• ENTERING THE “ENCANTO”

    Arturo Hilario El Observador Walt Disney Animation Studios released its first full-length film in 1937 with “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”. That first Disney Animated film began a cultural phenomenon of entertainment and storytelling style that continues to grow and diversify 84 years later. Now the studios 60th...
  • THERE IS LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL

    After years in the shadows, the spirit of bipartisanship reappeared this week on a bright autumn afternoon in the United States capital. During a ceremony attended by Republicans and Democrats, President Joel Biden enacted the ambitious bipartisan package of physical infrastructure for more than 1 trillion dollars, which will...
  • HAY LUZ AL FINAL DEL TÚNEL

    Después de permanecer durante años en las sombras, el espíritu del bipartidismo reapareció esta semana en una luminosa tarde otoñal en la capital de los Estados Unidos. Durante una ceremonia concurrida por republicanos y demócratas, el presidente Joe Biden promulgó el ambicioso paquete bipartidista de infraestructura física por más...
  • La Devoción a Santo Domingo de Guzmán  

    Santo Domingo es un santo muy aclamado dentro de la comunidad de creyentes, durante siglos se le ha considerado como un ángel y santo piadoso. Concede favores y  milagros en casos de angustia, habladurías, calumnias, y se dice que cura enfermedades físicas y emocionales. Su historia está llena de...
  • Defensores dicen que Build Back Better es esencial para la justicia ambiental

    ORLANDO, Fla.– Defensores están pidiendo a los lideres de Florida que mantengan el impulso después de la Cumbre del Cambio Climático de la ONU al pensar en formas de reconstruir mejor en el estado del sol. Mientras el Congreso debate el plan Build Back Better del presidente Joe Biden,...
  • Advocates Call Build Back Better Essential For Environmental Justice

    ORLANDO, Fla. – Advocates are calling on Florida’s leaders to keep the momentum going after the U.N. Climate Change Summit by thinking of ways to Build Back Better in the Sunshine State. As Congress debates President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better plan, which supporters say would benefit millions of Floridians with...
  • EL DERECHO AL VOTO ES EL PROBLEMA DE LOS DERECHOS CIVILES DE NUESTRO TIEMPO

    Mark Hedin Ethnic Media Services Es el “tema de los derechos civiles de nuestro tiempo”, dicen los defensores del derecho al voto, pero tres propuestas diferentes para fortalecer y crear estándares a nivel nacional sobre la votación están estancadas en el Congreso. “La democracia se enfrenta a desafíos nunca...
  • VOTING RIGHTS IS THE CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUE OF OUR TIME

    Mark Hedin Ethnic Media Services It’s the “civil rights issue of our time,” voting rights advocates say, but three different proposals to strengthen and create nationwide standards on voting are all stalled in Congress. “Democracy is facing challenges unlike any we have seen in modern time,” said Wade Henderson,...
  • Q&A: The Groovy and the Inspirational “Hairspray”

    Arturo Hilario El Observador Brandon G. Stallings is an actor originally from the South Side of Chicago, who from the age of four joined in singing in his local church choir and eventually found himself immersed in music, dancing and acting. Recently we had an opportunity to speak to...
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