Progreso Semanal - Our world from progressive perpectives

By Bill Press As every sixth-grader knows, pilgrims originally came to these shores in search of religious freedom. Too bad we don't still practice it. Even in colonial days, many…
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By Max J. Castromajcastro@gmail.com Yossarian, the protagonist of Joseph Heller’s classic 1961 novel Catch-22, is a bombardier on a U.S. B-25 Army air force plane during World War II.…
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By Saul Landau That cliché in modern America should get re-worded: “Taxes Equal Death.” In 2010, unique in the world, the U.S. military budget absorbs the lion’s share of the federal…
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By Elíades Acosta Matos On Sept. 16, 1980, the inhabitants of the Iranian province of Khuzestan awoke to a start. A sudden darkening of the skies, a perceptible tremor and an…
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Primary election night results have not brought good news for Democrats statewide, I believe. The stunning republican victory by former health care executive Rick Scott over Florida’s…
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(Text of article in Espacio Laical (Lay Space), a magazine of the Lay Council of the Archdiocese of Havana, titled "Mediation Will Have To Follow Its Unswerving Course." It was written…
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Things seem to be getting worse for David Rivera. Miami’s state rep, who seems to want to lie his way to the District 25 Congressional seat abandoned by Mario Diaz-Balart, is mired in…
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AP Photo/ Javier Galeano As with any governmental visit to Cuba let’s hope that positive things come from this exchange. I praise any general effort to engage in diplomacy and improve…
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By Sean J. Miller From The Hill Opposition to the war in Afghanistan, once a mainstay of liberals, is no longer a partisan campaign issue. A majority of voters want the conflict to end…
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There has been something very positive about this election season – at least here in Miami. Any person who still has doubts whether State Rep. David Rivera is a liar, well, there is…
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