attain citizenship, according to figures released by executives of the travel to…
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Obama’s reelection hangs by a thin thread
By Max J. Castro majcastro@gmail.com Last week brought grim news to anyone who believes that a Mitt Romney presidency would be a disaster for this country and the world. The…
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Voting rights organizations tell Florida: Stop purging voters
From the Orlando Advocate
Washington, DC - Today, civil and voting rights organizations Project Vote, Fair Elections Legal Network, Advancement Project, LatinoJustice PRLDEF, LULAC…
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Silence in the face of violence
By Howard Simon and John DeLeon
(This letter appeared in The Miami Herald opinion pages.)
Almost a month ago, a Coral Gables travel agency chartering flights to Cuba was firebombed.…
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Wars’ toll: Ruined bodies, injured brains, damaged economy
By Max J. Castro
majcastro@gmail.com
Last weekend brought sobering news about the staggering, long-term human and economic cost of the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Almost…
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Again, a call to action on Cuba travel
By Alvaro F. Fernandez
If there’s one thing I hate saying is “I told you so.”
Last year’s David Rivera amendment presented to the Committee on the Judiciary in Congress did not get far.…
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The Republican onslaught
By Max J. Castro
majcastro@gmail.com
From day one, the Republicans and the right in general have sought to hamstring, cripple, and ultimately render the Obama presidency a…
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Rubio’s past include political vulnerabilities
By Laura Wides-Munoz and Brendan Farrington
From The Associated Press via The Seattle Times
MIAMI - Sen. Marco Rubio has close ties to a colleague accused of questionable financial…
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FCAT failures: Testing is not teaching
By Dan Gelber
From The Miami Herald
Notwithstanding the recent Herald editorial, the latest debacle over FCAT writing scores was much more than an administrative miscue in grading…
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