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January 6, 2012
Now It's ESPN's Turn to Sack the Cowboys For Having Merch Made in Cambodian Sweatshops
In October we noted a report from Pittsburgh-based Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights that said the Dallas Cowboys are having team-branded clothing made in "gross sweatshop conditions at the Style Avenue factory in El Salvador" -- which Cowboys Merchandise Ltd. chief operating officer Bill ... More >>
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December 8, 2011
The Sitter
Jonah Hill charms as a self-aware loafer.
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October 14, 2011
Dallas Cowboys Vehemently Deny They're Making Clothes in a Salvadoran Sweatshop
On Wednesday, the Pittsburgh-based Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights issued a report titled Dressing Babies in Sweatshop Clothing: Dallas Cowboys, Ohio State and a Creepy Business, in which it alleged that the Cowboys are having team-branded clothing made in "gross sweatshop conditions ... More >>
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September 30, 2011
Pilgrim's Pride Chicken Plant, Employer to 1,000 Locals, Officially Shutters Today
Photo by Leslie MinoraAfter 26 years as a mechanic at Pilgrim's Pride, today is the last day of work for Victor Recindos and his 1,000 coworkers.Victor Recindos has aged 26 years by the calendar's count since first becoming a mechanic at Pilgrim's Pride chicken processing plant just south of ... More >>
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March 24, 2011
Alas Poor Yorick -- I Ate Him
Open wide and say yum. No, really -- it's good.For three months, I have leaned on (read: annoyed) the owners of Taqueria Pedrito, a family run taqueria in East Dallas, to purchase cow heads from the packaging plant in Weatherford that supplies their beef. So you can understand my excitement w ... More >>
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October 21, 2010
Operation Streamline costs taxpayers millions, tramples on the Constitution, treats immigrants like cattle and doesn't work. So why are the feds so committed to it?
Open wide and say yum. No, really -- it's good.For three months, I have leaned on (read: annoyed) the owners of Taqueria Pedrito, a family run taqueria in East Dallas, to purchase cow heads from the packaging plant in Weatherford that supplies their beef. So you can understand my excitement w ... More >>
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August 20, 2010
Clash of the Pupusa Titans: Pupusas Mama Tia II vs. Michoacan Tortas y Pupusas
Michoacan PupusaJust over a mile from the airport outside San Salvador you will find a tiny village ripe with what many would call the national snack of the Central American country, El Salvador--the pupusa. In the village of Olocuilta little shops sell these masa harina cakes, which are filled ... More >>
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July 19, 2010
ICE Says More Than 100 Were Rounded Up During Five-Day Multi-Agency Anti-Gang Sweep
This just in from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement: The agency, along with the Office of Homeland Security Investigations National Gang Unit and an alphabet's soup worth of local law enforcement agencies, spent the last five days sweeping Dallas-Fort Worth for gang members and their a ... More >>
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June 1, 2010
Amid Carrollton's changing restaurant scene, the Inca's Café Really Gets Its Goat
Sara KerensOnce known as a haven for large-chain dining, Carrollton is slowly changing, as more and more immigrants move there from Asia, and Central and South America. Drive down East Belt Line Road or Josey Lane and you will see taquerias aplenty, plus homey establishments that draw culinary i ... More >>
Dining
January 14, 2010
The Salvadorian Restaurant, Mario Sabino's, Suffers From An Identity Crisis, Lost Between The Sameness Of A Local Chain and The Authenticity of a Mom-And-Pop Shop.
Sara KerensOnce known as a haven for large-chain dining, Carrollton is slowly changing, as more and more immigrants move there from Asia, and Central and South America. Drive down East Belt Line Road or Josey Lane and you will see taquerias aplenty, plus homey establishments that draw culinary i ... More >>
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October 29, 2009
Why Can't Mexicans And Salvadorans Just Get Along?
Sara KerensOnce known as a haven for large-chain dining, Carrollton is slowly changing, as more and more immigrants move there from Asia, and Central and South America. Drive down East Belt Line Road or Josey Lane and you will see taquerias aplenty, plus homey establishments that draw culinary i ... More >>
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July 8, 2009
On The Range: Pupusas
On The Range is a weekly exploration of the history and lore of Texas menu items.If Cole Porter, world-famous composer, musical philosopher and inspiration for the Jonas Brothers...yeah, right...were alive today and writing about food instead of music, he might term El Salvador's love affair with p ... More >>
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March 3, 2008
Local Musicians Give Democracy The Finger
On The Range is a weekly exploration of the history and lore of Texas menu items.If Cole Porter, world-famous composer, musical philosopher and inspiration for the Jonas Brothers...yeah, right...were alive today and writing about food instead of music, he might term El Salvador's love affair with p ... More >>
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July 26, 2007
El Tren de la Muerte
Central American migrants risk life and limb on the death trains to Texas
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June 26, 2007
Much Ado About Nothing
Central American migrants risk life and limb on the death trains to Texas
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February 22, 2007
Home Away From Home
North Texas' booming Guatemalan population struggles without a consulate
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November 2, 2006
Splitsville
No border fences make for mad neighbors in Farmers Branch
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May 15, 2006
The Gang's All Here (Well, There, Actually)
No border fences make for mad neighbors in Farmers Branch
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June 23, 2005
Athlete
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June 16, 2005
Capsule Reviews
Our critics weigh in on local theater
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June 9, 2005
The Nanny Diarios
At WaterTower Theatre, Living Out shines; The Nerd's life of leisure suits the Pocket
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June 2, 2005
Yard of Dreams
At WaterTower Theatre, Living Out shines; The Nerd's life of leisure suits the Pocket
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September 23, 2004
The Sins of the Father
Cantankerous, proud and devoted to helping immigrants, Father Justin Lucio's singleminded sense of duty led to overblown charges of "scandal"
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February 6, 2003
Get on the Bus
For one fellow traveler, the road to an anti-war protest in Washington is paved with good intentions and bad politics
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July 11, 2002
Hope in Hell
Cameron Park, Texas, is the poorest town in the U.S.A. But its residents say life has never been better.
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June 6, 2002
Talk to Me
Three shows use the power of language to explore love, death and difference
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November 8, 2001
Out of Mind, Out of Sight
For a growing number of Texas kids with mental illnesses, the only place to get help is behind bars.
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May 3, 2001
Letters
Missing Molly, Discordant Sound, A Sorry Man
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March 2, 2000
Viva Sandinista!
Is the Clash still the only band that matters?
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August 26, 1999
Romeo's head
A would-be Indiana Jones reopens the debate over who got to America first
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May 27, 1999
Children of the Storm
Hurricane Mitch left thousands homeless, jobless, and alone, forcing them to cross the border in search for new lives in America. And those were just the kids.
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June 11, 1998
Hash Over
Hurricane Mitch left thousands homeless, jobless, and alone, forcing them to cross the border in search for new lives in America. And those were just the kids.
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April 10, 1997
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Hurricane Mitch left thousands homeless, jobless, and alone, forcing them to cross the border in search for new lives in America. And those were just the kids.
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June 22, 1995
Meditation on hope
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