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Monday April 2112:00 PM (PacificTime)
Junot Díaz: “This Is How You Lose Her”. A Dominican-American writer, Junot Díaz talks in this interview in Oakland, CA, about his most recent bestseller “This Is How You Lose Her,” a collection of stories about relationships gone sour. He won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize.
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Tuesday April 2212:00 PM (PacificTime)
Immigration Edition: iNation. Immigrant Nation is a new interactive storytelling project that collects unique immigrant stories and shares them with the world. Beginning this week, the project will offer short documentary films, live events in diverse communities, and an online Interactive Story Hub that enables anyone...
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Wednesday April 2312:00 PM (PacificTime)
Rosario. An interview with the director of the film Rosario, a documentary about the life of Rosario Ibarra de Piedra, a social activist whose son disappeared at the hands of Mexico’s security forces in 1975 in Monterrey, her tireless search for her disappeared son and her struggle for human rights.
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Thursday April 2412:00 PM (PacificTime)
GMO Corn Halted in Mexico. In a decision against Mexico’s federal government and transnational corporations like Monsanto and Dupont, a Mexican tribunal suspended permits to sell and grow genetically modified corn in Mexico. A number of farmers, scientists, environmentalists and other activists...
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Friday April 2512:00 PM (PacificTime)
Mexico edition. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts the program Voz Pública from Mexico City. The civic journalist brings news and analysis on Mexican developments.
Edicion Semanaria (Weekly Magazine)
Friday April 18th, 2014
No bail and no healthcare
Texas to close a school that graduates dropouts
(Español) Fiscalía de NY da un alivio a solicitantes de empleo con antecedentes penales
Wednesday April 23rd, 2014
This entry is only available in Español.
(Español) Reforma Migratoria: teoría y práctica
Tuesday April 22nd, 2014
This entry is only available in Español.
Record your immigration stories at the Statue of Liberty
Tuesday April 22nd, 2014
“When we came here, I was so happy that I was in America,” said Doukenie Babayanie Bacos. “I saw the statue of Liberty and I said, “Lady, you’re beautiful. You open your arms and you get all the foreigners here. Give me a chance.”
The gift of biliteracy
Sunday April 20th, 2014
Six states have passes laws promoting a Seal of Biliteracy, awarded to high school graduates who can demonstrate that they can read and write in more than one language. On a recent Linea Abierta show, a teacher and a student discussed the importance of making sure children become biliterate.
