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Dear friends and fellow Cuba Policy Advocates, We've been keeping up the pressure on Congress for months to end the travel ban on Cuba. The "Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act" legislation…
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By Saul Landau I thought of cousin Harry when I read about the July 21 bust of five New York and New Jersey orthodox rabbis along with scores of New Jersey officials. Like the…
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By Bill Press President Obama, Speaker Pelosi and Leader Reid don't agree on everything. But, when it comes to vacation plans for August, they are all three on the same page. As AP…
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A New York Times editorial In the United States, the burden of registering falls squarely on voters. In countries where the government does more of the work, according to a new study,…
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By Bill Moyers and Michael Winship Push finally came to shove in Washington this week as the battle for health care escalated from scattered sniper fire into all-out combat. If it all…
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By Max J. Castro majcastro@gmail.com Obama is nothing if not persistent, but does he have the audacity to show the Israelis that actions have real and not just symbolic consequences…
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By Saul Landau During mid July, the Senate Judiciary Committee held hearings on Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s qualifications for the Supreme Court. The Solon’s oratory focused on themes of…
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Thanks to a Havana Note blog entry from John McAuliff A story came across the McClatchy wire on Friday night that felt like a punch in the gut. It made it seem as though the President…
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By Benjamin Sarlin From The Daily Beast Investigative reporter Seymour Hersh raised eyebrows back in March when he told an audience at the University of Minnesota that Dick Cheney ran…
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By Bill Press Ugly, white, Southern male Republicans on parade. That's what we saw in the Senate Judiciary Committee: ugly, white, Southern male Republicans on parade, trying to derail…
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