Florida

Al’s loupe With all respect: It’s not enough By Álvaro F. Fernández alvaro@progresoweekly.com I’m glad I spent part of last week and the weekend in the Washington, D.C., area. The…
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Max J. Castro majcastro@gmail.com I write this on Earth Day, Sunday, April 22, 2012, the forty-second anniversary of the date that has come to symbolize the birth of the…
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Al’s Loupe Is David Rivera already imprisoned by his own truth? By Alvaro F. Fernandez alvaro@progresoweekly.com Under normal circumstances David Rivera would probably be facing the…
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By Max J. Castro majcastro@gmail.com Three recent events throw a bright spotlight on the extent to which small, supremely well-organized, and lavishly-funded single-issue…
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ByAurelio Pedroso April 12/2012 What just happened to poor Oswaldo “Ozzie” Guillén reminds me of a well-known joke in Cuba about a gay baseball player who dreamed of stepping up to…
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Al’s Loupe Viva Fidel, I mean down with Fidel… Oh, whatever! By Alvaro F. Fernandez alvaro@progresoweekly.com Fidel Castro is still the most influential person in Miami. And in 2012,…
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By Max J. Castro Welfare “reform” seemed like a good idea back in the mid-1990s when the economy was booming and jobs were plentiful. At least it seemed like a great idea…
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By Max J. Castro majcastro@gmail.com If you thought a Mitt Romney presidency would bring disastrous domestic consequences – and it will, especially for the poor and the middle…
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By Saul Landau and Nelson P. Valdes “Show me where Stalin's buried, and I'll show you a communist plot.” -Edgar Bergen For 53 years U.S. officials and Miami exiles have tried to…
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By Max J. Castro majcastro@gmail.com "The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich and the poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread,"…
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