Esther J. Cepeda
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When the accent is on languageJun 22, 2011 9:00 pm - Tensions flared during testimony leading up to the final state Senate vote on Texas’ sanctuary cities bill — and not just over whether the new measures would have a chil...
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Don’t know much about historyJun 16, 2011 12:00 am - The nation’s history report card is in, and the poor grades it contains may say more about needed changes in teacher recruitment and classroom assignment policy than the...
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Got (non-flavored) milk?Jun 12, 2011 12:00 am - Chocolate milk is my sworn enemy. French toast sticks drowning in fake maple syrup and sugary cereals are, too. But let’s start with the milk. White milk, despite being...
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Confused on immigrationJun 09, 2011 11:00 pm - Last month, President Obama went to El Paso, Texas, to address the issue of immigration reform and reminded his audience that moving the debate forward “ultimately has t...
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Confused on immigrationJun 09, 2011 12:00 am - Last month, President Obama went to El Paso, Texas, to address the issue of immigration reform and reminded his audience that moving the debate forward “ultimately has t...
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New direction of the bias debateJun 05, 2011 8:00 pm - CHICAGO — Scholars from the Harvard Business School and Tufts University’s department of psychology recently confirmed the obvious in contemporary American race relation...
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A family matter, a public matterMay 27, 2011 12:00 am - Last week, a 10-year-old boy in Riverside, Calif., who was charged with his father’s murder said he did it to stop the daily abuse that he, his brothers, sisters and ste...
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All games and no talkMay 22, 2011 12:00 am - From the moment I heard the tensely throbbing music and soaked in the stunning views of 1940s Los Angeles, I knew I was going to spend my precious time on the just-relea...
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A tale of two school systemsMay 16, 2011 12:00 am - High school seniors have gotten another grim report card in civics. According to the recently released 2010 National Assessment of Educational Progress, 64 percent of pu...
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Immigration promises come up emptyMay 11, 2011 11:00 pm - President Obama thinks Latino voters are stupid. There's no evidence to the contrary, based on how he's mishandling his campaign promises on comprehensive immigration re...