Analysis

                
  • Moore flap could help change U.S. Cuba policy

    Moore flap could help change U.S. Cuba policy

    May 25, 2007

    News Analysis Earlier this month, filmmaker Michael Moore announced that he had received a letter from the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) accusing him of illegal travel to Cuba, and threatening prosecution. Moore...

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  • Senate debate on immigration begins

    Senate debate on immigration begins

    May 11, 2007

    News AnalysisSenate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has upped the ante in the national debate on comprehensive immigration reform by setting May 14 as the start of floor debate on the issue. Behind the scenes, President...

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  • Ecuadorians struggle to reshape government

    Ecuadorians struggle to reshape government

    March 23, 2007

    News Analysis It would seem that formal democracy, which began in Ecuador nearly 30 years ago, and which has been much bragged about by fans of “Western Hemispheric representative democracy,” has definite limitations. The country is...

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  • Are you feelin the love yet?

    Are you feelin the love yet?

    March 2, 2007

    Commentary My fellow workers — are you feeling the love? The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the National Association of Manufacturers have called for a march on Washington in support of workers’ rights! Has the class...

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  • Immigration reform returns to Congress

    Immigration reform returns to Congress

    February 23, 2007

    NewsAnalysisAs Congress returns to the subject of immigration, the Bush administration has stepped up arrests and deportations of immigrants. Meanwhile, in his State of the Union message, Bush once again stressed the creation of a new...

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