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Governor Rick Scott enabled Irma’s fury through climate denialism
Florida Gov. Rick Scott did not cause Irma, but he enabled the Frankenstorm. Scott met with Carbonmongers Charles and David Koch soon after being elected, and all of a sudden Florida’s…
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Cuba recovers after Irma
Hurricane Irma slammed into Cuba over the weekend, leaving 10 dead and causing destruction and flooding across the island. Irma, which made landfall in the country's northeastern…
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Irma hits Cuba with 160 mph winds
Hurricane Irma plowed into the Cuban coast on Saturday, hitting the Camagüey Archipelago with 160mph winds. One of the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes on record, Irma has killed at…
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Cuba and our good name
What exactly is Trump's Cuba policy today? Are his administration's incremental reversals of previous U.S.-Cuba policy all we shall see, or will there be more, and more substantial,…
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Defiant Bob Menendez has tough first day in court
With his son and daughter on each of his sides a defiant Bob Menendez stood before reporters outside the Newark, NJ, courthouse where he will be tried, along with wealthy south Florida…
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Google, Trump and the arrogance of power
Google and Trump are wildly different, of course, but they’ve been playing much the same game. They’ve used their clout to stifle criticism, paid members of Congress to pull their…
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More than Bob Menendez goes on trial this week
There’s more to the Menendez trial than a high ranking Democratic senator charged with corruption. A conviction could lead to his ouster from the Senate. New Jersey Governor Chris…
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Tragedy in Texas: Foul weather, toxic politics
There is a big piece missing from the tale about Harvey told by the media, an important omission leading to a distorted picture: the role of the Texas model of wild West capitalism—the…
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Speaking of ‘bad hombres’… there’s Joe Arpaio
In a guest commentary for NILP, the author writes that in the wake of the former Sheriff Joe Arpaio pardon there is very little focus on how Trump's pardon endorses egregious human…
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Anti-Cuban media overplay ‘acoustic attack’; Canada doesn’t assume a Cuban role
Maybe the news of the "acoustic attacks" will eventually rival the one published some years ago by the Weekly World News, with a headline saying 'Cuba Launches Shark Attack Against…
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