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Another Child Caught in the Crossfire

by Alma Campos February 10, 2022February 13, 2022

Leer en español n a cold Saturday afternoon, eight-year-old Melissa Ortega and her mother, Araceli Leaños, left home walking to the bank and then to a McDonald’s. Araceli wanted to keep her promise. She was going to get her girl a hamburger. It was January 22, 2022. Melissa: ¿Me compras una hamburguesa, mamá? Mamá: Claro […]

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Fifty Years of Fred Hampton’s Rainbow Coalition

by Jacqueline Serrato September 27, 2019February 13, 2021

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