Opinion

There’s political activism, and then there’s what Alexander “Alex” Otaola has turned Miami-Dade politics into: a rolling reality-TV-style spectacle fueled by hyper-partisan rhetoric,…
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A recent article by Stacie Goddard and Abraham Newman, Further Back to the Future, deserves to be better known and is a good road toward defining Trumpism. To capture what makes this…
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Marco Rubio arrived before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee this week with polished talking points, practiced calm, and a deeply troubling message: Americans, he insisted, should…
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In the aftermath of the kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro by US forces in early 2026, the Trump administration has repeatedly proclaimed the full “cooperation” of…
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By Chuck Idelson / Common Dreams “The border between democracy and authoritarianism is the least protected border in the world.” Ivan Krastev, Bulgarian chair of the Centre for…
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For more than half a century, Cuban American politics in Miami has centered on a single word: communism. It has shaped elections, defined loyalties, and turned local races over…
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Cuba’s predicament is not simply the result of economic mismanagement; it is the cumulative result of sustained external coercion.
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Terror is the engine that empowers dictatorships. It eliminates dissidents. It silences critics. It dismantles the law.
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We’re told Social Security is running out of money. We’re told food stamps are for lazy people who don’t want to work—even though many recipients hold two or more jobs and still can’t…
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Let me be absolutely clear: the kidnapping of a sitting head of state and his spouse is not resistance, not justice, and not democracy. It is organized criminality at the highest level.…
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