LOS ANGELES — Jaime Escalante transformed a tough East Los Angeles high school by motivating struggling inner-city students to master advanced math, became one of America’s most famous teachers and inspired the movie “Stand and Deliver.”
He died Tuesday at age 79 after battling cancer for several years, family friend Keith Miller said.
Escalante used his outsized [...]
NEW YORK, N.Y. — After years of keeping quiet about his personal life, pop star Ricky Martin has announced that he is gay.
“I am proud to say that I am a fortunate homosexual man,” Ricky said in a message posted on his offical Web site. “I am very blessed to be who I am.”
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“North Carolina Latinos,” NC Latino Health, 2003: Final Report of the Latino Health Task Force, North Carolina Institute of Medicine.
North Carolina has the fastest growing Latino population in the country. According to the US Census, the Latino population in North Carolina has grown 394%, from 76,726 in 1990 to 378,963 in 2000. Latinos now make [...]
El Chicano band member joins elite group in Rock and Roll Heaven
By Joe Ortiz
Source: https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AS9dVV_URABMZDY0cDczcV83NjdoaDlxdm5nOA&hl=en
Bobby Espinosa, the highly acclaimed organist and co-founder of the legendary El Chicano music group, was memorialized on Saturday, March 20, 2010, by family members, fellow musicians and close friends.
Espinosa, who has been a part of every recording the group has [...]
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WASHINGTON – Frustrated with the lack of action to overhaul the country’s immigration system, tens of thousands of demonstrators rallied on the National Mall and marched through the streets of the capital Sunday, waving American flags and holding homemade signs in English and Spanish.
Supporters traveled from around the country in hopes the rally would re-energize [...]
On March 16, 2010, Tea Partiers from around the country gathered (in very disappointing numbers) in front of the Capitol building.
Frank M. Miranda wrote:
“There are two kinds of Americans, those that think Fox News is a real news orginization, and those that know it’s NOT”
Frank M. Miranda :-{>
When you hear a Republican start a [...]
www.phoenix.gov
Phoenix City Councilman Michael Johnson
An unnamed Phoenix police officer may have messed with the wrong bull.
The Phoenix City Council will hold an executive session on Monday to try to get to the bottom of an incident this morning, where one of its members was handcuffed and thrown to the ground by a Phoenix police officer [...]
AP – Demonstrator Adrian Corona of Columbia, S.C. shouts slogans during a rally for immigration reform
WASHINGTON – Immigrant rights supporters from around the country are rallying for immigration reform on the National Mall.
People are waving American flags and holding signs with slogans in National Mall such as “National Mall yes, deportation no.” About half an hour [...]
by Dustin Gardiner and Jolie McCullough – Mar. 20, 2010 09:35 AM
The Arizona Republic
Maricopa County Sheriff’s
deputies arrested 111 people during a two-day crime-suppression sweep that ended Friday night.
Of those arrested, 78 are suspected of being in the U.S. illegally, a spokesman for the Sheriff’s Office said.
Four hundred Sheriff’s personnel were involved in the operation, which [...]
