Progreso Semanal - Our world from progressive perpectives

By Robert ReichFrom the Robert Reich blog Whenever you hear a business executive or politician use the term “American competitiveness,” watch your wallet. Few terms in public…
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By Ernesto Pérez Castillo From Opinión magazine When the British newspaper The Guardian published secret documents of the U.S. Interest Section (USIS) in Havana, provided by WikiLeaks,…
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By Max J. Castromajcastro@gmail.com By the time this column is posted, President Barack Obama will have officially reported on the state of the nation to Congress and the American…
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By Saul Landau The Tucson massacre yielded the media and politicians weeks of fodder for their nattering mills. Yes, Americans hate violence and love guns, just as we stand for peace…
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By Bill Press A funny thing happened on the way to repeal of President Obama's health care reform plan in the House: the vast majority of Americans decided they liked the new plan…
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By Alejandro Armengol From his blog Cuaderno de Cuba (Cuban Notebook) Under the title “David Rivera warns Obama,” Radio Martí publishes some brief information on the Internet,…
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By John Tierney From The Atlantic In yesterday's Boston Sunday Globe, Bryan Bender reported on the Kennedy family's tight-fisted and iron-willed efforts to keep the official papers of…
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By John Bresnahan and Marin Cogan From Politico.com Just three weeks into his congressional career, Rep. David Rivera (R-Fla.) has earned the dubious distinction of being the first…
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From EFE HAVANA – - The supply of potable water in the Cuban capital has reached its most critical state in the last 50 years, with more than 100,000 people dependent on tanker trucks…
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By Warren Richey From The Christian Science Monitor Washington —The liberal advocacy group Common Cause announced on Thursday that it has asked the Justice Department to investigate…
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