Opinion
Floridas elite casts menacing glance at Cuba
August 2, 2006News Analysis Despite a growing number of Floridians, including Cuban Americans, who want normal diplomatic relations with Havana, the Sunshine State has long been a base of foul schemes against the Cuban Revolution. A story in...
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Prescription politics: Surge in drug prices follows Republican Medicare Part D program
July 28, 2006Two recent studies have shown that prescription drug prices rose significantly during the first quarter of the year. AARP, an advocacy organization for older Americans, found that the prices charged by pharmaceutical companies for brand-name drugs...
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Child poverty: U.S. leads industrialized nations with appallingly high rates
July 28, 2006Government policies, such as tax policy and transfers, have the potential to greatly reduce high child poverty rates that would otherwise prevail if left solely to the market incomes families receive from work and other sources....
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International month of action set for Cuban Five
July 21, 2006Commentary The hurricane season is under way and Cuba once again finds itself in the eye of a political storm. While five Cuban political prisoners languish in U.S. jails waiting to hear the decision of a...
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NLRB feels street heat
July 21, 2006NewsAnalysisThe streets outside the National Labor Relations Board office in Washington were sizzling, and it wasn’t just the July heat. For the first time in its 70-year history, the board was shut down for two hours...
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