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For decades, the United States governed itself by a system that favored centrist consensus -- not always wise, to be sure -- whereas our invisible parliamentary system does just the opposite. It empowers the fringes and weakens the center. True, most of our major social and political conflicts have independent origins. But parliamentary politics is making them worse.

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[OP-ED]: America’s…

America’s Congress is quietly becoming a European-style parliament -- and the transformation isn’t…

April 7th, 2017

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Heritage and History

What happens when too many…

July 3rd, 2018

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Con su instalación de tejidos y bordados en los Jardines Mágicos de Filadelfia, artista mexicana Ornella Ridone explora el consumismo y la relación entre EE.UU. y México. Foto: Emily Neil / AL DÍA News

Heritage and History

Allá Abajo / Down Below

May 17th, 2018

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La filósofa Judith Butler durante una conferencia reciente en el Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona, CCCB. © CCCB, Miquel Taverna, 2018

Heritage and History

Alone We Are Nothing

May 3rd, 2018

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A banner against Donald Trump in Karachi, Pakistan. Photo: EFE / Rehan Khan

Who has the biggest button?

January 4th, 2018

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Some media say that since coming to power in 2012, Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez turned a blind eye to multiple human rights violations and murders of activists like Berta Cáceres. EFE / Gustavo Amador

Honduras: US backyard

October 24th, 2017

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Many defined it as the worst day in the history of US soccer. And it was. It is also true that Panama was awarded a score that did not cross the goal line, but it is also true that the final score at Trinidad and Tobago reaffirmed the saying: “Things that do not start right do not finish right”. EFE

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[OP-ED]: The worst day in…

October 17th, 2017

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There are more Puerto Ricans living on the mainland of the United States than on the Island, and the majority of them were born here. It really shouldn’t have taken a weather tragedy to bring these facts to light.

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[OP-ED]: It shouldn’t take…

October 6th, 2017

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I imagine that this week, most people in Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico would be delighted to hear the words, “I’m from the government, and I’m here to help.” EFE

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[OP-ED]: The case for…

September 12th, 2017

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Photo courtesy of UN Secretary General António Guterres during a press conference held at the organization's headquarters in New York. Guterres today considered it "essential" to condemn racism, xenophobia, anti-Semitism and Islamophobia following the protests of neo-Nazis and white supremacists in Charlottesville. EFE

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[OP-ED]: America has become…

August 24th, 2017

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A group of deported veterans protested in honor of deported veterans who have died outside the United States, and demanded changes to laws that would give veterans deported access to medical benefits. EFE

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[OP-ED]: America & me: A…

July 6th, 2017

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Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and top White House economic adviser Gary Cohn at a press conference on US tax cuts promised by US President Donald Trump , At the White House in Washington, USA. EFE

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[OP-ED]: Why taxes will go…

May 1st, 2017