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Voices: Are political candidates ignoring the issues that Latinos care most...
An election day volunteer prepares for election day Feb. 28 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Getty Images) Latino opinion leaders take up the issue of illegal immigration as it’s playing out among candidates and...
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Voices: On the Dream Act, attacks on Sonia Sotomayor and Mexican tourism
Esther J. Cepeda takes up the issue of , as one young person put it, “Not all undocumented youth want to be called DREAMers”: Today the immigrant youth community is struggling to define itself in hopes...
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Voices: The pope’s visit, the impact of deportation on familes and helping...
A poster advertising the upcoming Pope Benedict XVI visit is seen on a billboard in Havana, Cuba. Pope Benedict is scheduled to arrive in Cuba March 26. Tensions are high in Cuba between some...
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Voices: On Latino identity, ‘Stand Your Ground’ laws and Cuban zombie movies
Actor Edward James Olmos: Chicano or Latino or Hispanic? Which label would you use? (Getty Images) Miguel Perez of creators.com says that a recent Pew Hispanic Center report on Latino identity is...
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Voices: On the Dream Act, immigration reform and the disturbing death of...
Esther J. Cepeda of the Washington Post News Media Services says Dreamers should consider heading back to the countries of their births: Having lived here most of their lives, young illegal immigrants...
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Voices: On Mexico’s election, gay marriage, and biking to work
Here’s a sample of what Latino opinion leaders are saying this week: Andres Oppenheimer of the Miami Herald says that Mexico’s presidential campaign so far is pretty boring, but he expects things to...
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Voices: Same-sex marriage, Secure Communities and the Mexican American...
Mary Sanchez of the Kansas City Star says that the president’s struggle over the same-sex marriage issue shows what a struggle it will be to win marriage rights for all Americans: Peel away the...
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Voices: On Cosmopolitan, Facebook and the Secret Service scandal
Model Marisa Jara at the Cosmopolitan Fragrances Awards 2012 in Madrid (Carlos Alvarez/Getty Images) Here’s what some Latino opinion leaders are saying this week on issues of the day: Esther J. Cepeda...
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From the OC Latino Link mailbag: ‘Let’s make tortillas!’
On Mexican Mother’s Day, I wrote about my mother Celia Gonzales, 88, who still makes tortillas. The story sparked a lot of memories in OC Latino Link readers, and even prompted some to roll their own....
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Your turn: ‘The American flag has become almost sacred to me’
Weaver Elementary School students sing "She's a Grand 'Ol Flag" in this 2003 photo. Dr. Richard Ramirez of Fullerton, a member of Los Amigos of Orange County, delivered the following speech for a Flag...
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