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The War-mongering President
By: Daniel Nardini Just as the civil war in Libya is sort-of finished (well, not really), now U.S. President Barack Obama is putting 100 “advisers” into Uganda to “help” in… Read more
Gutting Medicaid for Latinos
By: Daniel Nardini While the United States is in the middle of two wars and getting involved in two conflicts (Libya and Uganda), the U.S. Congress is considering cutting funding… Read more
Tania Leon
By: Daniel Nardini [We continue our Hispanic Heritage Month series on Latino composers with the Cuban American composer Tania Leon] Tania Leon is a Cuban American composer, conductor and lecturer…. Read more
Forbidden Hawaiian Island
By: Daniel Nardini Imagine a place anywhere in the United States where there are no computers (certainly no Internet), no TVs, no radios, no cars, no trains, no electricity, no… Read more
Finding the Sacred Kings of Tenochtitlan
By: Daniel Nardini Recently archeologists in Mexico City have unearthed a stone ceremonial platform that was used to cremate the dead kings of the Aztec Empire. The sacred platform was… Read more
“I Do…..For Now”
By: Daniel Nardini Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) legislators in Mexico City are proposing a new law that will limit marriage to two years. Their reasoning is that the… Read more
Return of the Communist Party of Honduras
By: Daniel Nardini In not so well known news, the Communist Party of Honduras has reestablished itself this year. The party held its fifth national conference, and it decided that… Read more
One Deportation is a Tragedy, 1,000,000 Are a Statistic
By: Daniel Nardini To paraphrase former Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin’s phrase, “one death is a tragedy, a million deaths are a statistic,” it seems that U.S. immigration’s view that 1,000,000… Read more
The Fifth Degree for Food Stamps
By: Daniel Nardini New York City Council member Christine C. Quinn has called for an ordinance to be passed tracking the costs of fingerprinting those who apply for food stamps…. Read more »