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HuffPo Latino Voices: Why This “Colombiana” Is Going to Watch Colombiana
August 31, 2011
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National Public Radio’s “Tell Me More” invited me to appear on the “Beauty Shop” which I blog about in “TWLC’s Viviana Hurtado on NPR’s “Tell More More” with Michel Martin.” Like “Barber Shop,” the end-of-the-show segment is modeled after the Read More...
TWLC’s Viviana Hurtado on NPR’s “Tell More More” with Michel Martin
August 26, 2011
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I should check the TWLC inbox on a regular basis (emails are supposed to go to TWLC’s gmail account but don’t. I am the IT dept. of the operation. ’Nuf said). That’s where I got an invitation to be on Read More...
UPDATE: “Anatomy of an Immigration Debate: Watch Your Mouth, Watch Your Step” Published in HuffPo Latino Voices, Comment Firestorm
August 18, 2011
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The Huffington Post published this blog Op-Ed in HuffPo Latino Voices where for a few minutes, it was the main story, before being bumped by the news that a federal judge is hearing arguments on Alabama’s new immigration law, the toughest in Read More...
TWLC’s New B-F-F is Arianna Huffington!
August 12, 2011
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This headline grabbed your attention, didn’t it? Actually, better than being Arianna’s B-F-F, the Huffington Post asked me to contribute to their newly launched HuffPost Latino Voices. I’ll be joining other thought ”act” leaders such as the National Council of La Read More...
6 Minute Career Climb: Just Say No to No
August 3, 2011
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The number of Latino-owned businesses is expected to grow nearly 42% within six years to 4.3 million, with total revenues of $539 billion, according to a recent HispanTelligence report, “Hispanic-owned Businesses: Growth Projections to 2012.” Although the recession has disproportionately hurt Read More...
Anatomy of an Immigration Debate: Presidential Carne Asada at NCLR
July 25, 2011
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Latinos are often described as a “friendly” audience for Democrats and Barack Obama. Therefore it was surprising when the President threw out some “red meat” to rev up the simpaticos at the annual convention of the National Council of La Raza Read More...
Blogging to Stop Brutality: My More Magazine Interview with a Juárez Blogger
July 25, 2011
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I can’t remember when I started reading Judith Torrea’s blog, Ciudad Juárez: en la sombra del narcotráfico/Juárez: in the shadow of Drug Trafficking. But once I started, I read and Torrea’s raw prose left my heart riddled with anger at failed Read More...
Nominated for Blogs By Latina’s 2011 Best News / Politics Blog!
July 22, 2011
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Have you ever wanted to strangle the next person who says, “Think positive, because positive energy will beget more positive energy” with the quartz that’s daintily dangling on a necklace around their neck? I would dig my hands deep into Read More...
