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Why the REINS and RAA Acts Jeopardize Keeping Kids Safe and Healthy
Here's a little fun fact about me: I interned once for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). I can't remember with certainty what legislation I was specifically assigned to eyeball, but I recall vividly my office and the piles and piles of paperwork I...
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Heifer School Milk Feeding Program for the Greater Good
This year marked 35 years since we left Cuba in chase of the American Dream in the U.S. My parents -- my mom a very pregnant 25-year-old with 9-year-old and baby in tow -- left behind everyone and everything they knew and had in order to establish a life f...
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#HANGRY Is Ending Childhood Hunger in America
I first experienced the mod term "hangry" when I was 20 during our first family trip to Europe. I remember the moment, clear as day. I was wearing canary yellow linen pants with a white linen blouse. After hours of walking and meandering the stre...
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The Lake at Donner Pass
My American history is not well-rooted in knowledge acquired in middle or high school. In fact, even most of my understanding of our Civil War and rights era was an intentional decision I made while studying politics at U.VA. I attended one of America's pr...
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Atypical Lake Tahoe Or a Halting Stay in Truckee
Just when you think you've seen or heard it all, you end up in a place bearing a name worthy of a city council voting session. Or just when you're convinced you've graduated to the class of judging a book by its content and not its cover - -in this case, a...
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Conservatives and the Fight for Human Rights
I’m a registered Independent. I’ve voted for the Democratic ticket since the day I could vote. There’s not been a single time in modern American history where I felt I could align with the GOP. Not since the 80s, anyway. Though I tend to vote more liberal,...
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A Story About Cuban Food
I was at the Cuban Interest Office in Washington, just a few miles from where I live, speaking through a locked iron fence, asking the familiar guard the status of my Cuban passport. I applied for it 3 months prior and should have received it 6 weeks earli...
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The Best of my 2015 in Pictures
I really didn't want to do this "meme". I find 'The Best 9' (or whatever it is) to be so predictable and so egotistical. As I perused IG and enjoyed smiling at the lovely moments my real life and virtual friends shared, I couldn't help but think about how magn...
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Live Nation in Mountain View, Kelly Clarkson Style
You'd probably be surprised if I told you I'm a classically frustrated artist. I was trained on cello and vocals, starting at 6. I played and sang all through high school and college. I was determined and convinced I was going to be a professional entertainer,...
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