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Presidential aspirant who proudly touts his socialism: Meet Bernie Sanders
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders proudly calls himself a democratic socialist. There’s talk that he may consider jumping into the presidential race in 2016.
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The economy is doing fine; the people not so much
As the headline states, the disconnect between the record Wall Street values and corporate profit figures on the one hand, and the sorry economic situation of so many Americans on the…
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Why poor schools can’t win at standardized testing
The companies that create the most important state and national exams also publish textbooks that contain many of the answers. Unfortunately, low-income school districts can’t afford to…
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ISIS post PR photos they took with John McCain
The group that he was meeting with was a particular subset of rebels in Syria, who we now know as ISIS.
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Immigration keeps heating up
The nation's temperature is rising rapidly as supporters and opponents of the immigrants await, with growing anxiety, President Obama's executive orders.
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Cuba and Louisiana: Similarities only go so far
"We've been playing folk Cuban music for years and to really get into it and to see how they do it, which is just how we do it," Doucet said, who took the trip sans BeauSoleil through…
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Cuban Health Care: Rutgers Students Witness a Different Way to Serve Patients
Four-week service-learning program gives students a chance to experience the challenges and benefits of the Cuban health-care system
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When Washington ‘holds the pen’
The Center for Democracy in America (CDA) is a not for profit organisation based in Washington, DC, led by Stephens that tries to bring the Cuban reality nearer to politicians in the…
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Immigration reform and the Cuban Adjustment Act
Consistently the American government has used the Act to score political points, pointing to the arrivals as proof of how desperate the Cubans are to get out of the country – without…
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Black Jesus Superstar
Black Jesus has performed his first miracle. He didn't turn water into wine but was even more practical: he saw to it that black and white fundamentalists, without previous intent,…
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