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Spain Trying to Improve Image in Latin America
By: Daniel Nardini When many people in Latin America think of Spain, they think of the country as the historical enemy that ruled and oppressed their ancestors. During the wars… Read more
The Liberty Legal Foundation
By: Daniel Nardini One name I have been seeing pop out in a number of publications is the Liberty Legal Foundation. Who are they? They are an ultra-conservative (read: right… Read more
Wisconsin: Still the Divided State
By: Daniel Nardini During the recall vote, I decided not to bother commenting on what might happen or on what a victory or defeat for Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker might… Read more
The Seven Week 100 Degree Days
By: Daniel Nardini For the last seven days, much of the U.S. Midwest and Northeast were experiencing 100 plus degree weather. So far, this has proven to be the hottest… Read more
News Writer in Trouble
By: Daniel Nardini Journalist Mario Guevara, a writer for the State of Georgia’s largest Spanish language newspaper, has been writing about immigration issues and those poor unfortunates caught up in… Read more
When General Grant Tried to Expel the Jews
By: Daniel Nardini It is one of the most unusual events in U.S. history. During the U.S. Civil War (1861-1865), Union General Ulysses S. Grant was concerned about how smugglers… Read more
An ACLU Public Service Announcement
By: Daniel Nardini Since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the State of Arizona does have the right to ask for legal papers for those stopped for any crime on… Read more
What is Agenda 21?
By: Daniel Nardini The John Birch Society, an extreme rightwing organization, has been talking about a part of a United Nations’ program called Agenda 21. What is Agenda 21? All… Read more
The Other Ugly Side of the Drug War
By: Daniel Nardini The last of the Reyes family, the matriarch of the family, Sara Salazar de Reyes, left her native village in the Juarez Valley near Ciudad Juarez for… Read more
No Part of Both Worlds
By: Daniel Nardini It is worse than being stateless. Imagine being born in one country, but never having been registered as having been born there at all. Then, when you… Read more »