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White House moves to ease travel restrictions to Cuba
By Mary Beth Sheridan and Karen DeYoung
From The Washington Post
The White House is preparing a package of measures that would expand opportunities for Americans to travel to Cuba and…
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Republican xenophobia: Another turn of the screw
By Max J. Castro majcastro@gmail.com
The Republican Party has a longstanding record of opposing immigrants and immigration dating back at least to the early decades of the twentieth…
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A Cuban adventure with Lee Lockwood
By Saul Landau
In July 1967, I met Lee Lockwood at the Mexico City ticket counter of Cubana de Aviacion. He had black curly hair, a confident almost smug look and he toted camera…
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Conservatives lose their number 1 wedge issue
By Bill Press
The bad news is that hatred doesn't die easily. But the good news is that hatred does die eventually. And political movements built on hate have a relatively short shelf…
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The White House needs to hear from you on Cuba!
By Angelica Salazar
From her blog, Angelica's Eyes on Washington
Is it true Mr. President? Oh, please tell me you too believe it’s time for a CHANGE in U.S. policy toward Cuba.
So very…
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Interrogation advice from CIA docs unethical
By Kristina Fiore
From MedPage Today
Physicians working for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) suffered severe ethical lapses in providing advice on enhanced interrogation…
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Economic recovery for the few
By Max J. Castro majcastro@gmail.com
The latest economic news is bad, very bad indeed, at least for the vast majority of Americans, although not for corporations and the rich.
Rather…
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More gross media negligence
By Saul Landau and Nelson Valdés
“The average Washington correspondent is content to write what he is spoon-fed by the government's press officers.” I. F. Stone, 1953.
“When the…
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Defining prosperity down
By Paul Krugman
From The New York Times
I’m starting to have a sick feeling about prospects for American workers -- but not, or not entirely, for the reasons you might think.
Yes,…
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Remember Bush and Cheney?
By Bill Press
You've heard of the gang that couldn't shoot straight? Barack Obama's the man who can't shoot straight. His first 20 months have zipped by with nothing to show for…
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