Cindy Casares, The Guardian

He’s not ‘one of the guys’ on the trail, but he also didn’t seem to belong in the Ivy League – or even among politicos

Cuban immigrants account for less than 1% of the US population , but they are uniquely poised by our immigration system to receive power and status that, in just one generation, can produce a candidate – or two – ready to enter the political scene on a national level.

When it comes to gun control, Americans seem doomed to make the same stupid mistakes. In 1966, America witnessed its first ever, recorded mass school shooting at the University of Texas at Austin. Next year, on the 50th anniversary of the shooting, a law in Texas goes into effect requiring the state’s public universities to allow handguns in dorms, classrooms and campus buildings. That’s a slap in the face of survivors – and a sign that we still haven’t learned our lesson.