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The Democrats in Philadelphia held a brilliant convention last week. It stands in sharp contrast to the previous week’s Republican disaster. And while they celebrated, Donald Trump was…
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Donald Trump is a buffoon, a narcissist and misogynist. But it is bad politics to discredit him for the few things he says that are arguably true or sensible.
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In a dramatic contrast with the Republican convention, Spanish is spoken in Philadelphia this week. Not only that. Among this week's many speakers there were undocumented migrants who…
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Last week was filled with good news for progressives. It started Monday in Cleveland with the disastrous kickoff to the Republican National Convention that would officially elect Donald…
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Since diplomatic relations were re-established the U.S. and Cuba have signed ten agreements with another seven in train and may be ready before the end of this year. The prior 55 years…
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In the last year, normalization has meant that thousands of Americans have met and learned from Cubans through people-to-people travel, while U.S. corporations continue to prove that…
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Paula Rogovin still remembers that episode of her childhood in Buffalo, N.Y., when she interrupted the lesson at school by raising her hand and saying, "I think that Cuba is nice."…
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Last week in Cleveland, State Senator Eric Brakey of Maine tried to make some changes to the Republican Party's foreign policy platform. It turns out that when it comes to Cuba, though,…
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Ever since the 1960s, the Republican Party has been an ever-stronger magnet for white resentment. Donald Trump is the culmination of this Frankenstein-like union of prejudice and…
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In the seconds before his death, Micah Johnson wrote the letter R and then the letter B in his own blood on the wall. It took investigators a bit of time to suss that out, but it seems…
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