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I am at the gas station and wonder about the cashier, who sincerely wishes me a great day. Did you vote for him? Did you vote for the man who wants to ban Muslims from entering the United States? The same…
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If the 20 children and seven teachers of Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT, killed in 2012, do not convince Republicans governors and lawmakers nationwide to make buying weapons a bureaucratic nightmare, then dozens of LGBTQ Latinos killed this…
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The small but loud Hillary Haters Club has grown even more spiteful. Maybe they know the truth already. That even as Sen. Bernie Sanders wins, he will not be the Democratic nominee because he lags far behind in delegates. And…
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In 1898, the exhausted Spanish empire illegally gave away Puerto Rico to the United States at the end of the Spanish-America War. Gen. Nelson Miles, an architect of the massacre of indigenous peoples in the 19th century in this country,…
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What’s With The Hillary Haters? My social media is awash with hard-charging conversations between Sen. Bernie Sanders supporters and me, a Loud & Proud Hillary Girl. The back-and-forths on former Sen. and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton go something like…
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Where I come from, not far from here but a world away, getting a good cup of coffee, just the way I want it, takes under two seconds. It’s a simple ask in Puerto Rico: Café con leche, por favor,…
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The Nov. 3 elections in Northampton tell a story of privilege, complacency and amnesia. The vast majority of registered voters didn’t show up because they 1) are happy with the way things are; 2) don’t care to participate in democracy…
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NOTE: This column was based on a story I broke about the US Justice Department investigating Civil Rights violations. NATALIA MUNOZ Sunday Republican (Springfield) August 20, 2006 Something must have gotten lost in the translation in at least four Massachusetts…
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By Natalia Muñoz In June 2015, many in the LGBT communities nationwide were in a particularly celebratory mood. As has become an annual custom, New York City Mayor…
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Ric Bourie was a traveling man. He was one of the nicest guys you could ever meet. I was lucky enough to have met him, years ago when we both worked at the Union-News bureau in Hampshire County in the…
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