"America's Toughest Sheriff" Ignored Child Sex Abuse Cases!

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Monday December 05, 2011 · 8:27 AM PST

2011/12/05 · 08:27

I am too through with Sheriff Arpaio and his racism. He has to go! If you think you despise him now, wait until you read more under the fold!

shanay

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Monday April 05, 2010 · 11:26 AM PDT

2010/04/05 · 11:26

Many people who know me, know me because of my political activism. What many of you do not know is that I am a survivor of two attempted rapes. I am talking about this because April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month.

In communities of color, thousands of women, men, and children are not as fortunate. Every two minutes, someone is sexually assaulted in this country so it is important that we remain vigilant and outspoken. To be honest with you, I could not believe how hard it was for me to write about this. However, after more than a decade, the hurt still lives with me as if it were yesterday.

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Have you or anyone close to you been sexually assaulted?

Yes, I have been assaulted and I sought help.

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Yes, I have been assaulted and I did not seek help.

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Someone close to me was assaulted and sought help.

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Someone close to me was assaulted and did not seek help.

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I have not, not anyone close to me that I know of.

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Today is National Latino AIDS Awareness Day ¿Sabe usted lo que su estatus de VIH es?

shanay

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Thursday October 15, 2009 · 7:37 AM PDT

2009/10/15 · 07:37

Today is National Latino AIDS Awareness Day and I am asking everyone I know to get tested. You might be asking why today. My answer is your life depends on it.

shanay

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Tuesday July 21, 2009 · 12:55 AM PDT

2009/07/21 · 00:55

For the past year, I would have unexplained swelling and arthritic pain in my hands, knees, and feet. I wear size 8 shoes but I have to buy size 9 shoes because of my swelling. Some days, the swelling is so bad that my hands and feet remind me of brown water baloons on the verge of busting. I am thirty-one years old but sometimes, I feel like a senior citizen. Once in a while, walking feels like a chore. I am a mom of six kids, (two biological and four through marriage) so I have to ignore my pain and take care of them. I also suffer from unexplained bouts of severe exhaustion and I cannot get out of bed. When I go brush my hair, clumps of it fall out. Last Monday, I found out why.

shanay

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Friday June 19, 2009 · 2:02 PM PDT

2009/06/19 · 14:02

My heart aches and my stomach turns whenever this day comes along. It is one day after my daughter’s birthday but today on Juneteenth, I pause to recognize my ancestors. Jane, Alex, and Israel Thomas lived through the pain of slavery somewhere on a farm in the Mississippi Delta. I do not know if President Obama will formally recognize today and its significance, since Michelle Obama and his daughters’ ancestors were victims of slavery, but if he will not because of politics then I will.

shanay

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Friday May 15, 2009 · 12:13 PM PDT

2009/05/15 · 12:13

Today, my husband and I are celebrating our one-week wedding anniversary but I am not happy. I am not unhappy with our marriage. I am unhappy because people whom I love and call my friends and family cannot enjoy the same privileges that I have. More below the fold...

shanay

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Friday March 27, 2009 · 9:45 AM PDT

2009/03/27 · 09:45

In January 2009, Iranian police arrested American journalist, Roxana Saberi. According to Roxana’s father Reza Saberi, his daughter believes that police arrested her because she purchased a bottle of wine on the black market one year ago - although Amnesty International recently reported that the government is detaining Roxana for "illegally gathering news."

shanay

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Wednesday December 03, 2008 · 9:15 AM PST

2008/12/03 · 09:15

Last night, WADL hosted the first televised mayoral debate. I watched the debate and came away thinking, elected officials are truly a reflection of its constituency. If we expect mediocrity, we accept mediocrity. The debate questions were more or less, trivial at best and the answers were worse. My first strike against the debate was there were not enough voices. Mayor Ken Cochrel, former Deputy Mayor Freman Hendrix, and basketball legend turned entrepreneur, Dave Bing participated in a debate hosted by Mildred Gaddis and two reporters from the Detroit Free Press. Out of the eighteen candidates, only three candidates participated in the forum. I did not expect to see all eighteen candidates but five would have broadened the spectrum of opinion.

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shanay

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Monday December 01, 2008 · 8:23 AM PST

2008/12/01 · 08:23

I wrote this letter in honor of my Uncle Gene who died of AIDS twenty years ago. Sorry for the length of the diary but it was my best tribute to a man who stood in the place of my own father. There's more below the fold.

shanay

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Tuesday November 25, 2008 · 8:09 AM PST

2008/11/25 · 08:09

In today’s edition of the New York Post Page Six, they reported that Ann Coulter allegedly broke her jaw and her mouth was wired shut. I am a progressive so I feel a little bit of sympathy for her. Although, it couldn't have happened to a sweeter person.

shanay

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Friday November 21, 2008 · 8:32 AM PST

2008/11/21 · 08:32

For days, I watched interviews with Senator Dick Shelby of Alabama all over the media. He repeats his opposition to the $25 billion dollar bailout that GM, Ford, Chrysler and their supplier companies promise to pay back. He knows that almost 2.6 million Americans will be out of work if these companies fail. If that is the case then why would the good Senator from the Yellowhammer State believe that the domestic automakers "best option would be some type of Chapter 11 bankruptcy?"

shanay

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Monday October 13, 2008 · 9:22 AM PDT

2008/10/13 · 09:22

I am a big fan of Elizabeth Edwards. She is role model for me. She is tough, smart, beautiful, and kind. I witnessed her remarkable strength and compassion when I attended a John Edwards town hall meeting at the Franco-American Centre in Manchester, NH earlier this year. Elizabeth talked passionately about her family, the Sarkisyan family, breast cancer, the Patient's Bill of Rights, (the bill President Bush opposed) and about the need for universal healthcare.

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