Racism and classism go hand in hand

Racism and classism make for interesting bedfellows. The nonprofit Class Action, explains the interconnection of race and class as so: “In the 1800s and early 1900s, some immigrant groups, who are now considered white, faced significant prejudice and discrimination, yet only the biases against people of color were encoded into laws. To undo today’s extreme…

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Remedios homeopáticos en la comunidad hispana

En la comunidad hispana, los remedios homeopáticos se han transmitido de generación en generación. Ya sea en la frontera de EE.UU. con México o en el sur de Tucson, el visitar un curandero o un herbolario suele ser algo muy común en la cultura hispana. Un remedio homeopático es la práctica de medicina alternativa que…

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People who care lost in the border rhetoric

Political contenders jockey for attention on how tough their immigration policies are or what can be done to reform the system, while everyday people in Arizona go into the desert to provide humanitarian aid to migrants. One couple, John and Diane Hoelter, volunteer with Humane Borders to provide water to migrants crossing the Southern Arizona…

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