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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

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Children Of Immigrants Fight Back

Comments (0) | @columns, children fight back, Columnists, immigrant children, immigration policy, President Obama, sue President Obama, The Coming Majority

Claudia Meléndez Salinas
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It’s hard out there for children of immigrants. They are often mislabeled as “language-impaired” when in reality they’re still learning English – particularly if other language is spoken at home.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Immigration Reform And Gay Rights: A Molotov Cocktail?

Comments (0) | @columns, church, Columnists, gay rights, immigration, immigration reform, Proposition 8, The Coming Majority

Claudia Meléndez Salinas
Columnist

Wanna watch anything more explosive than immigration and gay rights in this country? Try putting them together.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Back To The Antebellum: Immigration And Birthright Citizenship

Comments (1) | @columns, african americans, birthright citizenship, Columnists, illegal immigrants, immigration, immigration reform, Sonia Sotomayor, The Coming Majority, undocumented citizens

Claudia Meléndez Salinas
Columnist

The argument proponents of birthright citizenship use sounds a lot like the one the Supreme Court used to deny blacks, freed and enslaved, the right to be citizens of this country.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Postville, Iowa: Ground Zero In The Immigration Reform Debate

Comments (0) | @columns, Columnists, dream act, immigration, immigration reform, Obama, Postville, The Coming Majority

Claudia Meléndez Salinas
Columnist
If indeed there's immigration reform coming, it will be due in no small part to the efforts of St. Bridget in Postville and its allies in other religious communities.Read more...
 

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

A Toast To Chicano/Latino Graduates

Comments (4) | @columnists, @editor, chicanos, Columnists, graduation, higher education, immigrants, immigration, latinos, social networking, The Coming Majority

Claudia Meléndez Salinas
Columnist
Many programs have been started to make second generation Latino students succeed. Sadly, it's often people like me who end up benefiting from them, and on top of that, we end up serving as a measuring stick for what a Latino, an immigrant, even a second generation should look like. It's not fair.Read more...
 

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Swine Flu Has Nothing To Do With Illegal Immigration

Comments (1) | @column, Columnists, flu, immigrants, Mexico, Obama, swine flu, The Coming Majority, undocumented workers, United States

Claudia Meléndez Salinas
Columnist
It's not like the virus asks potential victims to see their documents. Amigo, can I hitch a ride with you to Houston? I have a pandemic to break.Read more...
 

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

An American Family At A Theater Near You

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Claudia Meléndez Salinas
Columnist
The Flores family in Lydia, a new play by Octavio Solis, is an American family that happens to speak Spanglish, listen to Pedro Infante, and celebrate quinceañeras as a right of passage.Read more...
 

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Of Tancredo, Immigrants, And Freedom Of Speech

Comments (0) | @columnists, Columnists, freedom of speech, immigration, immigration reform, Michelle Malkin, Tancredo, The Coming Majority

Claudia Meléndez Salinas
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I'm not sure those students in North Carolina were the first ones to disrupt Tancredo's speech. Read more...
 

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

The Myth Of Black Versus Brown

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Claudia Meléndez Salinas
Columnist
Latinos and blacks suffer under the same economic system established by "the man." That's reason to unite, not fight.Read more...
 

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

The Return Of The Dream Act

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Claudia Meléndez Salinas
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We educate them, feed them, teach them about America, and then we shut the door on them. All that money and energy invested for naught. How's that for irony? Read more...
 
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