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Depriving the College Dream in South Carolina

Depriving the College Dream in South Carolina

By: Daniel Nardini It almost sounded like a replay of what happened in Florida. A South Carolina resident named Joel Licea wanted to go to the University of South Carolina…. Read more »

Killing the Food Stamp Program

Killing the Food Stamp Program

By: Daniel Nardini Once again it is time for the federal budget fight of what programs are kept, what programs may be expanded, and what programs may be cut. One… Read more »

Cuba Mail

Cuba Mail

By: Daniel Nardini For the first time since the United States suspended direct mail shipping to Cuba in 1963, both representatives from the U.S. and Cuba are now discussing resuming… Read more »

What PRISM is Not Saying

What PRISM is Not Saying

By: Daniel Nardini There has already been more than enough written about Edward Snowden and his revelations about the U.S. government’s secret surveillance program PRISM. I will not go into… Read more »

More Venezuela and Cuba Antics

More Venezuela and Cuba Antics

By: Daniel Nardini The good news is that Timothy Tracy, the independent filmmaker who was working on a documentary in Venezuela when the Venezuelan government arrested him for “spying,” was… Read more »

A Bookstore of Banned Books

A Bookstore of Banned Books

By: Daniel Nardini Here in the United States, it sounds like a contradiction in terms. In truth, there is no such thing as banned books. What I mean by this… Read more »

A Man Who Kept His Promise

A Man Who Kept His Promise

By:Daniel Nardini This story began in 2010, at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago of all places. A man named David House was returning from Mexico when he was stopped by… Read more »

The Nicaragua Canal

The Nicaragua Canal

By: Daniel Nardini In a bid to increase Nicaragua’s trade, connection with both Atlantic and Pacific oceans, and to increase the country gross national product, the country is going ahead… Read more »

The Nameless Workers Who Give Us All

The Nameless Workers Who Give Us All

By: Daniel Nardini Over three hundred workers in a factory in Cambodia that manufactures Nike shoes went on strike over pay. They wanted each worker to have a U.S. $12.00… Read more »

Biting the Friendly Hand

Biting the Friendly Hand

By: Daniel Nardini In an important turn-around, the famed actor Sean Penn has called for the country of Bolivia to be excluded from the Dakar sports racing meet if American… Read more »