reclaiming cultural identity
The Glen Cove Waterfront Park in Vallejo, California is a small 15-acre park on the coast of the Carquinez Strait, a natural tidal channel, but the gulf between the two June
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June 25, 2012 // 0 Comments
After 10 years of Congress stonewalling on the Dream Act, the president has now acted. For the students and families affected, the president’s new immigration policy
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June 20, 2012 // 0 Comments
With defiant Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer growing more emboldened as the Supreme Court readies to unveil its ruling on the state’s SB 1070 “papers, please”
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June 19, 2012 // 0 Comments
The controversy started when Gwyneth Paltrow attended a concert in Paris and sent out a tweet of her thoughts on the hit song, “Niggas in Paris.” Her tweet read, “Ni**
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June 18, 2012 // 0 Comments
With one eye on the countdown to election day and another on President Obama’s deportation schedule, undocumented immigrant activists are gathering themselves for a
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June 13, 2012 // 0 Comments
As a result of the battle to defend ethnic studies, an incredible support nationwide has been created for Tucson’s embattled Mexican American studies department. As far as
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June 6, 2012 // 0 Comments
Maya history–and the civilization’s “collapse”–continue to occupy the minds of archeologists. Some research points to a series of droughts as
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June 5, 2012 // 0 Comments
Archaeologists have unearthed an ancient rectangular altar and an unfinished stela monument at the Chalcatzingo archaeological site in the central state of Mexico. According
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June 5, 2012 // 0 Comments
It will be an astronomical spectacle for the ages. On June 5 and 6, Venus will undergo a solar transit—for the last time in our lives. A transit occurs when a planet passes
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June 4, 2012 // 0 Comments
The old saying goes, “If you think you can trust the government, ask an Indian.” Last week marked the 88th anniversary when the United States of America declared Native
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June 4, 2012 // 0 Comments