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Provoking an American climate crisis
Before Hurricane Sandy last fall, we needed dystopian fiction writers to conjure images of NY's subway underwater... Now, global warming is taking over, which tells us that a climate…
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NSA broke privacy rules thousand of times, reports The Washington Post
Top secret documents reveal that the National Security Agency (NSA) “has broken privacy rules or overstepped its legal authority thousands of times each year.."
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Alice Walker disinvited from University of Michigan over ‘Israel comments’
World-renowned American author Alice Walker has been disinvited from giving a speech at the University of Michigan because a donor objects to her views on Israel.
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35 years for Bradley Manning
"This is a sad day for Bradley Manning, but it's also a sad day for all Americans who depend on brave whistleblowers and a free press for a fully informed public debate," commented the…
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Industriales: A force for Cuban unity (+Photos +Video)
Progreso Weekly columnist Yadira Escobar offers her impressions of who was at Miami International Airport to witness the arrival of 10 Cuban baseball players from Havana.
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The ‘free’ press
The purchase of the Post intensified the big debate about the future of newspapers in the U.S. The new owner once said that "20 years from now there will be no printed newspapers" in…
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Will the Industriales find a place to play in Miami?
A group of 10 retired former Industriales baseball players arrived in Miami late Sunday night from Havana. As former members of Cuba’s most famous baseball team, they are here to…
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GOP’s strategy: If you can’t beat them, purge them
Florida Governor Rick Scott and his sorry band of Republican allies are at it once again. They are laying the groundwork for another stolen election.
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Former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. sentenced to 30 months in prison
A tearful Jesse Jackson Jr. was sentenced to 30 months in prison after pleading guilty to charges related to illegally spending $750,000 in campaign funds on personal purchases.
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The world must hear from Edward Snowden again
The White House and its media allies are gradually undermining the NSA whistleblower. The cause of liberty needs his advocacy, says Mark Weisbrot in this article for The Guardian.
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