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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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How negotiations stand between Cuba and the U.S.
Looking to the future, it will be very difficult for anyone who is elected President of the U.S. to ignore the advances in relations with Cuba, the concrete benefits that the improved…
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The high cost of cheap gas
American purchases of the gas-guzzling behemoths had been dropping for years. Now in 2016 when gas prices are much lower, SUV sales are back to the historically high levels they reached…
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FPL wants $13 more a month from us
Thirteen dollars is not much in today’s economy - unless you’re one of the too many who skips a meal because there’s not enough money to feed the entire family.
Then there’s the case…
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Supreme cruelty
In affirming a lower court decision denying that President Barack Obama could use his executive power to shield from deportation certain law abiding undocumented immigrants, the Supreme…
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Engage Cuba: The end of the blockade is inevitable
Michael Maisel, director of foreign affairs at Engage Cuba, an organization that advocates a lifting of the Cuban blockade and the freedom for all Americans to travel to the island and…
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Guns equal death
Gun murders are committed in every country, but the murder rate in the United States is stratospheric compared with the rates in other rich Western countries. Not incidentally, those…
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Senate committee OK’s tourist travel to Cuba – and more
A U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee overwhelmingly voted to include four pro-engagement Cuba amendments in a must-pass fiscal year 2017 appropriations bill. Included in these…
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Trump: All bluster with little, if any, substance
Donald Trump has, in every possible way, shown himself or has been exposed by journalists to be a whacko, a bigot, and a fraudster, among his many other virtues. Quite a few people look…
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