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The not-so-hidden injuries of class
Today, as the suicide trends show, the injuries of class are hardly hidden. They are open sores, belying all pretensions to an American Dream or to a Great Society.
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Dept. of State issues new list of eligible imports produced in Cuba
On Friday, April 22, the U.S. Department of State issued a new list of eligible imports produced by independent Cuban entrepreneurs.
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Mariana Gastón: ‘It is good that Cubans of all persuasions are interested in bettering relations’
Mariana Gaston is a retired New York city teacher and a relentless activist for better public schools. For decades she has advocated and worked to change U.S. policy towards Cuba. She…
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The new, more balanced debate on U.S. Cuba policy
Far from being politics as usual, Marco Rubio's defeat last week at the hands of a Senate disinterested in voting on his amendment is emblematic of a sea-change as the country…
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The Cuban-American hard-line bravado banishes into thin air
That sorry bunch, the Cuban Mafia or the Cuban Con Artists, call them what you will, were left out of the conversation because their intention was to prevent any conversation, or even…
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Mexican film on migrants is a rebuke to Trump
A movie showing the plight of Mexicans who enter the United States in search of work is expected to become an indictment of Republican candidate Donald Trump's presidential campaign.
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How ‘Citizens United’ is helping Hillary Clinton win the White House
The longest article ever run by Progreso Weekly, this may be one of the most important published. Written by David Levinthal, it decries the corruption wrought by Citizens United. And…
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Bernie Sanders and the history of American socialism
It seems fitting that the country’s first serious socialist presidential candidate since the 1930s should have political roots in the Lower East Side — the cradle of New York socialism.
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History of Cuban support groups’ archive inaugurated at UMass
This agreement is extremely important and has a great historic value that goes beyond a record of political activities in favor of normalization, because it promises to become an…
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Trump’s the chump: New York Times analysis confirms Progreso prediction
They say that Minerva’s owl flies at dusk—wisdom comes too late. But sometimes Minerva’s owl flies at first light, and being among the first to perceive has its cost too. The Sunday New…
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