Progreso Semanal - Our world from progressive perpectives

By Bill Press In the interest of full disclosure, I sometimes crave a good burger. So whenever the mood strikes, I head to the "Five Guys" closest to Washington's Capitol Hill: on New…
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By Greg Palast From GregPalast.com There's an easy way to find oil. Go to some remote and gorgeous natural sanctuary, say Alaska or the Amazon, find some Indians, then drill down…
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By Bill Moyers and Michael Winship From Truthout.org You know by now that in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, an elderly white supremacist and anti-Semite named James W. von Brunn…
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By Max J. Castro majcastro@gmail.com Groucho Marx used to joke that he would not want to be a member of any club that would have him as a member. Something similar could be said about…
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By Santiago Leon On June 8, the New York Times published an article entitled, "Health Care Spending Disparities Stir a Fight," by Robert Pear. In the article, the writer describes an…
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Ancient memories (Part 4) By Saul Landau Harvey and I bought cowboy hats for $3 each and tried to pose in them. A young trucker with a tattoo of a hula dancer on his forearm and a…
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By Jorge Gómez Barata Although not mentioned in the national press, an intense exchange of ideas is taking place in Cuban society regarding the present political situation, marked…
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     Earlier today the Supreme Court announced it would not be reviewing the case of the Cuban 5. Associated Press reported that the justices left in place the convictions of the “Five”…
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Sunday, June 14 (11:00 p.m.) -- Led by series MVP Kobe Bryant, the Los Angeles Lakers tonight won their 15th basketball title against the upstart Orlando Magic. Here's how the…
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What follows is a must read blog entry by Robert Reich, former Clinton Secretary of Labor, where he reports that the American Medical Association (AMA) opposes President Obama's public…
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