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Behind the Veil: Our obsession with sexy Behind the Veil: Our obsession with sexy

It all started when I went dress shopping. It was almost Mid-May, the days were getting... 

Filipino veterans fight for equity, commemorate the Fall of the Bataan Filipino veterans fight for equity, commemorate the Fall of the Bataan

Bataan Day, a Philippine holiday, marks the largest U.S. army surrender in history.... 

U.S. troop build-up on Guam faces opposition from locals U.S. troop build-up on Guam faces opposition from locals

It has been ten months since Secretary of State Hillary Clinton re-signed an agreement... 

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Examining racial divides created and made worse by man Examining racial divides created and made worse by man

Race is a funny word. Man-made, just like everything else we’ve created using... 

Being Asian in the gulf Middle East Being Asian in the gulf Middle East

When I was 8 years old I watched my mom get pushed into a kitchen at an Arab wedding... 

What the NAACP Means to Me

As a brown-skinned immigrant who has spent 25 years working for racial justice, I... 

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Small in number, local Moravian Church values modern beliefs   By Francesca Gacho

In the age of Christian megachurches, with the number of followers nearing tens of thousands, and with the continued growth of televised worship services that mobilize and expand ministries, a small congregation in Downey, Cali. is spreading Christ’s love in a different way: through personal relationships between members and pastor, community outreach,... [Read more of this review]

Heroin addiction sweeping through Orange County   By Jennifer Karmarkar

Jackee was 16 when she smoked it for the first time. It was the summer of her sophomore year and her boyfriend asked her if she wanted to get loaded with some other kids. She had already been smoking methamphetamine on-and-off for three years, so trying heroin didn’t seem like a big deal to her. “I thought about it for like five seconds,” the... [Read more of this review]

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