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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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The CIA is getting away with keeping every important secret about torture
A definitive Senate report about one of America’s darkest periods continues to be withheld – precisely because the agency behind it refuses to come clean
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Republicans on immigration: Cruel, cynical, irresponsible
When it comes to the current hysteria about the influx of unaccompanied Central American minors across the U.S.-Mexico border, there are fanatics who mob school buses transporting…
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With HIV regime-change ruse in Cuba, another black eye for USAID
It's been a rough few years for the United States Agency for International Development in Latin America. The latest misstep is the AP story it backed a program in Cuba that brought…
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An infiltration attempt ‘explained’
Transcript of press briefing Monday (Aug. 4) by U.S. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki on the subject of a reported effort by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)…
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Text of rabbis’ letter to President Obama for release of Alan Gross
300 rabbis sent a letter to President Barack Obama urging him to take action to secure the immediate release of Alan Gross. Due to health issues, the rabbis stress that Gross’s…
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US sent latin youth undercover in anti-Cuba ploy
Beginning as early as October 2009, a project overseen by the U.S. Agency for International Development sent Venezuelan, Costa Rican and Peruvian young people to Cuba in hopes of…
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American imprisoned in Cuba said final goodbye to family during recent visit
Gross said goodbye to his wife and youngest daughter during a recent visit. Gross, who lived in Maryland before his arrest, had previously told his two daughters not to come see him in…
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Warren for president! It’s not easy to be optimistic
The media began to call her "the grand dame of the American left," and, certainly, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is attracting ever growing audiences with a speech that deals…
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