7.18.2013

Latina Converts to Islam Growing in Number

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Among the reasons for the growing number of Latino converts to Islam in the US is this curious suggestion by  Ahmad Akhar, the Ibn Khal...
4.01.2013

Your Spanish Ancestors Were North Africans

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Were your 'Spanish' ancestors European as most Puerto Ricans believe, or African -- North African, to be precise?  It's an in...
3.28.2013

Puerto Rico's Canary Islands Connection

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Canary Islanders contributions to the history and culture of Puerto Rico is vast. For example, Puerto Rican Spanish was shaped by the diale...
3.27.2013

Taino in the Southeast US pre-1492

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[Taino Indians lived at least as far north as the Smoky Mountains. ¿Como? ¿Puertorriqueños en América del Norte antes de que Cristóbal Coló...
3.08.2013

Luz Suarez de Highfield

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Luz Suarez de Highfield is a St Croix native and bilingual teacher who serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of the US Virgin Islan...
2.12.2013

Jack Delano's Puerto Rico Photo Series 1941-89

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A Masterwork Spanning 40 Years and One Island by David Gonzalez.
2.10.2013

Winters by the Lake

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I grew up near what was Glacial Lake Iroquois and is still Seneca country. 100+ inches of snow per season, blinding blizzards, 20 foot...

The Farm Worker...

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Ruzena Maribel Santamaría Mamani: Bolivia's new ambassador to Ecuador

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1.14.2013

60 Minutes: Justice Sotomayor prefers "Sonia from the Bronx"

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Interviews with Supreme Court justices are rare. But tonight even more so because in 223 years, there has never been a justice like So...