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Authoritarianism isn’t coming–it’s here
The military is in the streets of Los Angeles.
That image alone—armed National Guard troops deployed by a sitting president against the will of local officials—should shake this…
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Rubio orders abolishment of USAID’s international workforce
A cable from the U.S. State Department Tuesday showed that the Trump administration is eliminating the entire international workforce of the foreign aid agency that has provided…
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Veterans’ perspectives on Trump’s proposed military parade
There are diverse opinions among U.S. military veterans regarding a proposed military parade to celebrate the Army's 250th anniversary, which coincides with President Donald Trump's…
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The transit of Elon the Elongated
I awaken in a tunnel—moist, humming, self-satisfied. I suspect it was dug by a nervous god with a sinus infection. Above me, a Tesla glides like a swan that forgot it couldn’t swim…
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Rubio, Trump accused of criminal obstruction for sanctioning ICC judges
Human rights defenders on Friday accused U.S. President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio of criminal obstruction after Rubio announced sanctions targeting four…
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When democracies choose to die
In 1814, John Adams issued a warning that sounds today like the tolling of a distant but familiar bell: “Democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There…
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51,000 will die yearly if Trump budget passes
An analysis released Tuesday by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and Yale estimates that more than 51,000 additional people across the United States would die unnecessarily…
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Rolando Lozano: A great Cuban musician passed away
Rolando Lozano (1931-2025) began his professional career in Cuba in the late 1940s and early 1950s as flutist in the Cuban Orquesta Aragón. In 1957 Lozano moved first to Chicago, and…
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‘Devastating’ impacts of ending migrant protections
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday (May 30) cleared the way for the Trump administration to end, for now, legal protections for more than 500,000 Haitian, Cuban, Nicaraguan, and…
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The dilemma of Florida’s Cuban-American members of Congress
With seven representatives and one senator in the United States Congress, the Cuban-origin community is the proportionally best-represented ethnic minority in that legislative body,…
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