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Video: Cuban American author Cristina Garcia hears ‘conversations’ in Spanish but tells stories in English

Dec 6, 2012, 2:46 PM 0

LatinaLista — The importance of language can never be underestimated, especially for authors. Yet, for the scribes of our time, language means more than just words strung together to convey a thought or a scene. For bilingual writers, language…

Great Plains, Local News

Immigration Influx Divides Heavener, Oklahoma

Oct 31, 2012, 10:38 AM 0

By Ron J. Jackson Jr. Oklahoma Watch HEAVENER — Atop Poteau Mountain, cloaked by white oak, black locust and other towering trees, sits the mysterious runestone. Ever since its discovery in 1874, experts have passionately debated whether the runic…

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Seven Years After Katrina, FCC Still Fails to Make Sure Everyone Receives Lifesaving Information in an Emergency

Oct 30, 2012, 11:01 AM 0

By Marcella Gadson Broadband & Social Justice “In an emergency, every person living within our nation’s boundaries, regardless of his or her primary language, deserves to have information available on how to increase the chances of survival and safety.”…

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