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Miami is not a sanctuary city, writes judge, but America is a sanctuary country
In a ruling rebuking the cowardly performance of Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Giménez and nine county commissioners, Judge Milton Hirsch sided with the basic rights of a human being and…
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Long before Obama, bridges to Cuba were being built
Bridge builders to Cuba have been around since the 1960s. There are differences between these early engineers of peaceful dialogue and those that are being heralded today. Surely,…
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Trump’s media blackouts and ‘alternative’ realities
The Trump administration has instituted a media blackout at the Environmental Protection Agency. It has has also ordered a "temporary suspension" of all new business activities at the…
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Two-faced? Cowardly? Both.
If there is one thing I agree with Donald Trump on is his reference to Marco Rubio as “Little Marco.” And on Monday, Sen. Rubio, once again, lived up to the pejorative nickname Trump…
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Hidden figures, girls and math
We live in a society that does not make it easy on women. Many pioneering women have too often been relegated to becoming hidden figures of history, only later to be dug out like a…
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America takes a giant leap backward, 140 characters at a time
He is not a man of eloquence. His life appears limited to 140 characters at a time, which includes carefully studied sound bites. His choppy discourse often evokes a vulgar American…
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Renegade Republicans, including two from Miami, sought to weaken ethics police in Congress
The Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) became better known to the American public this week when a group of House Republicans, which included two members from the Miami area, behind…
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Follow the money… and Marco Rubio
The former Darth Vader of U.S. politics still feels he has the right to dictate orders to the president. Although this time he’s taking a back door in a dark alley called Marco Rubio.
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Trump’s possible Cuba policy doesn’t look good
Donald Trump wants to hire a known racist to head the attorney general’s office; a climate change denier to head the Environmental Protection Agency; and a surgeon to head housing; and…
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Trump moves: There goes $15 an hour, and other sad choices
Fifteen dollars an hour: A living wage for many Americans. President-elect Donald Trump just made sure that doesn’t happen. Other Trump team choices for key positions in his…
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