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In the wide-eyed wake of an event coined “The Snappening,” users of social media, parents of tweens and teens and celebrities who have been hacked are pausing before posting. “The Snappening,” named after the application Snapchat, occurred in late 2014, when hackers captured and leaked 200,000 sensitive photos that were […]

As the new year approaches, a new crop of teen drivers will hit the streets. How can parents keep them safe behind the wheel? Let us count the ways. Today’s teen drivers live in a dramatically different world than their fathers and mothers did when they first put the pedal […]

For the tenth year, at 8:30 in the morning on Sunday, December 16, 2012, Jack Hairston III, affectionately known as “Jack the Bike Man”, opened the large overhead door of his warehouse to welcome a large crowd of families. They had all been gathered there before sunrise for a chance […]

Each year, Americans observe National Hispanic Heritage Month from September 15 to October 15, by celebrating the histories, cultures and contributions of American citizens whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean and Central and South America. The observation started in 1968 as Hispanic Heritage Week under President Lyndon Johnson […]

I am proud and privileged that I can count myself a citizen of the world’s “melting pot” – the United States of America. I am equally proud that I have a rich and varied heritage founded in the Latin culture. Both my mother and my father came to this country […]