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The seeds of the commemoration of what we now know as Memorial Day were sown after the United States’ Civil War. Entire families began to gather, in late spring, to bring flowers and souvenirs to the graves of their relatives, neighbors and friends killed in the bloodiest of the...
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Las semillas de la conmemoración de lo que hoy conocemos como Memorial Day fueron sembradas después de la Guerra Civil de los Estados Unidos. Familias enteras empezaron a reunirse, al final de la primavera, para llevar flores y recuerdos a las tumbas de sus familiares, vecinos y amigos muertos en el...
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The coronavirus pandemic has taken a toll on millions of Californians. This is especially true among low-income families, including my patients at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. SK is a 25-year-old Latina mother of two who brought her children to the pediatric emergency room in early April. (To protect patient confidentiality, I am referring to my patients by their initials.) When I entered the exam room, SK’s anxiety was palpable. She...
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La pandemia de coronavirus ha afectado a millones de californianos. Esto es especialmente cierto entre las familias de bajos ingresos, incluidos mis pacientes en el Centro Médico Harbor-UCLA. SK es una latina de 25 años, madre de dos hijos que llevó a sus hijos a la sala de emergencias...
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It is common to refer to the Senate of modern democracies as an “Elephant Cemetery”, a metaphor for the mythical place of Africa that symbolizes the last dwelling place of long-lived pachyderms. The allusion is pertinent because, in more than one country, the Senate has become the Cemetery where...
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Es común referirse al Senado de las democracias modernas como un “Cementerio de los Elefantes”, una metáfora del mítico lugar de África que simboliza la última morada de los longevos paquidermos. La alusión es pertinente porque, en más de un país, el Senado se ha convertido en el Camposanto donde quedan...
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One of the most enduring aftermaths of the COVID-19 pandemic will not be medical but economic in nature. The virtual paralysis of productive activity deepened economic disparities to levels not seen since the Great Depression. As a result, Hispanic workers now experience the worst level of unemployment in history,...
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Una de las más perdurables secuelas de la pandemia del COVID-19 no será de naturaleza médica sino económica. La virtual parálisis de la actividad productiva profundizó las disparidades económicas a niveles no vistos desde la Gran Depresión. Como resultado, los trabajadores hispanos sufren ahora el peor nivel de desempleo...
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Como algunos de ustedes ya saben, el gobierno federal ha realizado algunos cambios recientes a la carga pública, una regla de inmigración que decide si ciertos inmigrantes se convertirán en una carga financiera para el gobierno. La carga pública puede dificultar que algunos inmigrantes obtengan una tarjeta verde o...
The seeds of the commemoration of what we now know as Memorial Day were sown after the United States’ Civil War. Entire families began to gather, in late spring, to bring flowers and souvenirs to the graves of their relatives, neighbors and friends killed in the bloodiest of the...
The coronavirus pandemic has taken a toll on millions of Californians. This is especially true among low-income families, including my patients at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. SK is a 25-year-old Latina mother of two who brought her children to the pediatric emergency room in early April. (To protect patient confidentiality, I am referring to my patients by their initials.) When I entered the exam room, SK’s anxiety was palpable. She...
It is common to refer to the Senate of modern democracies as an “Elephant Cemetery”, a metaphor for the mythical place of Africa that symbolizes the last dwelling place of long-lived pachyderms. The allusion is pertinent because, in more than one country, the Senate has become the Cemetery where...
One of the most enduring aftermaths of the COVID-19 pandemic will not be medical but economic in nature. The virtual paralysis of productive activity deepened economic disparities to levels not seen since the Great Depression. As a result, Hispanic workers now experience the worst level of unemployment in history,...
Como algunos de ustedes ya saben, el gobierno federal ha realizado algunos cambios recientes a la carga pública, una regla de inmigración que decide si ciertos inmigrantes se convertirán en una carga financiera para el gobierno. La carga pública puede dificultar que algunos inmigrantes obtengan una tarjeta verde o...
