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...cinco autos de polic?a con sirenas y luces encendidas lo detuvieron porque los nerviosos residentes de la zona pensaron que ?l era un criminal. Eventualmente Alvarado los convenci? de que estaba all? en busca de un trabajo ofrecido por uno de los vecinos. "Todos los d?as los trabajadores se ven obligados a pasar por cosas como ?stas y peores", dice Alvarado. Como coordinador de la National Day Laborer Organizing Network durante los ?ltimos tres a?os, Alvarado, de 38, es considerado el C?sar Ch?vez de los jornaleros, aquellos inmigrantes que se re?nen en las esquinas buscando cualquier trabajo...
...educaci?n. Para el 2010, 1 de cada 5 estudiantes de ense?anza media ser? hispano pero si la cifra de j?venes que abandonan sus estudios se mantiene estable, s?lo un 11% de ellos terminar?n sus estudios universitarios, porciento bastante m?s bajo que el 27% a nivel nacional. "Nuestros j?venes no ven la universidad como una posibilidad", dice Mart?nez Tucker. A sus 49 a?os, Mart?nez Tucker es ahora la presidente del fondo, y ha volcado su experiencia de negocios en ?l con el objetivo de expandir sus operaciones. Su trabajo es captar estudiantes -que ella llama clientes- a trav?s de reuniones celebradas...
...Speculator," "Dallas Oil Man" and "Shanghai Debutante" are just some of the labels that adhere to the descendants of Charlie Soong, a Chinese stow-away reared by North Carolina Methodists. Of the founding father's six children, four gate-crashed their way into history: Eldest Son T.V. (for Tse-ven) parlayed his career as a financial administrator into a fortune that made him, by some accounts, the richest man in the world; Eldest Daughter Ai-ling came to power behind the scenes by marrying H.H. Kung, a fabulously rich lineal descendant of Confucius; Middle Daughter Ching-ling...
...program, has given Dixon a taste for nonprofit work with the added bonus of a paycheck. This made the previously hardcore, science-oriented Dixon realize that she could do what she truly loves—while also making a living out of it. And she doesn’t ven need a medical degree...
...curse if it is obsessional. It is at the heart of continuous creation; it happens to affect our sense of achievement and also failure. Sex also plays a moral role because it defines the good-faith boundaries that give security to individuals and families and even to nations. (THE VEN.) DENNIS EDE London