by Odilia Rivera Santos of People for the Ethical Treatment of Puerto Ricans IF YOU ARE A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, LEAVE RIGHT NOW. READ THIS ARTICLE AT THE LIBRARY. I dedicate this post to my cousin who was killed by her husband and to Tina Adovasio. Tina Adovasio was a battered woman who was […]
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Advocating for Blue Collar Workers
February 21, 2011 
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Written by Victoria Cepeda It was 1966 when Mexican-American civil rights activist Jesus Salas et. al. founded “Obreros Unidos”, an independent farm labor union, in Wisconsin. Their objective was to improve working conditions for migrant farm workers that traveled from Texas to Wisconsin yearly. They knew of a Wisconsin state provision that protected agricultural workers which […]
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February 16, 2011 2 Comments
by Efrain Nieves This weekend Victoria and I were on the hunt for some great Latino food. We decided to go to a fairly new Colombian restaurant in Union City, New Jersey. Unfortunately, our experience in this restaurant was far from dreamy. Victoria had sancocho de gallina that, according to her, tasted delicious but was attacked by about 200 potatoes the size of a T-rex’s egg. […]
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