Analysis
Coming to a town near you: the battle over immigrant rights
August 4, 2006NewsAnalysisAction in Congress on immigrant rights legislation is suspended at least until the fall session. But action is intensifying in state legislatures, in municipal councils and within the nooks and crannies of our social system. The...
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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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The Middle East in crisis
July 28, 2006As I write, Israeli troops are invading Lebanon on its southern border. No doubt this escalation will heighten the danger of a wider war, one that could involve other state and non-state actors in that region...
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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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