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Why we need a new Democratic Party
The old Democratic Party has become a giant fundraising machine, too often reflecting the goals and values of the moneyed interests. It has been taken over by Washington-based…
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Marijuana legalization in states helps reform opportunities in the Americas
Donald Trump’s victory was not the only outcome of November 8 that will reverberate around the globe. On the same day, four states—California, Maine, Massachusetts, and Nevada—approved…
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Trump’s win: The reasons for unreason
Trump’s ascent are not explained by his mental health, but in the fertile soil in which the seeds of his simplistic, triumphalist ideology were planted. His win can also be attributed…
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Farewell, America
America died on Nov. 8, 2016, not with a bang or a whimper, but at its own hand via electoral suicide. We the people chose a man who has shredded our values, our morals, our compassion,…
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What? Trump?!!
Was it an enraged white America reacting to eight years of a black president? Is racism still that prevalent in this country? Americans want change in their politics and they are not…
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Trump’s teflon in the crucible
Trump still hasn’t shot anyone, but he has done everything short of it. Still, a few days before the election, the political oracles give him a chance of winning. Thus, the essence of…
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Obama, the U.S. vote at the U.N., and the blockade
We are at an unprecedented moment in the relations between Cuba and the U.S., a time when it's important to appreciate the triumph of a "culture of resistance" that now has to find…
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U.S. abstains from UN vote against Cuba embargo
The U.S. has for the first time abstained from voting against an annual UN resolution calling for an end to its economic embargo against Cuba. The final tally was 191-0, with the U.S.…
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Obama’s executive order upholds meddlesome attitude of U.S. toward Cuba
Although the new directives state that there is no intention to promote a "regime change" in Cuba, it sets out the objectives that the U.S. pursues in the current relationship, taking…
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Trump: The election is rigged — unless I win
Republicans fear that a Trump electoral debacle could hand one or both houses of Congress to the Democrats. Democrats and others outside the Republican establishment are uneasy about…
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