January 2012
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December 2011
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FRANCISCA VALENZUELA - Quiero Verte Mas
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Think Progress: 11 Quotes From 2011 →
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1. “There’s been class warfare going on for the last 20 years, and my class has won.” — Warren Buffett
2. “Gay rights are human rights and human rights are gay rights.” — Hillary Clinton
3. “Today, we are all Troy Anthony Davis. Tonight, a little piece of all of us will die.” — Rep. John Lewis (D-GA)
4. “Ask Osama bin Laden and the 22-out-of-30 top al-Qaida leaders who’ve been...
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11 Facts From 2011
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1. The CIA is monitoring up to 5 million tweets per day.
2. Income inequality in America is worse than in Ancient Rome.
3. Twenty-three straight polls find Americans overwhelmingly want to raise taxes to pay down debt.
4. 68% of millionaires support raising taxes on millionaires.
5. Wall Street’s recession cost 1.5 million times more than securing Occupy Wall Street...
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Which international soccer team to play for can be... →
“It would be difficult [to choose] because my family is Salvadoran and they probably want me to play for the El Salvador national team,” Flores said. “But I’m used to the U.S. I’ve already played with the youth national team.”
Flores knows his parents’ homeland only from how he was raised inside a small red brick house tucked in a neighborhood just off Route 28 in Manassas. He was brought up on...
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White Power 101: White Privilege Denial Discourse
dagseoul:
I’m observing a couple of arguments about white people and financial aid. I thought I’d add my two-cents about white privilege denial discourse. If you agree, please share. Add to it. This is not the simplest thing to address. We know it when we see it, but can’t always figure out how to betray the way it works.
Basically, it’s about context. White context, actually. I’m going to try...
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Meet Mexico’s ‘Colombians’ –a.k.a. The Cholombians
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According to Vice magazine, Colombianos’ signature haircut “draws inspiration from American hip-hop, Puerto Rican reggaeton, and depictions of Aztec warriors.” (Stefan Ruiz/Vice magazine)
By SANDRO MAIRATA Channel: Latin American Affairs
It’s another tale of a Latin subculture growing slowly and getting stronger. The photograph above belongs to a Vice magazine article featured...
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Every Major Batman Costume in One Convenient...
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Benjamin Moore [larger]
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Dec. 23,1857
lumber:
Dec. 23,1857 Ex-army officer, failed businessman, and town drunk Ulysses Grant pawned his watch so he could buy Christmas presents for his wife and kids. From this rock bottom he would eventually rise to win the Civil War, become President of the United States and the most celebrated American of his time.
Every dog has his day, huh?
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Mexico: Leftist candidate says he is not like...
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Mexican presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador lashed out at critics who compare him to Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez (Flickr: Manchate)
By MANUEL RUEDA Channel: Latin American Affairs
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Mexico’s main leftist candidate and one of the top three contenders in next year’s presidential elections, said his opponents should stop linking him with...
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Camila Vallejo, Chilean student leader, named...
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Camila Vallejo has been hailed as a Chilean icon for the student movement and for local politics by both critics and supporters. (Manuel Venegas/Alejandro Bonilla)
By SANDRO MAIRATA Channel: Latin American Affairs
Time magazine struck a cord a week ago by naming “The Protester” – an anonymous, undistinguishable, yet familiar character embodying an assorted mix of demonstrators...
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“On my eighth mission, the intelligence that drove us to a target was literally...”
– The Iraq War: Recollections
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“Puedo escribir los versos más tristes esta noche.
Escribir, por ejemplo: «La...”
– Pablo Neruda, Poema 20
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