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What the Healthcare Ruling and the Civil Rights Era Greats Have in Common
July 2, 2012
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It’s not every day that the Supreme Court hands down a ruling that could end up determining a court’s legacy. It’s also not everyday that I am invited to guest host NPR’s Tell Me More with Michel Martin. Click here to Read More...
UPDATED with NPR’s Tell Me More Interview: TWLC’s Viviana Hurtado Moderates Panel with Nobel Peace Laureate or How This Week I Have Professional Whiplash
July 2, 2012
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12 years ago, I was stringing for The New York Times when I lived in Mexico City where I was writing my dissertation. Fierce war reporter, mentor, and hermana Julia Preston had called, asking if I could help out. Heck ya! Read More...
Comedian Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias Hearts TWLC! No Viviana! Wait, Tell Me More! Actually NPR!
June 30, 2012
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I love it when I learn something new which happened when I guest hosted NPR’s Tell Me More with Michel Martin while Michel was away. I interviewed comedian Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias for the TMM summer series Make Me Laugh. I must be livin’ Read More...
I’ll Show You My Papers If You Show Me Yours
June 29, 2012
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If I said to a police officer, I’ll show you my papers if you show me yours, I would likely get thrown in the clink for being sass-mouthed. But the truth is, this would likely never happen to me because Read More...
Can I Take a Lookie at Your Credit Report?
June 28, 2012
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Remember when in matters of amor, being a “10″ was tops (Bo Derek anyone)? Not anymore and by a long shot if you add money to the mix. Imagine this date scenario: “Hi, I’m Viviana. I’m an 800. How about Read More...
I’m Reading 50 Shades of Grey as Homework for NPR
June 28, 2012
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I took E.L. Jame’s Fifty Shades of Grey to the dog park and let’s say, the males started gravitating to me—and I’m not talkin’ ’bout the four-legged kind! I had to read this va va voooom novel as homework for Read More...
Viviana Hurtado One of Huffington Post’s Top 50 Latinos on Twitter
June 21, 2012
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I was especially groggy this morning, having re-connected with a friend I haven’t seen in years who recently moved back to Washington. We are kindred spirits, ruled–many times subverted–by our insatiable curiosity. We gabbed late into a school night. My Read More...
“Ain’t No Stopping Us Now” or Latino Voters Explained in One Song
June 20, 2012
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Kitchen tables is where family budgets are stretched next to clipped coupons or if you’re digitally savvy like Cuponeando‘s Yoly Mason, bar-scanned into her smartphone. Growing up we had a round table which held in its unbroken circle my dreams, Read More...
