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    Native American Heritage Month: Stereotypes Still Unbroken

    Not long ago, with work piling up, to-do things needing to be done, and the fate of the free world basically depending on what I did next, I chose...

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    Mental Health Awareness: Your Brain Needs a Hug

    The words are never right. The time is never perfect. And life keeps piling stress after stress onto the people we love. What do we say to someone...

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    Mental Health Awareness: Are u ok?

    Being a teenager means a lot of things, but starting to date and get into romantic relationships or friendships sticks out as a huge milestone. The...

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    Hispanic Heritage Month: Three per cent no es Fabuloso

    In my first period class of sophomores at a high school on the Southwest side of San Antonio, I had one White student, one Muslim student, and the...

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    Mental Health Awareness: Kind of Sort of Fine

    A bright part of every teacher’s day is getting to the class that your star student is in. You know the one. We see them reach for the sky every time...

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    Hispanic Heritage Month: Speaking and Scribbling in Spanish

    When my mother was going to school in the panhandle of Texas, she and her friends were punished if they spoke Spanish in school. When my brothers and...

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    Mental Health Awareness: Girl in Pieces

    To be mentally healthy requires work, and many youth and their families turn to some kind of therapy, counseling, or inpatient program to aid in that...

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    Mental Health Awareness: Writing as a Healthy Outlet

    Mental health is just as important as our physical health, and many educators understand this. According to the National Institute of Mental Health,...

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    Hispanic Heritage Month: A Quinceañera Para Todos

    Growing up with three brothers and not Catholic, quinceañeras weren’t really a thing we did. But when Yvette Guerrero turned 15 and Betty Espinosa...

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    Hispanic Heritage Month: Something Not to Miss

    Driving into El Paso, Texas, at night on I-10W remains a glorious sight to behold.

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