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From the Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Cuban officials reached out to U.S. exiles on Saturday with a videoconference between Havana and Washington, promising a highly anticipated…
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Cuban Americans for Engagement (C.A.F.E.) visits Washington, D.C. On April 16th and 17th a group of Cuban Americans of different political persuasions from states including Florida,…
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By Saul Landau Fidel Castro scored one big political victory last week without speaking or even leaving his house – and one sort of amusing little win. By a lopsided score at the…
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By David Brooks From the Mexican newspaper La Jornada NEW YORK – The mischievous ones are harassing the powerful, which provokes a delicious laughter, a feeling that a rebellious…
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By Bill Press If there's one special talent of Republicans, it's turning a nothing issue into a raging controversy. They've done it before: with Van Jones, ACORN, and Obama's birth…
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By Michael Winship and Bill Moyers From Truthout Benjamin Franklin, who used his many talents to become a wealthy man, famously said that the only things certain in life are death…
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By Mark Engler It is a myth that Gandhi said, “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.” But that old saying nevertheless carries…
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By Bill Press It's a pretty big deal to have a bill named after you, especially if you're not a member of Congress. But, with any luck, this bill will actually soon become the law of…
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By Jessica Silver-Greenberg and Nelson D. Schwartz From The New York Times In a stinging rebuke, Citigroup shareholders rebuffed on Tuesday the bank’s $15 million pay package for its…
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By Danny Glover and Saul Landau Highway 15 connects California’s Inland Empire with Las Vegas – accounting for the relative thickness of Saturday morning traffic. So we…
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