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Last week I had one of the most rewarding and yet most difficult experiences of my storytelling journey. I was asked to have a conversation/presentation with a group of male asylum seekers in their teens. They had crossed the border unaccompanied and...
by The Boss Gomez
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on Sat Mar 30, 2024 at 10:21 AM PDT
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'Insurance godmothers' sign up Latinos for Obamacare in pro-Trump areas as he threatens to repeal it Salsa music blares from the food court in a rundown Miami shopping center as Latinos head to a kiosk and an office showing signs for “ Obamacare ,” where they hope to renew their health coverage ...
by Associated Press
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on Sun Dec 17, 2023 at 11:00 AM PST
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By Hector Sanchez Barba, CEO of Mi Familia Vota For decades, marketers have used the commercialized version of Cinco De Mayo to sell alcohol, salt, and casual celebration to tens of millions of Americans. For decades, Mexican-American leaders and...
by Mi Familia Vota
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on Thu May 04, 2023 at 03:01 PM PDT
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They think we are stupid. (and some are) The Texas Latino Conservative PAC was created in 2020 and has spent a considerable amount of money to elect Republican MAGAs such as Jack Morman who lost his bid for Commissioner as well as Alexandra MAGA Mealer...
by johncoby
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on Thu Feb 09, 2023 at 04:28 AM PST
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GOP Latino Outreach going great! Please share #laloalcaraz cartoons! (And dont forget to order your 2023 Cartoon Calendar at https://laloalcaraz.com/2023-cartoon-la-cucaracha-calendar/)
by laloalcaraz
7 comments
on Thu Dec 15, 2022 at 01:42 PM PST
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In the Midterms Latino voters voted against loony Republican Big Lie candidates and Lifted Like Luisa! this is my latest cartoon for Front Page Live and Corazon Latino. And it looks like Latino voters will support Senator Warnock in Georgia, let's gooooo!
by laloalcaraz
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on Thu Dec 01, 2022 at 02:35 PM PST
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Last night I was finally able to make a childhood dream a reality when I finally was able to do a reading from a book I had written. When I was a child I used to stutter and took refugee in writing to express myself. I dreamed of the day when my poem...
by The Boss Gomez
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on Mon Nov 21, 2022 at 10:02 AM PST
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From social media to activism, Gen Z has been taking the political world by storm. Now Gen Z has made history with activist Maxwell Alejandro Frost becoming the first member of Gen Z to be elected to Congress. A former March for Our Lives and ACLU...
by Aysha Qamar
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on Thu Nov 10, 2022 at 11:09 AM PST
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Like many, maybe most people here, I've had my mailbox crammed with political mailers for weeks. Most are from candidates and causes I support, with the occasional odd love letter from a Republican. I don't take the latter too seriously; they're always...
by A Pagan in Arizona
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on Tue Nov 08, 2022 at 01:00 PM PST
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Robert Garcia, who currently serves as the Mayor of Long Beach, California, will become the first Peruvian person to serve in U.S. Congress. Garcia, a favorite to win, joins Rep. David Cicilline as the second openly LGBTQ+ mayor to serve in Congress...
by Marissa Higgins
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on Wed Nov 09, 2022 at 07:19 AM PST
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Sept. 15-Oct. 15 is Hispanic Heritage Month here in the U.S. Lest anyone forget that some of our greatest Latino musical artists were and are Afro-Latino, for this week’s Black Music Sunday, we’re going to pay tribute to multiple award-winning pianist...
by Denise Oliver Velez
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on Sun Oct 09, 2022 at 05:59 AM PDT
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Heading into the midterms—and with 2024 on the horizon—one thing we're hearing from a lot of voters is "the economy was much better under Trump." This is coming not only from the hardcore�white ...
by Ian Reifowitz
118 comments
on Mon Oct 17, 2022 at 05:59 AM PDT
with 207 Recommends
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Abortion remains legal to Californians following the right-wing Supreme Court’s decision last month, which overturned federal protections for this reproductive right. But in practice, the ruling could significantly affect communities of color in the...
by Gabe Ortiz
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on Wed Jul 13, 2022 at 11:12 AM PDT
with 36 Recommends
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Back in 2016 I was invited by the Moth organization to share my story titled GROWING ANOTHER HEART at their event in New York (you can hear that story here) unknown to me at the time, Salman Rushdie was in the audience and I was told that he liked my...
by The Boss Gomez
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on Wed May 11, 2022 at 04:47 AM PDT
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The clearest and most obvious schism in the Democratic Party is an ideological one, pitting upstart progressives against the centrist and conservatives that have long controlled how the party governs. But over the past year, an even starker and more...
by Blue Tuesday
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on Mon Apr 18, 2022 at 08:31 AM PDT
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Oh, no, not another “Democrats are doomed” post! We are all sick of seeing predictions of disaster looming this fall for Team Blue. I don’t believe in scaring people into getting involved, or always pretending we’re 10 points down, but when data points...
by Ian Reifowitz
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on Fri May 20, 2022 at 06:29 AM PDT
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Hundreds of thousands of progressive Democratic activists across the country and beyond our shores regularly contribute to United States Senate campaigns occurring somewhere not where they live. �...
by grim determined indolent
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on Thu Mar 24, 2022 at 05:25 AM PDT
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Race or class? Democratic campaigns, pundits, and researchers have long been arguing about whether emphasizing one over the other—and which one?—is the right approach to winning elections. We know that the Trumpist right is going to continue its...
by Ian Reifowitz
62 comments
on Tue Feb 15, 2022 at 01:00 PM PST
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I GOT PUBLISHED one of my stories got printed among the stories of many amazing Chicago storytellers as part of the Storytellers' True Stories about Love collection. Check out my web site for more details… www.nestorgomezstoryteller.com/...
by The Boss Gomez
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on Tue Jan 11, 2022 at 11:22 AM PST
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SACRAMENTO— Sixteen tribal, environmental justice, fishing, and conservation groups on Tuesday announced their strong opposition to the “More Water Now” ballot measure initiative, otherwise known as the “Water Infrastructure Funding Act of 2022.” The...
by Dan Bacher
9 comments
on Wed Dec 22, 2021 at 08:01 PM PST
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