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SLIDESHOW: The Sequester
March 6, 2013
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The sequester headlines focus on the trillion dollars in cuts after Congress and President Barack Obama failed to reach an agreement on how to control the federal deficit. But behind this staggering number spread over ten years are people. This Read More...
SLIDESHOW: The Faces of the Great Immigration Debate
February 11, 2013
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The elected officials currently debating immigration reform are more than talking heads; they are human beings, just like the people they represent. As we see them giving speeches on television, it’s often times easy to forget that we have a Read More...
SLIDESHOW: The Faces of the Great Immigration Debate
February 1, 2013
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As the daughter of an immigrant, one of the things that really gets to me about this national conversation on immigration is how impersonal it is. The debate which is dominating the beginning of President Barack Obama’s second term is often times fought and summarized Read More...
Profesoras in the Promised Land: Reflections on MLK Day
January 20, 2013
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Depending on your experiences with higher education, you may be surprised to know that this May I will graduate from Penn State with my Bachelors of Arts in English without ever having a single Latino professor. A part of this Read More...
Two Reasons Young Latinas Should Watch the Inauguration
January 19, 2013
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Four years ago I was in a high school auditorium when President-elect became President Barack Obama. Along with some other students, I stood while he took his first oath of office. We had to stand. We were living in the 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...
