Category Archives: Viva!

NYTimes: The Closer: Michelle Obama

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/06/us/politics/michelle-obama-2016-presidential-election-first-lady.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share

Border Angels Celebrates 30th Anniversary | La Prensa San Diego

Border Angels, a non-profit organization that advocates for the human  rights of the immigrant population, will celebrate its 30 year anniversary this November.It all started in 1986, after a trip to the Carlsbad canyons with a north county church, where activist and Border Angels founder Enrique Morones saw children, women, and families living in miserable conditions.“A woman from El Salvador saw that we were gathering things and asked us to deliver food and clothing to her neighborhood in Carlsbad,” Morones recalled. “I thought the organization wasn’t going to last long, but we will turn 30 this November.”

Source: Border Angels Celebrates 30th Anniversary | La Prensa San Diego

Queen Bey and the Dixie Chicks

Queen Bey and the Dixie Chicks, I thought that was just power, just raw power,” said entertainer of the year Garth Brooks. “I just love that it was feminine raw power.”Later on he said, “Tonight, I gotta tell you, I missed the Chicks. I miss their music.”Maren Morris, who won the new artist of the year award, said she was glad the Dixie Chicks returned to the CMA stage.”But when I found out the Dixie Chicks were going to perform, I freaked out,” Morris said on the red carpet before the show. “Because it’s been a decade since they have been on the stage. I just grew up listening to them and loving their point of view and how they don’t give a (expletive). And I just love them that about them.”

Source: News from The Associated Press

NYTimes: Behind 2016’s Turmoil, a Crisis of White Identity

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/02/world/americas/brexit-donald-trump-whites.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share Made up crisis of thinking the reason you are such a loser is because you don’t get to think you are automatically better than “others” of ethnicity, race, or religion different than yours… In short school-yard bully crap is no longer acceptable!