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Muslims, Jews and Latinos…

Nov 20, 2009

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Interim President Takes Leave During Honduran Vote

Nov 20, 2009

November 19, 2009 - by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS - TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Honduras’ interim president said Thursday he may step down temporarily to allow voters to concentrate on the upcoming presidential elections.

Roberto Micheletti said he will consult his advisers…

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Findlay Market (Cincinnati)

Nov 20, 2009

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StoryCorps Historias (español)

Nov 20, 2009

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Nov 20, 2009

Reese Erlich is a best-selling book author and freelance journalist who writes regularly for the Dallas Morning News, Canadian Broadcasting Corp. Radio and National Public Radio.

Daniel Denvir is a freelance print and radio reporter based in Philadelphia, PA.

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Nov 19, 2009

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All across the country many Latino families will be celebrating the Thanksgiving holiday. While many ethnic communities have various forms of the tradition, the American version of Thanksgiving is uniquely a nationalistic celebration.

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This week, StoryCorps Historias brings the…

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Community Gardens in Cincinnati

Nov 19, 2009
<i>Findlay Market Corp. created the CHEF Program to encourage local farming.</i>

Findlay Market Corp. created the CHEF Program to encourage local farming.

The traditional fall harvest is always a boon to local farmers markets. But at Cincinnati’s Findlay Market, the season has something of a twist. In an effort to meet the…

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Nov 19, 2009

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The Ft. Hood shootings left psychological scars that spilled over into the national psyche, as Latino USA’s Maria Hinojosa observes.

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Latino Perceptions of Muslims

Nov 19, 2009
<i>President Obama at the official service for the slain soldiers at Ft. Hoood, Texas. (Photo by The U.S. Military.)</i>

President Obama at the official service for the slain soldiers at Ft. Hoood, Texas. (Photo by The U.S. Military.)

In the wake of the shootings at Ft. Hood, Texas earlier this month, there has been considerable discussion about the alleged shooter’s…

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Israel’s Undocumented Latinos

Nov 19, 2009
<i>File photo of a Tel Aviv rail station. (Flickr photo by n0nick.)</i>

File photo of a Tel Aviv rail station. (Flickr photo by n0nick.)

When thousands of Latin American immigrants left their homelands throughout the 1990s in search of opportunity, the U.S. was not the only country recruiting this cheap labor. Many European…

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