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Editorial: Once again: I-L-L-E-G-A-L!
Published on 20 Feb, 2012 at 10:04 in Community Stories, Great Plains | Viewed 169 times | No Comments
By Juan Miret Hispano de Tulsa Eleven. Yes, since 2007 I have written 11 editorials on this subject. However, there is always a single-neuron being that loses his bearings and is intent on labeling undocumented immigrants as “illegals.” Forget for a moment that the National Association of Hispanic Journalists has been calling for ending the
Hispanics welcome the new year with rituals
Published on 3 Jan, 2012 at 14:08 in Community Stories, Great Plains | Viewed 310 times | No Comments
By Juan Miret & Juan Carlos Nañez Hispano de Tulsa TULSA, Oklahoma – Some eat 12 grapes. Others eat lunch with a serving of tasty lentils, and many clean the house top to bottom. Whatever their ritual, Hispanics hope 2012 brings prosperity, health and success. The rituals Extravagant acts include jumping on one’s right foot
A Hispanic Matter Celebrating Christmas: Posadas, Aguinaldo Masses and Novenas
Published on 16 Dec, 2011 at 9:15 in Community Stories, General, Great Plains | Viewed 347 times | No Comments
By Juan Miret Hispano de Tulsa TULSA, Oklahoma – Hispanics observe the nine days between Dec. 16 and 24 with parties, singing, praying, piñatas, carols, scooters, punch, sparklers and many more symbols. That is how they celebrate and remember the pilgrimage of Mary and Joseph towards Bethlehem, where they sought shelter for the birth of
Flavors of the season Churros and champurrado revive Hispanic traditions
Published on 3 Dec, 2011 at 17:06 in Community Stories, Great Plains | Viewed 351 times | No Comments
By Juan Miret Hispano de Tulsa TULSA, Oklahoma – The cold season is here and with it arrive two ever-present items on the winter menu of Hispanics: champurrado and churros. There’s nothing better to fight the freezing temperatures in December than a freshly-made churro to dip into a cup of hot chocolate. The champurrado A
San Antonio looking for its own poet laureate
Published on 1 Dec, 2011 at 16:46 in Community Stories, Great Plains | Viewed 361 times | No Comments
By Angela Covo La Prensa San Antonio SAN ANTONIO — Introducing another first for the city of San Antonio, Mayor Julian Castro announced the city is seeking nominations for the position of a poet laureate, which comes with an honorarium of $3000. The position is an honorary one, designed to promote the literary arts and
As diabetes month is observed, Hispanics control the disease with diet and exercise
Published on 17 Nov, 2011 at 23:15 in Community Stories, Great Plains, Health | Viewed 79 times | No Comments
By Juan Miret Hispano de Tulsa TULSA, Oklahoma – Sara López-Covarrubias, 75, and Adán Maya, 31, are part of the statistics that will be heard in November, which is American Diabetes Month and is focused on prevention. The two are among an estimated 25.8 million people in the United States with diabetes. Of that total,
Oral Roberts University to host conference for at-risk Hispanic youth
Published on 3 Oct, 2011 at 22:29 in Community Stories, Education, Great Plains, Youth | Viewed 49 times | No Comments
By Juan Miret Hispano de Tulsa TULSA, Oklahoma — Two dates. Two groups. Six hundred participants. One auditorium. That’s how Deborah Easter describes the two education and business conferences that are scheduled for Nov. 1 and 3 at Oral Roberts University for Hispanic youth at high risk of dropping out of school. Easter, who chairs
Oklahoma ranks 7th in obesity rate among adults
Published on 17 Aug, 2011 at 18:49 in Community Stories, Fitness, Great Plains, Health | Viewed 73 times | No Comments
Juan Miret Hispano de Tulsa TULSA, Oklahoma – Oklahoma has the seventh highest rate of obesity in adults among the 50 states, according to a report from the Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Oklahoma’s obesity rate is listed at 31.4 percent. Results of the report, “How Obesity Threatens America’s Future
Tulsa police chief asserts: “We are not immigration agents”
Published on 21 Jul, 2011 at 22:27 in Community Stories, Great Plains, Immigration | Viewed 60 times | No Comments
By Juan Miret Hispano de Tulsa TULSA, Oklahoma – Police Chief Chuck Jordan says his department’s mission is public safety and fighting crime. “We are not immigration agents.” “My officers are working so all of us can enjoy a safer city,” said Jordan, who was interviewed July 5 in his office downtown. “They are not
Tulsa race riot approaches 90-year mark
Published on 27 May, 2011 at 22:47 in Community Stories, Great Plains, History, Social Justice | Viewed 92 times | No Comments
By Juan Miret Hispano de Tulsa TULSA, Oklahoma – About 90 years ago and close to downtown Tulsa there once flourished a vibrant community, so prosperous that it was defined as the Black Wall Street. It was the Greenwood district, home to 15 grocery stores, four pharmacies, two newspapers, two public schools and two theaters.
