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A new report examines contributions to members of Congress from the U.S.-Cuba Democracy Political Action Committee and its donors. The top 15 recipients are: Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart,…
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By Max J. Castro majcastro@gmail.com The presidency of Barak Obama reminds one of those chess exhibition matches in which a grand master plays lesser players on several tables…
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By Saul Landau Over decades of movie addiction, I know after depositing my fee for entrance, somewhere between the candy counter and the seat, I lose my critical sensibilities by…
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By Bill Press In the history of modern politics, we've never seen a worse case of media overkill. On Tuesday evening, Nov. 3, there they were: the entire panoply of political pundits,…
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By Bill Press Is it too much to ask for a little sanity in politics today? Apparently so. The Right has been particularly insane in the attacks they've leveled against President Obama.…
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By Max J. Castro majcastro@gmail.com It is a measure of the difficulty of the task that over the last few weeks, President Barack Obama has spent countless hours with his war council…
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Ecuador and Bolivia are achieving remarkable growth because they reject conventional economic wisdom By Mark Weisbrot From The Guardian Among the conventional wisdom that we hear…
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By Christina Lopez Some prominent immigrant rights organizations sincerely hoped that electing Obama would turn things around for immigrants. But those hopes were misplaced. Obama's…
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By Saul Landau “All we have to do is send two mujahedeen to the furthest point east to raise a piece of cloth saying ‘al-Qa'ida’ in order to make generals race there, and we cause…
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The biggest obstacle to reforming the U.S. economy, healthcare or foreign policy isn't Republicans -- it's the media By Mark Weisbrot From The Guardian What kind of a public…
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