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Immigrants need to know their rights to protect themselves from ICE

By Esther J. Cepeda
Jul 14, 2019 1:00 AM - Columnist Esther Cepeda: There are many people reading this who wouldn't bat an eyelash if they saw an agent from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) walking up the driveway to their house or stepping into their local greasy spoon.
Labels matter but real value of census designations is data

By Esther J. Cepeda
Jan 16, 2018 1:00 AM - Columnist Esther J. Cepeda: According to conservative thinkers Ward Connerly and Mike Gonzalez, the Census Bureau should stop collecting data about race and ethnicity.
Stop your pandering

By Esther J. Cepeda
Apr 24, 2012 5:00 AM - Columnist Esther Cepeda: Without getting into specific policy topics Hispanics political views are as dramatically varied as those of white voters Hispanics really want to be acknowledged, welcomed in the political arena, listened to and respected.
Education and activism -- a fine line

By Esther J. Cepeda
Apr 17, 2012 5:00 AM - Columinst Esther Cepeda: Activist teachers believe that part of their job involves teaching students about the injustices of the world and how to challenge them which is fine, I suppose, if you happen to see eye-to-eye and heart-to-heart with a teachers social and political beliefs.
Closing young Americans' minds

By Esther J. Cepeda
Apr 8, 2012 5:00 AM - Columnist Esther Cepeda: Lists like these exist because no one can take any chances that age-appropriate common sense will win the day in any setting, much less an educational one.
Deluding ourselves on medical 'cures'

By Esther J. Cepeda
Apr 1, 2012 5:00 AM - Why are we looking at surgery when countless studies have shown that nutrition is not adequately taught or modeled in schools, where children are less likely to have opportunities to exercise during the day? And why arent more doctors trained to counsel patients about their dietary and exercise needs?
Where is the political inspiration?

By Esther J. Cepeda
Mar 26, 2012 5:00 AM - Excitement, the thrill of wonderful possibilities and the electricity generated by the promise of a bright new future werent quite crackling at Romney headquarters that night and its hard to imagine them magically appearing for either candidate at the polls next November.
Deported, and now childless

By Esther J. Cepeda
Mar 18, 2012 5:00 AM - Columnist Esther Cepeda: A report says that 5,100 U.S.-born children whose parents are caught up in illegal immigration detention are highly likely to be lost in the foster care system even though their parents want to care for them once they return to their native country.
In classrooms, quality counts

By Esther J. Cepeda
Mar 13, 2012 5:48 AM - In 2009, 83 percent of public school teachers were white, whereas only 54 percent of students were white. But racial balancing is not a magic bullet.
Blog item: That jerk in the other car

By Esther Cepeda
Mar 7, 2012 1:00 AM - Syndicated columnist Esther Cepeda's weekly blog: The researchers, in a report published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, concluded that because rich people are so much less dependent on social bonds for survival than are the poor, their self-interest leads them to have fewer reservations about breaking rules.

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