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Economic inequality & environmental destruction: Capitalism reverts to its normal state
Watching Trump as he rolls out policy after policy, one might conclude he has studied Thomas Piketty's 'Capital in the Twenty-First Century' closely and then done exactly the opposite…
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Why would Donald Trump adopt Marco Rubio’s failed Cuba policy?
In an article written in January of this year before Donald Trump was sworn in as president, Professor LeoGrande argued logically for maintaining the U.S.'s current political course…
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Out of control: Trump’s travels and troubles
On his first foreign trip, President Trump was a caricature of himself and his country: the Ugly American on steroids. He is not a deviation in the Republican long march to the right;…
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TDC and The Hill: Trump will rollback Obama Cuba policies in June
There appears to be bad news in the horizon dealing with Cuba travel. The Daily Caller and The Hill are reporting that “President Donald Trump is set to announce a rollback of former…
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It’s all about the 2018 midterm elections
A politician's magic touch is knowing where and how to touch the citizens' fiber, or an important part of it. Such is the case of former President Obama and the health-care system he…
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Greed versus Gaia
In Greek mythology, Gaia is the personification of the Earth. Today, Mother Earth Gaia is in big trouble. It has deadly enemies. Greed, first and foremost. That and the fake science…
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Ileana’s retirement: The end of a cycle
Florida Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen announced that she won't seek reelection in 2018. Her retirement marks the end of a cycle characterized by the access of the first generation…
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Oscar Lopez Rivera: The freedom fighter U.S. colonial violence produced
The opposition to Oscar Lopez Rivera is focused either on those who are terribly misinformed, characterizing him as an "ultranationalist," "terrorist," "murderer," "communist," or all…
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Dark times: Savage capitalism unleashed
Stories in The New York Times and Miami Herald paints a portrait of a thoroughly corporate-controlled society characterized by breathtaking inequality in which cruelty is standard…
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The moral travesty of Trumpcare
Trumpcare isn’t a replacement of the Affordable Care Act. It’s a transfer from the sick and poor to the rich and healthy. The losers are some 24 million Americans who under the…
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