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Are there no limits on the use of drones?
By Bill Press
A rare beast was spotted week in Washington. An event as rare as the sighting of Big Foot. We actually saw a real filibuster in action.
It was a welcome event, even…
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Ryan’s regressiveness redux
By Robert Reich
From the Robert Reich blog
Republicans lost the election but they still shape what's debated in Washington – the federal budget deficit and so-called "fiscal…
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A universal right to vote
A New York Times editorial
Last month’s Supreme Court arguments over the constitutionality of the Voting Rights Act served as a reminder of the long history of racial voting…
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Progreso Weekly founder Francisco Aruca dies
Progreso Weekly founder Francisco Gonzalez Aruca died unexpectedly of a heart attack in his sleep on Wednesday, March 6, in Denver, Colorado, where he lived. He was 72 years old.…
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Universal neglect: A failure to protect Americans’ health
By Walter M. Brasch
From Raging Chicken Press
I received a letter from a friend this past week.
It was a letter he should never have had to write, yet did so out of desperation.…
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It’s time to overturn DOMA
By Bill Clinton
From The Washington Post
In 1996, I signed the Defense of Marriage Act. Although that was only 17 years ago, it was a very different time. In no state in the…
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Surrealism without magic
By David Brooks
From the Mexican newspaper La Jornada
A young man faces life in prison for the crime of informing his people of what their government does in their name; another…
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Americans risk losing our most sacred right
By Bill Press
It suddenly hit me this week: I don't live in the real world. I live in Washington, D.C.
In the real world, nobody would argue about renewing the Violence Against…
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Sequestration nation
By Max J. Castro
majcastro@gmail.com
MIAMI - Even President Obama didn’t believe they would go through with it. The administration was convinced that sequestration –…
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Time is ripe for new approach with Cuba
By Michael D. Barnes
From The Baltimore Sun
Unfortunately, our nation faces enormous challenges in virtually every region of the globe.
In countries ranging from Iran to North…
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