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By Robert Reich From the Robert Reich blog Since my New Year's prediction that Obama would select Hillary Clinton for his running mate in 2012 (and Joe Biden would become Secretary…
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By Saul Landau Frank Bardacke has written the comprehensive history of the United Farm Workers, Trampling Out The Vintage: Cesar Chavez And The Two Souls of The United Farm Workers, a…
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By Danny Glover and Saul Landau 2:30 PM - Departure time, the most excruciating part of visiting Gerardo Hernandez. A prison guard announced: “Visiting hours are over.”…
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By Bill Press Psssst! Don't tell anybody, but I have a secret. I talk to God every day. And she told me herself: She doesn't give a fig who wins the Republican primary. But you'd…
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From the Latin America Working Group So there is no suspense, you did it! Through your calls and emails, forwarding of the action alert, and commitment to retaining unrestricted…
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By David Espo and Alan Fram From the Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Congressional negotiators reached agreement Thursday on a compromise spending bill to avert a weekend federal…
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By Saul Landau and Nelson Valdes “Children are born to be happy.” -- José Martí On November 19, 2011, NPR broadcast “Children Of Cuba Remember: Their Flight To America.” Reporter Greg…
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By Bill Press You could never accuse Republicans of going "back to the future." In fact, there are many past leaders of their own party whom today's Republicans would never…
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By Collin Laverty Saturday marked the two-year anniversary of the imprisonment of Alan Gross, a U.S. Government subcontractor imprisoned in Cuba. Gross and his family have maintained…
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From the Latin America Working Group (Progreso Weekly Editor’s Note: It is important to note that although this initiative is republican-led, there are numerous democrats in…
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