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You could die laughing
By David Brooks
From the Mexican newspaper La Jornada
NEW YORK – The right wing in this country is so unhinged that, if you ignore the devastating consequences, you could die of…
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Nuns on the run – and on the bus
By Bill Press
Don't look now, but the pope and his posse of bishops are on the warpath. The Vatican and American bishops are out to squash those they consider the greatest threat to…
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Video: Mariela Castro visits The Nation magazine
During a visit to The Nation's offices, Mariela Castro of the Cuban National Center for Sexual Education spoke about US foreign policy, arguing that "international relations can't be…
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Obama faces a frustrated Hispanic electorate
By Julia Preston
From The New York Times
As President Obama heads into the main stretch of his re-election campaign, his immigration policies have produced few gains among Latinos,…
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From prison
By Danny Glover and Saul Landau
We visited Gerardo Hernandez for the fifth time and, as usual, his spirits seemed higher than ours despite the fact that he resides in a…
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David Rivera & Cuban Adjustment Act = U.S. policy schizophrenia
A La Alborada editorial
The Cuban Adjustment Act (CAA), originally intended as a short-term destabilization program, was never expected to last for decades. Soon after going into…
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The quiet coup d’état
By Robert Reich
JP Morgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, BP, Chevron, WalMart, and billionaires Charles and David Koch are launching a multi-million dollar TV ad-buy Tuesday blasting President…
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Mariela Castro to Amanpour: “Alan Gross has been granted everything that he’s asked…
CNN's Christiane Amanpour interviewed Mariela Castro, daughter of Cuban President Raul Castro for AMANPOUR. The wide-ranging discussion included discussion of Mariela Castro’s…
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A start on the Dream
A New York Times editorial
President Obama has been an overachiever on immigration enforcement, far outpacing his predecessor, George W. Bush, in swiftly racking up a million…
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CAFE letter opposes Rivera’s H.R. 2831
Expresses disappointment that Rivera once again tries to suppress family travel to Cuba
112th Congress
United States House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary
Subcommittee on…
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