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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...
The Urgency of Presente
June 19, 2012
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I wish I was the Ezra Klein kind of writer who is fabled to churn out witty, incisive, and relevant copy in 20 minutes. Until this weekly politics column I write for Latina Magazine. I wrote it one day before President Read More...
Candidate Impulso: Cristina’s or the Economy’s?
June 18, 2012
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Cristina Saralegui, better known to Latinos simply as “Cristina” is Spanish-language TV’s Oprah. Her popular talk show El show de Cristina for 21 years beginning in 1989 made her beloved among U.S. Hispanics who felt no one was speaking to them Read More...
The Latino Vote: Checkmate President Obama
June 15, 2012
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“About damn time!” is what @Evelyn posted on The Wise Latina Club’s Facebook page after the breaking news that the Obama Administration will not just stop deporting DREAMers but that they will be given work permits. About 800,000 illegal immigrants over Read More...
