Racists Using Swine Flu As Excuse to Promote Hate

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The frenzy over swine flu has spurred another potentially deadly outbreak: racist hate-mongering against Mexicans and Mexican-American immigrants. Conservative journalists and scared American citizens are looking for someone, anything to blame for this still small global outbr

Mexico Needs a Limpieza

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After many hours of discussion and debate surrounding Mexico's
multiple crisis' as of late, we here at Latina came to a drastic, but
necessary conclusion. Mexico is, quite frankly, suffering from some of
the worst juju we have witnessed in recent history—thus, leaving us no
other option than to declare that our neighbors to the South are in
serious need of some spiritual intervention.

Dominican Republic Approves Constitutional Amendment to Outlaw Abortion

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Dominican lawmakers voted recently to approve a constitutional amendment that would effectively end legal abortion in the country. Assembly members approved the new Executive Branch article, which states that, “The right to the life is inviolable from conception until death.”

Staff Health Challenge: Immediate Results, Please!

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I’m unbelievably impatient and will quickly lose interest if I don’t see results right away. Previous attempts to gain weight by eating greasy burger after greasy burger were always short-lived because I wouldn’t gain a pound. I’ve since learned that eating just one big meal and slacking off for the rest of the day was not going to cut it.

Well I’m thrilled to say that I’ve already seen the numbers go up on my scale! I’d leveled off at 80 pounds since November and in the past four weeks I’ve gained—drum roll please—five pounds!

Swine Flu Outbreak in Mexico Raises Fear of Global Epidemic

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An outbreak of swine flu, originating in central Mexico, has raised fears of a global epidemic. Keiji Fukuda, a World Health Organization official, says that the form of flu that originated in Mexico is a genetic mixture of viruses that have been seen in pigs, birds and people prior to this outbreak. It’s been dubbed "swine flu" because the overall genetic structure of the virus is of the type that has normally affected pigs.

Staff Health Challenge: Switch it Up

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So I’m a few weeks into my health challenge and though I’m constantly tempted by the cookies and scones that are brought into the office, I feel like I’ve made some progress. At the very least I’m learning more about my body. Marc Hochstein, who totally resembles Christian Bale AND happens to be my trainer at Manhattan Plaza Health Club (wink, wink), taught me something new the other day. He explained that you can’t do the exact same workout twice or your body will outsmart you and the muscles will get lazy.

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