Emile Schepers
LATEST ARTICLES BY Emile Schepers
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Support grows for immigration reform, end to deportations
May 16, 2013In spite of efforts to play African-Americans and Latino immigrants against each other, support for immigration reform is solid within the African-American community.
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Of rhinos and candidates
May 16, 2013Readers may be interested to know that a female black rhinoceros played an important part in the struggle to clean up corrupt elections in São Paulo, Brazil, in 1958.
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Battle over immigration reform starts in Congress
May 15, 2013This past week, the battle over immigration reform intensified in Congress.
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Cuban Five’s Rene Gonzalez freed, push continues
May 13, 2013Rene Gonzalez, one of the "Cuban Five" who have been imprisoned in the United States since 1998, is now free and back in Cuba.
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Ex-Guatemalan dictator found guilty of genocide
May 13, 2013A three-judge panel headed by Judge Jazmin Barrios sentenced him to 80 years in prison.
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Fascism defeated 68 years ago; will it return?
May 10, 2013On May 8 and 9, 1945, the world celebrated the end of the Second World War. Since then, Victory in Europe Day has been celebrated by scores of countries.
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New attack on Assata Shakur provokes ire
May 7, 2013Anti-communism and a failed Cuba policy are among the factors behind placing Assata Shakur on the FBI Most Wanted list.
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Amidst hunger strike, pressure rises to close Guantanamo prison
May 3, 2013A hunger strike by at least 100 prisoners at Guantanamo, now in its fourth month, continues, has upped the pressure on the president and Congress to close the prison.
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