CUBAN EMIGRATION EXPLAINED
"When compared with most migratory waves until that time, Cuba's post-revolutionary emigration was a historic anomaly. The emigrants represented the most privileged sectors of the previous regime and their decision to emigrate reflected a clear political choice against the Cuban revolution. Under this premise, the United States accepted them under exceptional conditions and the emigres became the social base for the counter-revolution.
Beginning in 1980, those presuppositions were radically altered and a crisis afflicted the bases that had created both the United States' preferential policy and the Cuban government's overall opposition to the emigration movement. "
(Progresso)

ALABAMANS SUPPORT MEDICAL MARIJUANA
A statewide survey finds overwhelming support among Alabama residents for legalizing marijuana use for medical purposes, the Mobile Register (CLICK HERE FOR THAT STORY) reported July 4.
(JOIN TOGETHER, unearthed by Joel Sogol)