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One governmental institution that enabled America to thrive as a nation was the Second Continental Congress of 1787 when they entered the clause in the U.S. Constitution empowering Congress to establish post offices and post roads. In 1792, The Post Office Act was implemented, making the postal service a permanent fixture of federal government. Prior to this, rural America waited months to receive news and correspondence from Washington and St. …

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A well-known Cuban-born journalist, Albor Ruiz was announced dead in Homestead, Florida. Ruiz was 80-years-old. Ruiz was known to write columns for The Daily News, El Diario, and Al Dia News, advocating for Latino immigrants and demanded that the United States lift its longstanding trade block against his homeland, according to The Portland Post report. Ruiz's sister, Enid Ruiz, said that the cause of his death was pneumonia. Ruiz was said to reach his largest readership at The Daily News in New York, where he worked for 23 years as an editorial writer; the editor of the bilingual version of ...