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Maestra

Maestra

In 1961, thousands of teenagers joined the Cuban Literacy Campaign and left their homes to go out and teach their fellow country men and women how to read and write. Most of the volunteers were under 18, some as young as 10 years old, and many of them had never been away from their family [...]

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Cliched “Won’t Back Down” really should have

Cliched “Won’t Back Down” really should have

I’m sure the people behind “Won’t Back Down” knew what they were doing when they decided to release this public school politics firebomb to theaters when they did. Between the heated discussions resulting from its subject matter and the buzz generated by its star-studded cast (Maggie Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis and Holly Hunter are the top-billed [...]

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There are plenty of sports to talk about

There are plenty of sports to talk about

For talk radio hosts, news usually happens in some sort of cycle. There’s the 24/7 news cycle, in which news breaks depending on the time zone in which the developments are taking place. There’s the political cycle, which takes into account the four-year presidential cycle and specific elected offices and referendums in local elections. Then [...]

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