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By Melvin P. Foote The Congressional Black Caucus and 18 others from Congress, Nelson Mandela’s grandson, Ndaba Mandela, and additional prominent people and organizations have written letters…
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By Jared Bernstein The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. gestures during a speech at a Chicago Freedom Movement rally at Soldier Field in Chicago on July 10, 1966. (Afro…
by Westenley Alcenat For a brief moment recently, Haiti dominated the news cycle. As always, this American media attention only came in a moment of crisis. According to the Washington…
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By Roger Smith The Washington Spectator My hope is that this presentation of the underlying views of a majority of Americans will enable readers to oppose the false prophets of…
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By Louis Nevaer Cubans fear the “bromance” between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin could result in a U.S. invasion of the communist island. A day after American voters elected…
By Stephen Bartlett / AlterNet Photo Credit: Tory Field Many people will never hear about how at the end of 2016 on December 19, 38 medical professionals from Cuba’s Henry…
By Phillip Smith / AlterNet Photo Credit: Schmidt_Alex / Shutterstock.com With 2016 now behind us, it’s time for some year-end accounting, and when it comes to fatalities related to drug…