Florida

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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Al’s Loupe Lying is not a solution to the balsero dilemma By Alvaro F. Fernandez alvaro@progresoweekly.com Let me tell you about Mr. Mesa. He is 43-years-old. He arrived in the U.S.…
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By Paul Krugman From The New York Times Florida’s now-infamous Stand Your Ground law, which lets you shoot someone you consider threatening without facing arrest, let alone prosecution,…
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A The New York Times editorial It would have been tragic enough if the shooting of an unarmed teenager by a self-appointed neighborhood watch captain in Florida were the first to show…
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By Patricia Mazzei From The Miami Herald Miami-Dade should not enforce a new state law that prohibits the hiring of companies with business ties to Cuba because it conflicts with…
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By Max J. Castro majcasto@gmail.com The drums of war are sounding loudly once again in Washington, despite the fact that the White House today is occupied by a less bellicose…
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Al’s Loupe Did the FBI know… of a plot to kill President Kennedy? By Alvaro F. Fernandez alvaro@progresoweekly.com My young daughter and I recently took a walk on Bay Road, a little…
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By Ashley Lopez From The Florida Independent According to a new study of the state’s effectiveness in enforcing laws meant to facilitate ethics in the state’s political…
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From the Down With Tyranny blog Normally DWT comes down on corrupt political hacks, DCCC chair Steve Israel (NY) and DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL), because they always push…
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Must now await permission from U.S. government to visit ailing brother in Cuba By Alvaro F. Fernandez U.S. District Judge Joan A. Lenard today granted Rene Gonzalez, a member of the…
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