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Honoring our nation's diversity and immigration laws
As long as The Associated Press and various other media outlets are redefining how we can speak about people "living in or entering America illegally or without legal permission" ("illegal immigrants" now is verboten), we should finish the job: Stop...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Human Interest, Laws, Politics, Labor Legislation
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Local philanthropist earns Ellis Island Medal of Honor
In just three years, Fort Lauderdale resident Noreen Salah Burpee has helped distribute $8 million to nonprofits, heading up a new foundation created from wealth earned by her immigrant family. On Saturday , her work was honored with the...
Tags: Human Interest, Awards and Prizes, Coconut Creek, Boca Raton, Charity
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LETTER: Striving For The Dream
Every day, many people cross the U.S. border looking for exactly the same things that people at Ellis Island did more than a century ago: the American Dream. Some risk their lives. Some succeed; some will be driven to fail by painful obstacles, but...Tags: Politics, Illegal Immigrants, Immigration, Migration
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My Word: Give immigrants legal path out of shadows
Last month, the U.S. Senate's Gang of Eight introduced the Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act. This bill, to be considered by the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday, offers a glimmer of hope and a path to...Tags: Statue of Liberty, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Business, Justice System, Illegal Immigrants
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Letters to the Editor: Remembering veterans, freedom for gays, immigration
Remembering veterans President John F. Kennedy once said, "A nation reveals itself not only by the men it produces, but also by the men it honors, the men it remembers." Our new veterans memorial demonstrates that, here in Central Florida, we...
Tags: Statue of Liberty, Immigration, Titusville, Migration, Lobbying
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Cannes 2013: Coen brothers, Alexander Payne bound for film festival
The Cannes Film Festival is making a statement at this year's gathering: We still really like Americans. The main competition will feature four directors from the U.S. -- Alexander Payne (“Nebraska”) Joel and Ethan Coen (“Inside Llewyn...Tags: Venus in Fur (play), Entertainment, Clive Owen, Will Forte, Ethan Coen
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Brooklyn Festival samples the new classical music of the borough
BROOKLYN, N.Y. — Composer and French horn player Matt Marks, 33, has just completed writing a vocal and orchestral work for the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the biggest commission of his life, but this Sunday afternoon in March he's playing the ukulele...Tags: Lincoln Center, Tribeca, Entertainment, Artists, Brooklyn (Windham, Connecticut)
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Immigration rally at Capitol as senators race to finish bill
WASHINGTON--The bipartisan group of senators pushing to finish a sweeping immigration bill met late Wednesday as thousands of advocates gathered outside the Capitol, many waving American flags, to lend urgency to the effort. The first draft of the...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Dick Durbin, Executive Branch, Politics, Chuck Schumer
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L.A.'s walking dead
Mark the date, remember the day. On March 5, 2013, Los Angeles redefined apathy. A measly 16% of the city's registered voters — or perhaps around 20% once all the mail-in ballots are counted — turned out in an election with the following...
Tags: Local Elections, Television Stations, Voting, Elections, Politics
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Overloaded production sinks this love story
Philip Dawkins, a hugely talented Chicago writer, has, in his newest work, "Failure: A Love Story," penned a Chicago tale full of emotional riches. Alas, this potentially moving drama about three ill-fated sisters in the 1920s has been saddled with a...
Tags: Victory Gardens Theatre, Arts and Culture
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Studying the percentages
I have now become the Ellis Island for bisexuals. I tried to avoid it, but they are drawn to me. Consider my recent experience at the Laugh Factory on the Sunset Strip: I go there to hang out with some of the comics and watch the show. It's a very...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Lifestyle and Leisure, Bars and Clubs
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Gloria and Emilio Estefan Broadway bound
Staff WriterSoFlo's first family of music - Gloria and Emilio Estefan - just announced today that they are taking their songs and their story to Broadway. Teaming up with the Nederlander Organization, the dynamic duo say the musical will detail their journey from...Tags: Entertainment, Awards and Prizes, Music, Music Industry, Congressional Medal of Honor Heroes
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