Progreso Semanal - Our world from progressive perpectives

While walking down the street one day a corrupt Senator was tragically hit by a car and died. His soul arrives in heaven and is met by St. Peter at the entrance. "Welcome to heaven,"…
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By Elsa Claro It is not a goal of the type that makes soccer history. It is not even a home run, but undoubtedly Cuba scored a pair of runs in just 48 hours. On Monday, the European…
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Al’s Loupe Varela, your comments and bully cops By Alvaro F. Fernandez alvaro@progresoweekly.com I am amazed at how spiritually shallow Miami can be. Without a doubt the past week’s…
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By Max J. Castro majcastro@gmail.com For the last year, the Iraq war had become almost invisible in the eyes of the American media and the U.S. public. The reasons include the…
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By Danny Glover and Saul Landau We sat in the waiting room with eight other people, all black or Latino, while prison authorities “counted” -- presumably -- the prisoners. An hour and…
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By Paul Krugman From The New York Times This is what happens when you need to leap over an economic chasm -- but either can’t or won’t jump far enough, so that you only get part of…
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By Patricia Grogg From Inter Press Services HAVANA (IPS) - The risk of meningitis outbreaks rises during the dry season -- December to June -- in some 20 countries of sub-Saharan…
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By Julia Dawson This year, out of all the candidates and issues on the ballot, I am most passionate about voting YES on Amendments 5 & 6 on Election Day. These two amendments will…
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By Bill Press Ah, 1992. "The Year of the Woman." We remember it well. And how proud we were. To see the number of women in the U.S. Senate triple: from two to six. From California,…
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By Annie Betancourt Once the decadal Census is completed, the process begins of drawing the boundaries of the legislative districts that have emerged or changed as a result of changes…
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