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Reforming Mississippi’s Notorious Prison System
By Daniel Nardini Fact, the State of Mississippi has the second highest rate of incarceration in the nation only behind that of Louisiana. Fact, almost three-quarters of those incarcerated within… Read more
A “Prepared Military” Vs The National Debt
By Daniel Nardini As the United States may or may not completely pull out of Afghanistan, there is little question that most Americans are tired of war, and tired of… Read more
Sentenced to Death for Blasphemy
By Daniel Nardini It is unimaginable that anyone can be sentenced in this day of age for saying something that would be considered religious “blasphemy.” But this is exactly what… Read more
Deconstructing Great Presidents
By Daniel Nardini One of the most disturbing things I am seeing is how some right wing groups and publishers are trying to “re-write” American history and the legacy of… Read more
Foreign Intervention In Venezuela
By Daniel Nardini I find it ironic that current Venezuelan President (read dictator) Nicolas Maduro has accused the United States and other countries like Panama of “interfering” in the internal… Read more
Weighing Uruguay’s Asylum Policy
By Daniel Nardini Current Uruguayan President Jose Mujica has stated that his country will take in some of those inmates who have been incarcerated at Guantanamo Bay by the U.S…. Read more
The Right to Defend One’s Inner Heart
By Daniel Nardini When the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services rejected her application for becoming a U.S. citizen because she checked “no” in the box that said if she was… Read more
Reuniting Mother and Baby
By Daniel Nardini In a very important case for the rights of the undocumented, a U.S. district judge ruled that the State of Mississippi had violated the rights of an… Read more
The Friendly Leftists
By Daniel Nardini In a twist of fate, a former leader of the Salvadoran leftist guerrilla organization FMLN (Faradundo Marti National Liberation Front) was elected president of El Salvador. The… Read more
A Harsh Policy
By Daniel Nardini For the first time in seven years I went to Tampa. Florida, to visit my sister and her family. I enjoyed the visit, and it was good… Read more »