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Commentary: Marco Rubio Is On The Wrong Side Of Immigration Reform

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Commentary: Marco Rubio Is On The Wrong Side Of Immigration Reform

By Irina Gonzalez | 05/19/2013 - 15:00 | 0 Comments

Marco Rubio is not exactly known for a progressive stance on social issues in our country. In fact, I would say that it’s pretty fair to say that he is the opposite of a liberal thinker.

Lately, his staunch stance on social politics is starting to really affect an issue that is near and dear to my heart: immigration reform....

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Say What?! There's a Toilet Paper Shortage in Venezuela

By Amaris Castillo | 05/17/2013 - 15:19 | 0 Comments

Ain’t this some s---. Venezuela is suffering from a toilet paper shortage, NY Daily News reports. According to some economists, the South American country’s shortage stem from price controls meant to make basic goods...

Modern Mami: The Baby Name Game

By Kristina Guerrero | 05/17/2013 - 13:23 | 0 Comments

I thought naming Baby Bean was going to be the fun part. I’ve had the perfect baby names up my sleeve even before I knew I wanted babies. When it was time to put them on the table, I came up empty.

The pressure of a name!

I wonder if my mom had this problem. I think not since my older sister Melissa was named after Melissa Horton...

Luis Gutierrez speaks at the Democratic National Convention

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Bipartisan House Lawmakers Reach Deal on Immigration Bill

By Sugey Palomares | 05/17/2013 - 12:19 | 0 Comments

The overhaul of U.S. immigration laws finally seems to be making slow progress. A bipartisan group of House lawmakers, made up of eight Democratic and Republican leaders, reached a deal for an immigration bill on Thursday, which will be introduced in June, reports...

Street Named After First NYC Immigrant Juan Rodriguez

Street Named After First NYC Immigrant Juan Rodriguez

By Sugey Palomares | 05/17/2013 - 09:26 | 0 Comments

This one is going down in the history books! Researchers have discovered that the first immigrant to settle in New York back in 1613 was a Latino. Yesterday marked the 400^th anniversary of Juan Rodriguez’s arrival. Hundreds of neighbors gathered the streets as city officials named a stretch of Broadway, between 159^th and 218^th...

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Commentary: It’s Not OK For Abercrombie & Fitch To Tell Me I’m Too Fat

By Irina Gonzalez | 05/16/2013 - 16:50 | 0 Comments

Being overweight in America is not easy. I know because, although I’m at a healthy weight now, I have struggled with my weight for most of my life. At my highest, I ballooned up to 230 pounds (at just 5’2”!) and wore size 18 clothes. Well, to be honest, I really should have been wearing size 20 pants but I refused to go up that high. Instead, that was the...

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WATCH: Pat Robertson Tells Us a Husband’s Cheating is Clearly the Woman’s Fault

By Amaris Castillo | 05/16/2013 - 13:14 | 0 Comments

Pat Robertson needs to just shut up. Someone please zip up that mouth of his permanently. The televangelist received a call on his show The 700 Club from a woman struggling to forgive her husband for cheating on her.

Robertson’s response? “Well, he’s a man.”

He also wants you to not talk about the cheating. Just...

Pregnant Jenny Oliver

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Woman Enters Unborn Baby Girl Into Beauty Pageant

By Amaris Castillo | 05/16/2013 - 11:39 | 0 Comments

A woman plans on entering her daughter into a beauty pageant this fall. One small thing: the girl hasn’t been born yet. According to MSN, mom-to-be Jenny Oliver is due to give birth in July and has already signed up her kid in a “Bonnie Baby...

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