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Why I am Moved to End Domestic and All Types of Violence
I was born and raised in the Dominican Republic. My father left for the United States when I was 7 years old. From the time I was 6 years old (that I can remember), I was subjected to sexual abuse by my uncle and other people who were close to my family. The physical [...] 
PHOENIX, Ariz. — Amber Zenzak, an office manager at a small carpet-cleaning company, took a moment recently to consider what life would be like each week without state support for child care for her children ages 3, 4, and 9. “My day care costs would be $100 more than what I gross a week. [...]
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In 2012, Coalition of African, Arab, Asian, European & Latino Immigrants of Illinois (CAAAELII) Executive Director Dale Asis told me that Rev. Walter “Slim” Coleman of Centro Sin Fronteras was doing a new project “4+1=20 Afterschool Program.” They were concentrating on health issues and high school students in nearby Benito Juarez High School in [...]
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I am outraged by the prominent media outlets’ inaccurate and inflammatory coverage of the Supreme Court case Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl. As a lifelong civil rights activist, I remember the struggle to pass the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) in 1978 and the reasons it is still so badly needed to protect our families [...]
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I was sitting at the bar in el Hueso del Fraile, a coffee shop in downtown Brownsville in Texas. Laura, the owner, was working with a younger friend of hers putting together sandwiches. My friend from the ACLU was going to show a film (“Two Americans“) later that evening, and the two women were [...]
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When Wahid Rashad, 65, sees young people in Chicago chugging bottles of sugary drinks and chomping on fluorescent-orange snacks, he thinks: “That’s garbage. It doesn’t enhance the brain and energy level.” Rashad sells apples, mangoes, papayas and peppers from a produce cart in the city’s Uptown neighborhood. Among the comments he hears from customers since [...]
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The story you are about to read is true. It resonates with a class of women who are considered disposable. It resonates with those who are situated at the very bottom of the social ladder. These women are born into a world that offers them little hope for success. Still, many succeed despite the [...]
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Days after they were badly hurt in a car accident, Jacinto Cruz and Jose Rodriguez-Saldana lay unconscious in an Iowa hospital while the American health care system weighed what to do with the two immigrants from Mexico. The men had health insurance from jobs at one of the nation’s largest [...]
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Some brimmed with hope. Several said improvements are needed. Many were pleased that lawmakers had filed a formal blueprint. Reactions to the Senate’s comprehensive immigration bill dominated conversations on April 17, when it was introduced. The bill — formally known as the “Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013″ — marks the legislative [...]
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The patterns of racial inequality in San Francisco are unique among urban public school systems. Our school district has some of the highest overall scores and, at the same time, the lowest rates of success in the state for Black and Latino students. At Coleman, we believe this achievement gap runs counter to community [...]
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