Akel Hawa (Free subscription) | yesterday
Young striker Alex Sanchez made a bit of history as he came on as a late substitute in Real Zaragoza’s defeat at Valencia. Zaragoza were already 3-1 down, but Sanchez’s introduction was remarkable because he became the first player with a disability to play football in the Liga. His history :
TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Jim—no last name given—wrote this comment in agreement with Senescence, death and e-books: Could an e-library help?, Alex Sanchez’s moving essay that we published earlier today. – D.R. By Jim I myself am a stage 4C cancer patient, and I spent six weeks of my life in daily radiation therapy. Everyday while waiting for treatment, I [...]
TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Editor’s Note: Herewith a piece by contributor Alex Sanchez. He describes a place for ebooks, and a national ebook library, which I never would have thought of. It’s also moving enough that I decided to put the full text on the home page rather than do our usual break. Paul Biba It [...]
Bildungsroman (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
The Cybils Book Awards offers nine different categories, based on genre and age group, with separate nominating and judging committees for each category. Each nominating committee will select between five and eight finalists per category, and those finalists will be announced in January 2010. The judging panels will select one winner per category. The winners will be announced on February 14th, 2010....
Indybay newswire (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
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Indybay newswire (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
While Oscar Grants killer roams the streets free on bail, Alex is denied justice. FREE ALEX SANCHEZ!
uprisingradio.org (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
We’ll be joined in studio by Oscar Sanchez, the brother of Homies Unidos founder and community activist Alex Sanchez who was recently arrested on a variety of serious gang-related charges. And we’ll have an in-depth conversation with Zoya, an underground women’s rights activist from Afghanistan who is on national tour, calling for an end to [...]
TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
Editor’s Note: here is an opinion piece from Alex Sanchez. It’s appropriate to print it now as the big announcement will be tomorrow. Paul Biba I am like most of you out in the blogosphere awaiting the arrival of the Barnes and Noble e-reader with bated breath. The amount of change that has occurred over [...]
The Crayon Box (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009
2008: Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson Philip Pullman, Lauren Myracle, Jim Pipe, Alvin Schwartz, Chris Crutcher, Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Rudolfo Anaya, Stephen Chbosky, Cecily Von Ziegesar 2007: Robert Cormier, Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson, Mark Twain, Toni Morrison, Philip Pullman, Kevin Henkes, Lois Lowry, Chris Crutcher, Lauren Myracle, Joann Sfar 2006: Chris Crutcher, Justin Richardson...
Indybay newswire (Free subscription) | 09/29/2009
Alex calls barrios unidos and gives his own update on what he is experiencing.
Maryland Politics Watch (Free subscription) | 09/22/2009
The Governor’s announcements of Beverley Swaim-Staley as the new Secretary of Transportation, Edward J. Chow, Jr. as the new Secretary of Veterans Affairs and Alex Sanchez as the new Secretary of Labor, Licensing & Regulation cement one reality not reported in the mainstream media: Montgomery County has been almost totally excluded from the Cabinet. Maryland’s Executive Branch contains...
Maryland Moment (Free subscription) | 09/21/2009
Gov. Martin O'Malley (D) on Tuesday will announce his selection of a United Way of America executive as the state's new secretary of Labor, Licensing & Regulation, according to aides. Alex Sanchez has been chosen to succeed Thomas E. Perez, who has been nominated by President Obama to head the Civil Rights Division at the U.S. Department of Justice. Sanchez, a Virginia resident whom O'Malley aides...
Tim's El Salvador Blog (Free subscription) | 08/29/2009
Two months ago, the executive director of the organization Homies Undidos, Alex Sanchez, was arrested on racketeering charges for his alleged role in a murder and other gang activities. The charges are difficult for many to believe since Homies Unidos works to help young men and women escape the gang lifestyle. National Public Radio broadcast an update on the Sanchez case this week: Federal prosecutors...
Indybay newswire (Free subscription) | 08/26/2009
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