Giving Christmas Meaning, Pt. 1
11/30/2017 - 17:52
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"Maybe Christmas, the Grinch thought, doesn't come from a store." - Dr. Seuss
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"Maybe Christmas, the Grinch thought, doesn't come from a store." - Dr. Seuss
A tailor-made Tax Reform
11/03/2017 - 12:46
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The Republican Party unveiled last Thursday what would be the worst Christmas gift for the American middle class: a tax reform that attacks social benefits and favors the rich.
Dolores del Río: Cuando la leyenda se convierte en un Doodle de Google
08/09/2017 - 14:56
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Mucho antes de que los rostros de Ana de la Reguera, Kate del Castillo, Penélope Cruz y Salma Hayek abandonaran las portadas de la ¡HOLA! y Vanidades para embellecer los tabloides de Hollywood y las colas de las salas ACME, había existido ya una belleza española de gran talento: Dolores del Río.
Dolores del Río: When Legends become Doodles
08/03/2017 - 13:48
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Acclaimed "Golden Age" Mexican actress Dolores del Río is honored today in a floral Google Doodle as gorgeous as she was. A society heiress, a mistress to Orson Welles, a victim of McCarthyism, a spokeswoman for UNICEF, and a beauty that reportedly slept "sixteen hours a day" to keep her youthful looks, here's a look at the life of Dolores.
[OP-ED]: Our society is splitting apart at the seams
06/19/2017 - 17:21
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Here are some “offenses” that can get you killed by a hate crime these days in America the Broken:
Trump: Virginia park shooting suspect died of gunshot wounds
06/14/2017 - 15:21
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The suspect in a shooting Wednesday morning at a baseball field in Alexandria, Virginia, a suburb of the United States capital, has died of his wounds.
[OP-ED]: Trump supporters have good reason to take criticism personally
05/31/2017 - 10:42
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The saying goes, “Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you.”
Likewise, just because President Trump’s supporters take criticism of their guy personally doesn’t mean they aren’t actually being attacked.
Investigation of Trump's Charity Wins Pulitzer Prize
04/11/2017 - 04:53
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David A. Fahrenthold won the prize for national reporting, with the judges citing stories that examined Trump's charitable foundation and called into question whether the real estate magnate was as generous as he claimed.
Puppy Saviours
12/06/2016 - 03:28
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More than 100 "homeless" dogs in Philadelphia have been saved by the Penn Vet’s Shelter Dog Specialty Medical Treatment Project, a charity program that covers the expenses needed to treat the acute medical problems of shelter dogs in order to give them a better chance of being adopted.
“¿Estoy hecho para ésto?”: La realidad de los jóvenes sin hogar en Filadelfia
11/14/2016 - 18:35
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“Un adolescente sin hogar no se parece a lo que probablemente te imagines como un adolescente sin hogar”, explica John Ducoff, director ejecutivo de Covenant House Pennsylvania. “Los adolescentes y los niños se preocupan mucho por las apariencias y por cómo son percibidos. Por esta razón, se vuelven una comunidad invisible, y nuestra misión es sacarlos de la sombra”.
"Am I Cut Out?": The Realities of Philadelphia's Youth Homelessness
11/14/2016 - 18:29
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“A homeless teen isn’t what you probably think a homeless teen looks like,”John Ducoff, the Executive Director of Covenant House Pennsylvania, explains.“Teens and kids care too much about keeping up with appearances and how they’re perceived. For that reason, they remain an invisible community, and our mission is to bring them out of the shadows.”