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Vulture capitalists circle above Puerto Rico prey
Puerto Rico is devastated. Two hurricanes plunged the island into darkness and despair. Crops perish in the fields. The landscape of ruined buildings and towns resemble Hiroshima after…
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Vintage Trump, the world’s biggest bully
Prejudice and an alien-like absence of empathy is part of Trump’s DNA. A case in point is Trump’s reaction to the devastation wrought by hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. Far from showing…
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An ultrasound weapon explaining Cuba situation is “fairly implausible,” says acoustics expert
An article that appeared in the New York Times on Thursday cited experts in acoustics who referred to the scenario of the ‘sonic attacks’ on U.S. diplomats in Cuba as “more appropriate…
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Background briefing: State Department official on Cuba
The State Department held a Special Briefing with journalists on Tuesday (Oct. 3) to discuss the convoluted diplomatic situation with Cuba via teleconference. What follows is the…
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The lie of the sonic attacks
It is unremarkable to see U.S. diplomats jogging along the Malecón, dining at the best restaurants or bathing on the shore. They have never feared being killed or kidnapped, as happens…
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Las Vegas massacre: Counting the victims, denying the causes
What is clear is that this is only the latest and bloodiest in a long list of home-grown, gun-enabled mass killings, a recurring nightmare that has struck elementary schools, university…
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The growing irrelevance of President Trump
Donald Trump is no longer the president of the United States. He has the title and he has the bully pulpit. But he’s not actively governing the United States. That work is happening…
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Latino unemployment rate is back at historic low
The unemployment rate for Hispanics in the U.S. has returned to a historic low last seen more than a decade ago. The Hispanic unemployment rate stood at 4.7% in the second quarter of…
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The Pentagon’s propagandization of American sports
We’re overlooking a very important issue — one that is not solely from Trump’s knee-jerk nationalistic patriotism. We saw it through all eight years of the Obama administration and we…
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The Destabilizer-in-Chief
Donald Trump is the supreme destabilizer in the world today, following in the footsteps and outdoing his destabilizing GOP predecessors George W. Bush and Ronald Reagan. He is George…
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