1996: The days when the internet was young, the sound of your modem connecting through your phone line both annoyed you and gave you a sense of hope that soon you’d hear the AOL message, “You’ve Got Mail”! My how far we’ve come…
I don’t need your help
09/14/2011 By 3 Comments
Well, at least didn’t think I did. I suppose you could say I’m prideful — machismo, even. But I am not arrogant nor am I disrespectful. Part of the problem is that I don’t like to ask for help. I know I am fully capable of completing the task at hand on my own, but… [Continue Reading]
What would Ben Franklin do about undocumented Latino immigrants?
09/14/2011 By 1 Comment
Benjamin Franklin, one of our most admired Founding Fathers, was a bit elitist – but a practical elite. We should not think any less of Franklin as most everyone in the 1700s was racist, elitist, or very tied to their social class. Franklin, who was born in Boston to an English father and New England… [Continue Reading]
Walgreen’s fired employee for stealing a bag of chips…during a diabetic attack
09/14/2011 By 7 Comments
via San Francisco Gate – When Josefina Hernandez, a longtime Walgreens employee with diabetes, felt an attack of hypoglycemia coming on in September 2008, she grabbed a $1.39 bag of chips and ate them to boost her blood sugar, she said. Hernandez said she paid for the chips as soon as she could leave her cashier’s… [Continue Reading]
Immigration, the new crack cocaine
09/14/2011 By 1 Comment
It is no secret that our justice system disproportionately affects underrepresented communities. As I read the headline “Immigration Offenses Make Latinos New Majority in Federal Prisons, Report Says”, I could not help but wonder how our justice system covertly criminalizes and targets non-violent behavior concentrated within communities of color at a greater rate than white… [Continue Reading]