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If you, like many Latinos, send remittances back to your familia in Latin America then you are probably familiar with the process of dealing with Western Union (or a company similar to it). Say you want to send $50 to your aunt. First you have to stand in line, the fee is $4, but an Read More
Today marks the day that the U.S. government finally came to its senses and repealed the 18th Amendment, which prohibited the manufacture, sale and transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into and the exportation thereof from the United States. With the 21st Amendment the era of Prohibition was brought to an end on Read More
It is December 1, yet again, and that means one thing: World AIDS Day. The day when people across the world come together in the fight against HIV/AIDS, to support those who are living with HIV/AIDS and to remember and commemorate those who have lost the fight. Between 1981 and 2007 more than 25 million Read More
Cars are an integral part of our lives, whether you only use them to get from point A to point B or you devote a good portion of your time to maintaining or even restoring a nice little collection. For some of us, cars are one of the biggest investments we make in our lives Read More
Apathy: lack of feeling or emotion : impassiveness / lack of interest or concern : indifference Over the past few years, it has been said that Americans are apathetic, don’t pay attention to politics, don’t care about what happens in (or to) the rest of the world and are only concerned with their own lives Read More
by Nicolle Morales Kern Remembering the attacks of September 11, 2001 is a process that we have gone through for the past 10 years and will continue to remember for the rest of our lives. Over the past few weeks, there have been calls for you to share your stories and plans to honor the Read More
by Nicolle Morales Kern Book Review: The Zahir (Harper Collins 2005) by Paulo Coelho Loss. Fixation. Obsession. Discovery. Revelation. These are some of the topics that you will encounter as you embark on the pilgrimage that Paulo Coelho’s The Zahir takes you on. It is the story of a world-renowned author (I detected what could Read More
by Nicolle Morales Kern Isn’t it a wonderful feeling to have two major parties (one with no brains and the other with no balls) pulling the purse strings of our world, only to please those who line their pockets? It almost seemed as if our government wasn’t going to be able to come together and Read More
by Nicolle Morales Kern The balance of life and society can be a hard one to maintain, especially when you’re a part of a powerful group. This was never more evident this month than when the San Francisco police shot down a man who ran from them when they asked to see his train transfer.