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By Bernie Sanders From OpEdNews.com Let's be clear. Our health care system is disintegrating. Today, 46 million people have no health insurance and even more are underinsured with…
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By Bill Press Maybe I just have too much empathy. But I admit shedding a couple of tears, standing in the East Room of the White House and watching the first African-American president…
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By Michael Moore From MichaelMoore.com I write this on the morning of the end of the once-mighty General Motors. By high noon, the President of the United States will have made it…
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By Max J. Castro majcastro@gmail.com Sonia Sotomayor is an eminent jurist, a down-to-earth person, and the Republican’s worst nightmare for more than ten years. In nominating…
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Ancient memories (Part 2) - July 1951 By Saul Landau In 1950, the U.S. Census estimated the population at just over 150 million, 3 million of whom were unemployed. California, with…
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By Rolando Castañeda and Lorenzo Cañizares rcastanedah@comcast.net (Editor's Note: This is a response to the column written by Progreso Weekly's Germán Piniella, in which he referred…
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By Bill Press   You know what they say: "Be careful what you ask for, because you just might get it."   Sadly, on one issue at least, that's all too true of Senate Democrats. After…
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By Max J. Castro majcastro@gmail.com   As he wades into the Israeli-Palestinian morass, President Barack Obama might be biting off more than he can chew. With hardliners in power in…
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By Saul Landau   In April 1951, Harry Truman grew concerned that escalation of U.S. military operations in Korea could draw in Soviet armed forces. Moscow already supplied weapons and…
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Cuba dollar tax reveals complexity of trade Embargo   By Mark Frank   From the ABC News website   HAVANA, Cuba, May 18, 2009 — If you stand lookout from the housing projects…
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