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St. Petersburg Times editorial (Progreso Weekly Editor’s Note: As you read this, and if you live in Florida, we ask that you keep your eye on Tallahassee and education. For anyone…
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By Luis Sexto The dogma, which its original Greek roots defines as “the right road,” now means, in modern political language, quite the opposite – the wrong road, the road not to…
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Key address by Army General Raul Castro Ruz, president of the State Council and the Council of Ministers and Second Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba’s Central Committee, at…
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From the   Robert Reich blog I’m in the “green room” at ABC News, waiting to join a roundtable panel discussion on ABC’s weekly Sunday news program, This Week. Alan Greenspan…
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By Bill Press Nobody's perfect. That's what drives me crazy about Barack Obama. I want him to be perfect. But just when I think he's about to walk on water, he disappoints me again.…
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By Bill Moyers and Michael Winship From Truthout.org Forty-two years ago, on April 4, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, gunned down in Memphis, Tennessee. To those…
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By Max J. Castro majcastro@gmail.com A consortium of nine major Latino organizations has just released a report card that gives mediocre grades to a large number of Senators and…
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By Saul Landau In 2005, teaching a history class to university juniors and seniors, I mentioned the Vietnam War. I noticed glazed looks in the eyes of several students. I asked a…
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David Rivera never ceases to amaze me. The guy is a walking campaign poster. And if getting elected makes you a good politician, then he’s a good politician. But other than the fact…
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By CURT ANDERSON Declaring U.S.-to-Cuba charter flights a vital national interest, the Justice Department is opposing a Cuban-American woman's attempt to make air charter companies pay…
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