The Consequences of Lazy Journalism

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I don’t know about you, but it feels like the Virginia Tech massacre that took place on the campus of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, VA has left people emotionally drained. I know that I am. This is [...]

The Word According to Kos

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We all know the meaning when someone mentions liquid courage - those who consume it “gain” confidence and lose discretion. Well, I prefer to think Internet courage is where an individual who enjoys the benefit of hiding behind the Internet and [...]

Keepers of the Gate In the Land of Lost Hope

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Last year, the country saw the unfolding of one of the most powerful waves of demonstrations in US history. Hundreds of thousands of Mexicans and Latinos, along with other immigrants and their supporters took to the streets [...]

Endgame: America’s New Operation Wetback

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William Shakespeare once wrote, “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” What’s in a name? Plenty, when the lives of millions of immigrants of color are at stake. Here, Shakespeare [...]

Cut From the Same Cloth

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Here in the United States, native-born citizens and leaders take great pride mythologize their historical success of the great “melting pot” ability to absorb and unify people coming from diverse lands and cultures. America and immigration are strongly linked and have been [...]

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