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Bernie Sanders is most qualified to lead a political system we SHOULD have
Hillary's the most qualified candidate for president of the political system we now have. Sanders is the most qualified candidate to create the political system we should have, because…
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Big business rules (and prospers) while the little guy suffers
In an age of climate change deniers, corporate welfare facilitating government riches for the one-percenters while our taxes are raised to pay for them, and lobbyists that assure the…
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This millennial might be the new Einstein
A first-generation Cuban-American born and bred in the suburbs of Chicago is exploring some of the most challenging and complex issues in physics, much as Stephen Hawking and Albert…
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Stop and smell the Cuban coffee
In his State of the Union address President Obama made it two years in a row that he urged Congress to take down what presidents dating back to Eisenhower had built up. He asked them to…
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Democratic presidential primary gets real
The U.S. presidential primary race is getting interesting — perhaps more interesting than it has been for the past 80 years or so. I’m talking about the Democratic primary, although the…
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It may end up being the neo-fascist clown against an old socialist in the race for president
At this time last year political pundits had practically crowned Jeb Bush the Republican nominee, but it's turned out to be an unusual year. Then there's the matter of the Hillary race…
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Obama’s 2016 State of the Union address
"The future we want—opportunity and security for our families; a rising standard of living and a sustainable, peaceful planet for our kids—all that is within our reach. But it will only…
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The crash of 2016
Why will it crash? The cannibalistic nature of the GOP nomination process is only one, and not necessarily the main, reason. The increasingly nasty infighting won’t help come November,…
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Obama is considering an end to the ‘poaching’ of Cuban doctors, Reuters says
The U.S. government "is considering putting an end to a program that encourages Cuban doctors and nurses on overseas assignments to defect," the Reuters news agency reported Friday.
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Cuba and the U.S. – the state of the reunion
During the first days of the New Year, we got to see first-hand the benefits of the new Cuba policy when we joined a trade delegation led by Virginia's Governor Terry McAuliffe - a…
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