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Opera meets mariachi in latest Lyric venture
You've heard of rock operas, tango operas, crossover operas. Now, get ready for mariachi opera. Two musical traditions with wide followings will come together April 7 when Lyric Opera will present the Midwest premiere of “Cruzar la Cara de la...
Tags: Music Industry, Culture, Entertainment Events, Paris (France), Customs and Tradition
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Scholars fix gaze on changing racial landscape
Laura Kina, 39, is half Asian-American and half white. Her husband is Jewish, and her stepdaughter is half Hispanic. Her family, including her fair-skinned, blue-eyed biological daughter, lives near Devon Avenue in the heart of Chicago's Indian and...
Tags: DePaul University, U.S. Military, Teachers, Religion and Belief, Devon Avenue
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For many Venezuelans, time to leave may be close
Last week a Venezuelan friend I met in 1994 found me on Twitter. After exchanging pleasantries, I asked her what she expected from last Sunday's presidential elections. She said she was hoping Henrique Capriles could defeat President Hugo Chávez, "I...Tags: Broward County, Cancer, Media Industry, Fidel Castro, Cuba
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It doesn't have name, but more move into downtown area
I noticed a moving truck outside the old St. Alphonsus parochial school in the west side of downtown Baltimore on Saratoga Street. Someone was moving into an apartment in this Victorian building, once home to a school that made a a valiant attempt to...Tags: Rudy Giuliani, Bruce Springsteen, Kirby Fowler, Bank of America Corp., Pratt Street
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U Of H Graduate Seeks House Seat In Utah
The Hartford CourantA specter is haunting the Congressional Black Caucus, the specter of integration. It is discomforting enough that the now 43-member CBC has included a Republican since 2011, when Florida's Allen West became the first Republican to join the CBC since 1997....Tags: John Kerry, Jim Matheson, Allen West, Al Gore, Lyndon B. Johnson
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Campaign may turn on whether GOP starving or remaking schools
TALLAHASSEE – Has Florida's political leadership defended public education or de-funded it over the last two years? The answer you get depends on the party you ask this election season.
Since the issue is cropping up in campaigns – and will...Tags: Republican Party, Rick Scott, Students, Politics, Teaching and Learning
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For GOP, the numbers crunch
WASHINGTON -- As a new Congress convenes, it has become an unquestioned truth among Republicans that their party has as much of a mandate as President Obama because voters returned them to power in the House. The mantra has been intoned by John Boehner,...
Tags: Republican Party, Population and Census, Paul Ryan, Politics, Barack Obama
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Political weapon knows no boundaries
Boundaries more than ballots determine members of Congress in many states. It's called gerrymandering. And it's nothing new.This method of drawing districts for political advantageis named after Elbridge Gerry, a Founding Father who signed the...
Tags: Republican Party, Chicago Tribune, Politics, Joe Donnelly, Barack Obama
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What you need to know before the May primary
Monday, April 9 is the statewide voter registration deadline. If you are new to Indianapolis or have recently moved or changed your name, you need to update your registration records by the deadline. Plus, 17-year-olds who will be 18 on or before November...
Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Local Government, Primaries, Politics
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Fortunately For Me, Old Is The New Young
The Hartford CourantThere are now more people age 65 and over in the United States than ever before, and this group is increasing at a faster rate (10,000 per day) than the general population. The only state that showed a decline in the 65-and-older demographic was Rhode...Tags: Thurgood Marshall, George Burns, Ashley Montagu, Demographics
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INKED! Giving voice to 'our' culture makes sense
What is the Latino experience? Honestly, I’m not sure.
Being born to a Mexican-American father with roots in Brole and Imperial by way of Sonora and Durango, Mexico, and a white mother of Scottish, German and Dutch descent raised in the Midwest...Tags: Immigration
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Settlement of IMPD minority lawsuit pending
Fox59 News has learned that Public Safety Director Frank Straub is seeking support of the Fraternal Order of Police to settle a lawsuit filed by black police officers claiming discrimination in IMPD promotions practices.
The lawsuit dates back to...Tags: Lawyers, Discrimination, Justice System, File Sharing, Social Issues
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