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Sadness and cobwebs
Statistics tell a moving story of desperation and impotence. According to the Centers for Disease Control, 15.6 percent of young Latinas in the U.S. tried to commit suicide one or more…
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Russian Duma asks U.S. Congress to end blockade
The United States' economic blockade of Cuba was the subject of impassioned debate in the Russian Duma, the lower house of Parliament, which was considering a plea to the United Nations…
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Losing the Senate should make life easier for Obama on Cuba
If we had a ‘Most Wanted’ poster depicting Cuba’s worst enemy in the U.S. Congress it would not be Republican. The title belongs to U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, a Democrat from New Jersey.
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Most states still funding schools less than before the Recession
At a time when states and the nation need workers with the skills to master new technologies and adapt to the complexities of a global economy, this decline in state educational…
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Poor kids who do everything right don’t do better than rich kids who do everything wrong
America is the land of opportunity, just for some more than others.
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Report: Feds don’t have evidence to charge officer who shot Michael Brown
The officials, who were reportedly briefed on the federal civil rights investigation into the Brown shooting, reportedly said that forensic tests performed by the FBI found Wilson's gun…
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Taxpayer-funded contest aborted
The woman didn't know it at the time, but the U.S. government was behind the contest, called El Barrio en Directo, or The Neighborhood Live. Its organizers left Cuba after American…
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The legacy of sexual revolution and how it affects the society
Has the perception of sex changed over the years? How does it affect society? What is the role of media in setting sexual trends? In order to estimate the presence of sex in public…
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Cuba-U.S.: The privilege of a spring
No better context could be found for a conversation with Arboleya. It was obligatory to ask him if President Obama or his successor could initiate -- by himself and in a short time -- a…
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The age of vulnerability
Two new studies show, once again, the magnitude of the inequality problem plaguing the United States. The first, the U.S
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