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Puerto Rico is a colony, not a commonwealth

In a recent article in a left periodical about the fiscal crisis in Puerto Rico, the author attributed the woes of the island nation to misdirected economic policies of the “Puerto Rican Commonwealth’s government.” The piece...

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Don’t leave, Citgo When Citgo headquarters in Houston, Texas, announced that they would not be delivering gasoline in many parts of the United States, two kinds of North Texans were dismayed. One group consisted of progressive...

EDITORIAL: Cuba stands tall

On July 26, 1953, small bands of militants attacked two Cuban Army installations in eastern Cuba. Most of the young revolutionaries were tortured and killed. The survivors went on to oust the U.S.-backed Batista dictatorship. July...

EDITORIAL: A civil rights milestone

It has been 14 years since the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) went into effect. When the ADA was passed by Congress and signed into law in 1990, it was hailed as a major victory that...