Elena Mora
LATEST ARTICLES BY Elena Mora
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Arts
Nursing home workers write their stories with “Loving Hands”
January 22, 2015"With Our Loving Hands: 1199 NE Nursing Home Workers Tell their Story" is an unusual book for several reasons.
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Opinion
Thankful for Thanksgiving
November 26, 2014While I don't care much about Columbus Day (except that there's no school, which when my kids were younger was a pain), I do like Thanksgiving.
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Opinion
Three generations march on Washington
August 23, 2013I'm very proud that my father and uncle, Joe and Dennis Mora, were both at the 1963 March on Washington, one of many demonstrations and activities they participated in during the civil rights heyday.
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U.S.
Power surge: Record number of Latinos voted in 2010
May 10, 2011A recent study by the Pew Hispanic Center reported that a million more Latinos voted in 2010 than did so in the 2006 midterm election.
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U.S.
Housing crisis, with a New York twist
April 22, 2011The foreclosure crisis which continues to ravage communities across the country is also harming working people in New York City, even though 64% of the city's 8 million residents live in rental apartments.
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U.S.
Changes and challenges for Puerto Ricans in the U.S.
March 11, 2011A recent article by Angelo Falcon, president of the National Institute for Latino Policy, entitled, "Challenges Facing Stateside Puerto Ricans in the 21st Century," reveals both new features and persistent problems.
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Labor
Rep. José Serrano supports Bronx building workers
March 11, 2011Congressman José Serrano is supporting the efforts of SEIU 32BJ, which is in negotiations for a new long-term contract to cover more than 3,000 Bronx apartment building workers.
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Opinion
Young Latino voters — an emerging giant
June 15, 2010"The Emerging Hispanic Electorate: The Young Giant Awakens," a survey of 1,500 Hispanics, ages 16 to 29, has just been released by Democracia, and contains both good and bad news for big and little "d," democratic...
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