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INKED! The changing face of America's future
Americans, take a good, long look in the mirror. You’re either the face of America today, or the face of tomorrow. If you’re white, you’re well on your way to being the minority. If you’re Latino, black, Asian, some other race...
Tags: Ellis Island, Elections, Philosophy, Politics, Religion and Belief
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Voice: Gender rating costs women
El CentroThe health care law is working for women by helping them get the care they need. But some opponents of the law are fighting to take away these benefits and common-sense protections. Because of the practice of “gender rating” in the individual...Tags: Judges, Health Insurance Cost, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Health
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Life Out Here: The coming sex-change flood
If you think Obamacare was bad, just think how horrible it’s going to be once the transgender people get hold of it. That was the basic message related in a letter to the editor by one of this newspaper’s readers last week. This particular...
Tags: Politics, Social Issues, Heart Surgery, Cancer, Health Care Reform (2009)
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LGBT seek foothold, face local obstacles
Staff Writer, Copy EditorThomas Negron Jr. remembers first hearing the word before he had any inkling of what it meant. Chances are the fellow kindergartners who hurled it at him as an insult neither knew its meaning as well, he said. But by the time he was 8 years old, Negron...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Gays and Lesbians, Car Safety Tips and Advice, Arts and Culture, Arizona State University
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Teachers offered love and compassion during segregation
Multimedia ProducerThe bell rings every morning for Washington Elementary School students. They start their days oblivious of the history that those walls enclose. The history of the school is so rich that they might not even know that their school is named after Booker...Tags: Music Industry, High Schools, Human Interest, Teachers, Schools
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Get government out of marriage business
A few weeks ago I brought up the Gay Marriage Initiative, also known as California Proposition 8. This initiative has been generating controversy for a long time now. Millions of dollars have been spent both for and against. The voters in California...Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Proposition 8 (California, 2010), Arts and Culture, Customs and Tradition, Marriage
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Girl Scouts celebrates organization's 100 years
Nearly 200 Girl Scouts from all over the Imperial Valley celebrated 100 years of an organization whose sole purpose has been to empower girls and young women through building the three C’s — courage, confidence and character. That fourth C...Tags: Martin Luther King Jr., Youth Organizations, Human Interest, Girl Scout Cookies, The Happiest News!
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Black History Month: African-American leaders advance, but struggles remain
Staff WriterEDITOR’S NOTE: This year’s Black History Month theme is “Black Women in American Culture and History,” according to the Washington, D.C.-based Association for the Study of African American Life and History, the founders of Black...Tags: U.S. Air Force, Black History, Black History Month, Washington, DC
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Vista Latina: Catholic faith is imbued with Latino tradition
Staff Writer, Copy EditorUnlike many of the conversations 14-year-old Samantha Gutierrez typically has with her classmates about the things they want and desire out of life, the chatter Wednesday went in a different direction. As the start of the Lenten season, Gutierrez said Ash...Tags: Symbols and Symbolism, Customs and Tradition, Roman Catholicism, Religion and Belief, Christianity
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Advertisers seek inroads into growing Latino consumer base
Staff Writer and Copy EditorGrowing up around certain brand-named goods, Calexico resident Jazmine Escalera said she has become something of a brand loyalist, buying only specific names she is comfortable with. Doritos tortilla chips and Tapatio hot sauce are two. And although she...Tags: Elections, General Motors Corp., T-Mobile, Online Advertising, Politics
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Locals' use of ethnic labels indicative of experiences, attitudes
Imperial Valley Press Staff WriterIt wasn’t until he left the Imperial Valley to go to college that Frank Salazar got his first dose of culture shock. It was as a San Diego State University student in the early 1990s that Salazar said he first met a Latino who couldn’t speak...Tags: Medical Specialization, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Demonstration, Philosophy, Religion and Belief
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Locals split on appellate court ruling gay marriage ban unconstitutional
As a fairly religious person, freshman Imperial Valley College student Saria Hernandez said she supports gay marriage on the grounds that all people should have the right to marry whom they love. Politics and religion have muddled what should be a...Tags: Elections, Proposition 8 (California, 2010), Trials, Politics, Justice System
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