Opinion

I fully understand that ETECSA, the state-owned communications company and the only one authorized (a designated monopoly) to provide telephone and internet services in Cuba,…
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In the United States, the word “citizen” carries a weight that goes beyond legal status. It evokes the right to vote, the expectation of justice, the duty to serve, and the sense of…
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U.S. President Donald Trump reportedly used a closed-door meeting with House Republicans Tuesday to instruct them not to "fuck around with Medicaid" as the party rushes ahead with…
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Why are Marco Rubio, U.S. Secretary of State, and now also acting National Security Advisor, along with his cohorts in Congress—Mario Díaz-Balart, Carlos Gimenez, and, lest we forget,…
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Maksym Chernyak, a 42-year-old Ukrainian national, died earlier this year while detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at the Krome Detention Center in South Florida. His…
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I want to say a few words about an issue that people all over the world are thinking about—are appalled by—but for some strange reason gets very little discussion here in the nation’s…
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Jewish students and academics for Palestinian rights and free speech on Wednesday condemned a congressional hearing in which House Republicans repeatedly conflated opposition to Zionism…
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Well, we’ve hit the 100-day mark of the second Trump administration. Donald Trump campaigned as a champion of working-class voters. But straight out of the blocks, his policy choices…
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I know what you’re thinking. You’re a principled person. You believe in science, equality, the peaceful transfer of power, and occasionally paying your taxes. You probably recycle.…
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The obituaries for Pope Francis in the leading U.S. newspapers ignored the late pontiff’s commitment to the Palestinian people and the acute suffering in Gaza in the last years of his…
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