Progreso Semanal - Our world from progressive perpectives

By Saul Landau Western media has focused attention on Sgt. Robert Bales’ background. He allegedly murdered 16 Afghan civilians, 9 of them children, near Kandahar. After the…
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By Bill Press There was a time in the southern United States when racially-charged murders of innocent civilians were routine. We remember the deaths of four little girls in the…
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By Brigadier Gen. John Adams, U.S. Army retired, and David W. Jones From The Hill In 1979, the U.S. State Department began designating countries that “have repeatedly provided…
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By Raúl A. Sandoval González HAVANA - In Cuba, no statistics are published about poverty. That causes many people, both inside and outside the country, to wonder: is there no…
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By Max J. Castro majcastro@gmail.com "The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich and the poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread,"…
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Al’s Loupe Lying is not a solution to the balsero dilemma By Alvaro F. Fernandez alvaro@progresoweekly.com Let me tell you about Mr. Mesa. He is 43-years-old. He arrived in the U.S.…
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By Paul Krugman From The New York Times Florida’s now-infamous Stand Your Ground law, which lets you shoot someone you consider threatening without facing arrest, let alone prosecution,…
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By Manuel Alberto Ramy Marxism, which is nothing more than an instrument of analysis for society, was condemned by the Catholic Church more than a century ago. Leon XIII's papal…
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By Nil Nikandrov From Strategic Culture Foundation The slogan of the VI Summit of the Americas, which will convene in Cartagena de Indias (Colombia) on April 14-15, "Connecting the…
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From The Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican's No. 2 has dismissed suggestions that Cuba's Communist government could exploit Pope Benedict XVI's upcoming trip as a…
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