Archive for August, 2009
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Let It Rain Coffee
ANGIE CRUZ, author of LET IT RAIN COFFEE ($20.95) "Let it Rain Coffee" Esperanza risked her life fleeing the Dominican Republic for the glittering dream she saw on television, but years later she is still stuck in a cramped tenement with he
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Encounters with Sex Trafficking
[repost] Chelo Alvarez is an award winning filmmaker. Her work on the documentary “Tin Girls,” compelled her not only to produce another film about human sex trafficking but to make a difference in the lives of her protagonists. Be sure to wa
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Magu Defines His Quest
(print title "Mingo and Fireboy") Should an artist approach their art with a corporate mentality? What drives an artist to create? What is the function of an artist? These are just a few questions that Gilbert "Magu" Lujan contemplates as an
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LittleLoca – The YouTube Queen
[repost] In May 2006, 35,000 videos a day were being added to the video broadcasting site Youtube.com, and an estimated 30 million clips were being viewed daily. One day Little Loca, a chola from East Los topped the charts with her video blog
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