February 2010
February 4th, 2010
Written by Ann Scheer in Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
The legacy of Patsy Takemoto Mink cannot be pinned to one ideal or cause. While her trademark was ensuring equal rights for women, Mink was a spokesperson for many controversial issues.She often took unpopular stances against such things as nuclear testing and was among the first to speak out against the Vietnam War.After serving in the Hawaii State House of Representatives from 1956 to 1958, and...
February 4th, 2010
Written by Zain Deane in The Welcoming Table with 0 Comments
Finding a burrito in Mexico City isn't easy. That's because the burrito comes from the northern part of the country, and isn't truly representative of Mexican food. The Tex-Mex hybrid Americans so often mistake for authentic “South of the Border” cuisine is an unrefined interpretation of true Mexican gastronomy. Mexico is a country with a deep culinary tradition that spans millennia and is far...
February 1st, 2010
Written by Ann Marina in Business Biases & Building Blocks with 0 Comments
Cruz Salucio gets up at 4:30 every morning and leaves the tiny trailer he shares with nine other farm workers in Immokalee, FL. The 25-year-old Guatemalan joins a crowd of tomato pickers in a vacant lot by the general store. Farmers arrive before sunrise, lumbering along in old school buses to pick up workers.
"In the harvesting season, there's plenty of work," Salucio says. "But as the crops...