by Greg Martinez On Tuesday February 22, a jury in Tucson, Arizona sentenced 43-year-old Shawna Forde to death for the May 2009 slayings of 9-year-old Brisenia Flores and her father, Raul. Just two years before the murders, Forde ran for a seat on the Everett, Washington city council and got nearly 6,000 votes, or approximately… [Continue Reading]
What I’ll carry with me: Lessons from my mother
02/28/2011 By 2 Comments
by Jen M.D. Matos I talk to my mother at least three times a day. It’s usually when I’m in the middle of an important meeting when she’ll call to ask what channel the news is on. Mind you, she’s been watching the same news program for about seven years now. These are the moments… [Continue Reading]
Autismo
02/28/2011 By 6 Comments
by Nancy Sepulveda In the years that followed my son’s diagnosis of autism, I continually recounted each moment of my pregnancy, his birth, and those first precious years of life, searching in vain for the cause of a disorder that has no explanation. After endless testing, re-testing, misdiagnoses, and misplaced conclusions, the motherly dreams I’d… [Continue Reading]
Latinos giving back – Shakira
02/28/2011 By 1 Comment
What were you doing when you were 18 years old? You were probably finishing high school, starting college, or working. An 18-year-old Shakira Mebarak was starting her Pies Descalzos foundation in Barranquilla, Colombia. She was already famous in Colombia in 1995, but the release of her CD Pies Descalzos brought her international acclaim, and Shakira… [Continue Reading]