Deportation excesses are unbecoming of a great nation
The United States leads the developed world in the number of immigrants, around 50 million, with the undocumented at 11 million, for an overall 20 …
Government-academia showdown obscures their complicity over slavery and its impact
The Trump administration recently went on the offensive against some of the nation’s top-tier colleges and universities, threatening to withhold billions of dollars in annual …
A century after creating the rainbow, some Miamians still seeking their pot of gold
Hialeah, the Florida city where 94 percent of the population identify as Hispanic or Latino, recently explored the possible annexation of several predominantly African American …
Replacing the nation’s origin story with a creation myth will not alter history
A reluctance – or refusal – to even mention the word “slavery” has been around for a long time. It began to surface more prominently …
Elon Musk, Wisconsin voters and the supposed coming Armageddon
“Western civilization” and “the entire destiny of humanity” are about to end, at least as far as Elon Musk is concerned. But doomsday could have …
Toxic masculinity and misogyny in the ‘manosphere’ straddle the racial divide
Polls have shown that President Donald Trump’s election victory was aided partly by increased support from young men. Some reports point to the influence of …
Stunned by Trump’s slash-and-burn policies, Democratic leaders struggle to respond
A slim majority of voters picked Donald Trump for a second presidential term. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a president has almost total immunity …
Some foreign leaders say lives at stake in Rubio’s Cuban doctors for visas blackmail
A former Cuba intelligence chief claimed in 2006 that 634 assassination plots and attempts were made to kill Fidel Castro. The CIA was behind some …
Elon Musk: from broke teenager to top of the world of the wealthy and politically powerful
Musk with then-president-elect Donald Trump in November 2024 and Musk next to a Tesla Model S, 2011. PHOTOS COURTESY OF WIKIPEDIA Special to South Florida …
About migrants, ‘androgynous idiots’ and the zeal to counter an existential threat
President Donald Trump has insisted that illegal immigration constitutes an “invasion” justifying not only the deportation of all 11 million undocumented migrants living in the …