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TRUMPED ON THE PLAYGROUND

What to tell her handsome young son when his classmates assured him his days at “their” school were about over because President Trump would make sure he was on the other side of The Wall he declared would be built…

KIDS VOTE

November 5, 2016
Shirlee Smith
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Ah, the election. It finally got here in spite of mudslinging, ugly behavior, threats, and with far too many propositions on the California ballot. ‘Hmm, bilingual education,” mused my twenty-something daughter as she sat pondering her vote-at- home ballot. “Seems…

It Was Nelson Mandela

December 9, 2013
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We were there! It was the Los Angeles Coliseum. It was Friday, June 29, 1990. It was NELSON MANDELA! We caught the bus at our local NAACP office and we paid $10 for an experience we weren’t going to forget. Ivy…