“He comes from a very Muslim country, I come from a very Jewish country. He goes…
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News Taco: Self-Awareness Reveals Not-So-Subtle Stereotypes
I imagine that most minorities who are self-aware have the occasional, or perhaps even perpetual, underlying…
White Sox/Tigers Recap: Early Season Success
The Sox took 2 out of 3 games from the defending AL Central Champions over the…
El Machete: Undocumented and Alien
El Machete Illustrated: Cutting Through the Bullshit is a weekly series by political cartoonist Eric J.…
Through Both Lenses: Baseball and Race
This article is the start of something, the history of the Afro-Latino in baseball cannot be…
Fat & Happy: Gluten-Free Pasta
Rolling by hand rather than on a pasta machine, cooking in simmering water rather than boiling-…
Rupa and the April Fishes: Musician, heal thy world
“I wanted to create sounds that would take people to contact each other, see each other,…
CLFF Review: 17 Hours
“You’ll be inspired by the outcome. Quality and fluid writing. Spot on casting in this historical…