Bienvenido, Francisco
A new Pope, un nuevo Papa, has been chosen, and I can't help but remember World Youth Day 1993 in Denver.I had just graduated from journalism school, and my Associated Press news editor asked me to go...
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“Ay, m’hija. Why would you joke about something like that?” Mom asked me, her voice tinged with incredulity. “Your whole life you’ve advocated for the rights of the down-trodden. Why would you blurt...
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Water on My Mind
Today is World Water Day, and I’m reminded of the narrow, rugged mountain creeks that overflow with spring runoff in Colorado every year.As the northern hemisphere tips toward the sun and the days...
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The Kiss
Music blared from the dance floor, and young men pressed in all around us, their animated faces covered with a sheen of sweat.We wore glittery paper hats and tiaras, twirled noisemakers, and tossed...
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Viva César
If you were alive in the 1960s and 1970s, there's a good chance you remember the Delano Grape Strike.The strike began in 1965 when Filipino American laborers walked off farm fields in California to...
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Remembering Ludlow 99 Years Later (Repost)
Armed strikers near Trinidad, Colo, c. 1914, during the Colorado Coalfield Wars. Photo courtesy of the Denver Public Library, Western History Collection. All Rights Reserved.In Colorado, April 20 is...
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American Me on Cinco de Mayo (Repost)
The United States or "New Spain" in 1819. Cinco de Mayo rolls around every year, and a bizarre claim crops up in news stories, political speeches, and in schools: Hispanics are “the newest immigrants”...
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America's Mermaid
Editor's Note:One of my idols died last week in Los Angeles at the age of 91. I wrote this years ago and I'm reposting to honor the life of Esther Williams. Because I was a landlocked child, I...
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Water on My Mind
Today is World Water Day, and I’m reminded of the narrow, rugged mountain creeks that overflow with spring runoff in Colorado every year.As the northern hemisphere tips toward the sun and the days...
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