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Rangel: Reinstate the draft
Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) is re-introducing legislation that would reinstate a military draft in the U.S. and impose a “war tax” so that Americans “feel the burden” of ongoing…
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The outsider
Elizabeth Warren wants to be the most powerful Democrat in America—without running for president.
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Michele Rosewoman’s music celebrates Cuba
New Yor-Uba brings Latin sound to Egg.
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The mysteries of Obama’s policy toward Venezuela
It is difficult for any Latin American and Caribbean country to accept the meddlesome terms of the U.S. statement against Venezuela. Not even much of the Venezuelan right has been able…
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We speak African: Arturo O’Farrill on U.S./Cuba exchange
Why diplomatic relations will change everything.
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First direct flights between US and Cuba taking off
US travel service starts offering weekly charter between New York and Havana, despite ongoing US ban on Cuba tourism.
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Jeb Bush’s email troubles grow more serious
The political world knew that the 2016 presidential race would take shape early this year, but few could have guessed that email access and email security would be one of the dominant…
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Fixing justice in America
You don’t need to be a criminal to have your life destroyed by the U.S. criminal justice system. Sixty percent of people in our jails are pretrial detainees who haven’t been convicted…
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How to spot income inequality from space? Count the trees
It got De Chant thinking about whether it would be possible to actually see income inequality from space. So he did some googling. And he found that not only was it very easy to spot in…
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Cuba, polls and the real ‘useful idiots’
Wow, eight polls in ten weeks -- that's not just a trend, it's a tidal wave. So, where does that leave the hardliners now? Frustrated, we'd guess. Rather than attacking public opinion,…
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