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One spring afternoon, I received a call from my mom. My dad was facing an issue with his phone, specifically with a PDF that wouldn’t open. Despite the native office suite supporting PDFs on his ...

A cathartic moment for Jeffs everywhere. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. After a decade of fans yelling “My name is Jeff” in the ...

“The House on Mango Street” is required reading in hundreds of schools across the United States. The book tells the story of Esperanza Cordero, a young Chicana girl navigating life in Chicago, and ...

It’s not every day that Arizona has the honor of welcoming an internationally renowned Chicana literary icon like Sandra Cisneros. On Friday, Oct. 10, Tempe will host Cisneros at the Desert Nights, ...

Channing Tatum recalled the awkward time he had when he dropped his drawers for that infamous, and rather revealing, “The Lost City” leech scene with co-star Sandra Bullock. The discussion happened ...

I am my mother’s caregiver. She is 93. Four years ago she added my name to her checking and savings accounts and added me as the beneficiary on her pension and IRA. If, by chance, she has to go into a ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson has proclaimed Sept. 4, 2025 to be Sandra Cisneros Day, honoring the famed local author best known for her novel "The House on Mango Street." Bank of America announces huge shift ...

“The House on Mango Street” by Sandra Cisneros has been studied in classrooms, recommended to daughters by their mothers and then to their friends, read in book clubs, topped national best-seller ...

When I turned 18 (25 years ago), my parents had me open a credit card in my name so I could start building credit. I never used it though—they did (responsibly, this isn’t going in that direction).

I don't have a common name, and I would dread my first day of school. I thought that once I got a job, people would make more of an effort to spell my name correctly. Now I correct people every time ...

Beyoncé gave a heartfelt and hilarious shoutout to one of her most iconic fans, Anthony Cosby-Knowles (the hyphen is not silent), during a recent stop on her Cowboy Carter tour. On Saturday (July 5), ...