The battle over gay marriage in California could reach the Supreme Court. (Flickr: Damian Hopper)By JORDAN FABIAN
Channel: PoliticsA federal appeals court on Tuesday ruled that California’s gay marriage ban is unconstitutional.
By UNIVISION NEWS
Channel: EntertainmentMiss Bala, out today in limited theaters in New York and Los Angeles, is not your typical thriller.
The streets of New York are decorated with various pieces of graffiti and street art, which provide a colorful narrative to many lifeless buildings and street corners. (Photo: Arturo Conde)By ARTURO CONDE
Channel: Culture, Art, EntertainmentChris Schmidt uses calligraphy as an introduction to graffiti. He wants his students to understand that this art form is an acquired skill. Graffiti writers need to master basic elements of art, including color blending, fading, contour, and perspective, in order to give their pieces a 3-D effect. And Chris instructs his class to focus on the movement of each artist’s hands to visualize his or her style.
“What makes those letters move?” Chris asks his students at his art class at the Dual Language and Asian Studies High School in Lower Manhattan. “Did the wind come by and blow on them until they began to curve? Did a hammer come down and smash them with its force?”
The world’s most influential newspaper may be adding the term “illegals” to its list of words not to use. (Flickr: orangeblob)By JUAN GASTELUM
Channel: Immigration, MediaMotivated by reader responses to a column by former executive editor Bill Keller, it seems The New York Times may soon be updating its style book to caution writers against using the term “illegals” to describe individuals who are in the United States illegally.
Keller wrote in his blog on Tuesday that he consulted Phil B. Corbett, the newspaper’s standards editor, for guidance on how to answer the numerous objections he received for using the term freely in his column. Corbett replied that he believes the term, used routinely by anti-immigration groups, has “an unnecessarily pejorative tone” and that “it’s wise to steer clear.”
“It might be worth cautioning against ‘illegals’ in the style book entry, though if I do that, I will wait for a decent interval – otherwise some suspicious observer will assume the change is aimed at you,” Corbett continued.
In his column, Keller spelled out some of the issues surrounding the national debate on immigration. He also praised Newt Gingrich, the current front-runner in the race for the Republican presidential nomination who recently proposed changes to the country’s immigration system, for introducing substance to a conversation that had been marked by attacks and an unwillingness to talk about anything beyond securing the border.
Some readers were offended by his use of “illegal” as a noun rather than an adjective, or at least found it distracting.
Architectural Controversy : An apartment complex design in Seoul, South Korea, has attracted criticism for its similarity to the World Trade Center’s final moments after the 9/11 attacks.
The towers, one with 54 floors and the other with 60, are designed by Dutch architects MVRDV and will be built at the entrance to Seoul’s redeveloped Yongsan business district by 2016. (Pics)
Is there a controversy here or are people just reading too much in to the design?
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REBLOG REBLOG REBLOG!! Between 9:30 a.m. and 10 a.m. this morning an unidentified black female removed 5-week-old Courtlyn Anderson from her mother’s residence at 116 61st Street in Fairfield. The woman identified herself as a DHR worker.
DHR has no record of the alleged pick up. The suspect is a black female, 5′ 6″, 179 pounds and was last seen wearing a black pants suit and blue blouse. She was driving a black SUV. Anyone with information about this situation should call Fairfield Police at 205-786-4111.
It is not clear at this point what sort of identification the suspect gave the mother, but according to Barry Spear, Public Information Manager of DHR, case workers carry an ID with their name and department seal on it.
In case of an emergency, a child could be removed temporarily without a court order but that would involve the authorities. A case worker would never show up alone requesting to take a child into custody.
“DHR doesn’t have legal authority to remove a child from a home without a court order,” Spear said in a statement to FOX6 News.
Spear also says parents have the right to call DHR and/or the police to verify that the person at the door is a case worker before handing over the child.
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REBLOG REBLOG REBLOG!! Between 9:30 a.m. and 10 a.m. this morning an unidentified black female removed 5-week-old Courtlyn Anderson from her mother’s residence at 116 61st Street in Fairfield. The woman identified herself as a DHR worker.
DHR has no record of the alleged pick up. The suspect is a black female, 5′ 6″, 179 pounds and was last seen wearing a black pants suit and blue blouse. She was driving a black SUV. Anyone with information about this situation should call Fairfield Police at 205-786-4111.
It is not clear at this point what sort of identification the suspect gave the mother, but according to Barry Spear, Public Information Manager of DHR, case workers carry an ID with their name and department seal on it.
In case of an emergency, a child could be removed temporarily without a court order but that would involve the authorities. A case worker would never show up alone requesting to take a child into custody.
“DHR doesn’t have legal authority to remove a child from a home without a court order,” Spear said in a statement to FOX6 News.
Spear also says parents have the right to call DHR and/or the police to verify that the person at the door is a case worker before handing over the child.
Missing: ATHENA JOY CURRY (GA)
Athena was last seen on May 27, 2011 at 1485 Beecher Street in Southwest Atlanta. Her boyfriend and father of her son claims they got into a heated argument and she stormed out the house at 3am. She has not been seen or heard from since. Her family states under NO circumstance would she leave her 16 months-old son, King.
If you have any information on her whereabouts, please contact the Atlanta Police Adult Missing Persons Squad at (404) 546-4235.Read more about Athena’s story here.
Click through the picture for Athena’s missing person Facebook page.
Founded by two second-generation Dominicanas, NI AQUÍ, NI ALLÁ (NaNa) was initially imagined in 2009 and eventually created in early 2010.
Inspired by the coils of our curly hair, the radiant color of our skin, the trials and tribulations of our immigrant families, the seasonings of our food, the pulsating rhythm of our music and the beauty of this grand earth in which we live in, we created this blog with the hopes of providing a raw and uncensored perspective on life & the overall experience of living between two worlds...neither here, nor there.
Through the publication (and sometimes re-publication) of analytical insights, thought-provoking imagery and personal accounts of our own life journeys, NI AQUÍ, NI ALLÁ aims to promote dialogue and awareness on a range of topics affecting Latinos and other minority groups & communities.
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Groana Melendez was born in Brooklyn and raised between Washington Heights and the Dominican Republic. She received a B.F.A in Art Photography from Syracuse University, and is currently living and working as a photographer in New York City. [Photo courtesy of Jessica Gildersleeve @ www.jessicagildersleeve.com]
Nicole Vásquez was born in Manhattan and raised in the Bronx until the age of sixteen, later settling in Bergenfield, New Jersey. She received a B.A in Mass Communication from Lehman College of the City University of New York. When she's not hunched in front of her computer, she can be found experimenting with the latest DIY cosmetic recipe or working with city students of various age groups. Vásquez has one son, a Lhasa Apso named Poochie. [Photo courtesy of our very own Groana @ www.groanamelendez.com]
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