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Democrats celebrate and Trump digs himself deeper
The Democrats in Philadelphia held a brilliant convention last week. It stands in sharp contrast to the previous week’s Republican disaster. And while they celebrated, Donald Trump was…
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Latinos make their mark at Democratic convention
In a dramatic contrast with the Republican convention, Spanish is spoken in Philadelphia this week. Not only that. Among this week's many speakers there were undocumented migrants who…
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The Republican Convention debacle
Last week was filled with good news for progressives. It started Monday in Cleveland with the disastrous kickoff to the Republican National Convention that would officially elect Donald…
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Rural tourism: Foreigners among Cuban farmers
The first Americans at the La Conchita farm, 10 kilometers south of Puerto Padre, will soon usher a new stage in the lives of Moisés Mora Sicilia and his family, who, for the past two…
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The Rogovins and their family photos
Paula Rogovin still remembers that episode of her childhood in Buffalo, N.Y., when she interrupted the lesson at school by raising her hand and saying, "I think that Cuba is nice."…
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Red, black and green: From Marcus Garvey to Micah Johnson
In the seconds before his death, Micah Johnson wrote the letter R and then the letter B in his own blood on the wall. It took investigators a bit of time to suss that out, but it seems…
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What will Cuba gain from its relations with U.S.?
One year has passed since the reestablishment of diplomatic relations between Cuba and the United States, it's worthwhile to analyze the reasons why the Cuban government has accepted…
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The return of Startup Weekend Havana
"It's not an event of pure technology; it serves to identify problems and solve them," says Alex Medina, member of Merchise Startup Circle, who is organizing the Startup Weekend Havana,…
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Black lives, blue lives
The horror wrought by a deranged gunman last week in Dallas, as cruel and callous as it was, should not obscure the larger realities of policing in America, especially but not only when…
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‘Self-employed’ landlords and informal leases
No paperwork, no contracts, everything done outside the law. In our search we didn't find anyone who had his papers in order, although some landlords like to keep their records clean.…
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