by Eileen Rivera It’s the opening week of the new baseball season and I’m happy to say that I already went to my first game. I am an unabashed Yankee Bleacher Creature. There truly is no better place to sit and wash down your garlic fries with a beer. Nick Swisher addresses us in his Read More

by Eileen Rivera To commemorate Major League Baseball’s new season, this month’s philanthropic Latino is Jorge Posada. Jorge has been the man behind the plate at Yankee Stadium in New York City for the last 11 seasons. Jorge has been providing Yankee fans with thrills since 1995 and has enjoyed a Hall of Fame-worthy career Read More

by Eileen Rivera What commodity is more maligned and more revered than an education? When it’s free, we drop out. When we pay through the nose for it, we almost worship it. What if I told you it could be free, but you would have to pay through the nose for it? Inmates at Sing Read More

by Eileen Rivera-de la Hoz It’s no secret that I’m a huge movie fan. Indies, foreign, blockbusters – I see them all. I love movies for the same reason I love books, they are a break from your everyday life. Sometimes the most exciting part about the movie making process is a peek behind the Read More

by Eileen Rivera-de la Hoz It’s Coming Out Week and it has nothing to do with sexual preference. This coming out has to do with coming out of the shadows, the shadowlands where many undocumented students reside. The kids who keep ducking friends’ questions as to why they don’t have a driver’s license. The honor Read More

by Eileen Rivera de la Hoz At some point in our lives, we envisioned ourselves as the greatest (fill-in-the-blank) the world has ever seen. With youthful enthusiasm we said, “I could do that!” Perhaps as parents, we saw a spark of magic in our child and wondered how to shape and encourage that spark. We Read More

by Eileen Rivera de la Hoz I keep checking my head to see if my horns have grown in. According to several governors in this country, I am the cause for local, county and state deficits. I am the dreaded public employee. My own governor recently stood in front of cameras and told everyone that Read More

by Eileen Rivera de la Hoz Just how important are same-sex friendships in today’s society? Good question to think about in an age when we must divide our time between work, school, homemaking, raising children, romantic relationships, aging parents and the list goes on. Not to start a gender war or anything, but women appear Read More

by Eileen Rivera de la Hoz So how do you deal with Valentine’s Day when you don’t have a valentine? We’re all grownups, but it feels a little different when there’s no one to make special plans with. When you’re feeling a little cynical, jaded, and surprisingly nostalgic.