El ferrocarril transcontinental (The Transcontinental Railroad)

People today refer to the Midwestern and prairie states as flyover country. During the Civil War, crossing those areas was the biggest obstacle in uniting the East and West Coasts of our divided nation. An act of Congress in 1862 authorized the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific railroad companies to build a railroad that would link the coasts. Seven years later, on May 10, 1869, an overwhelmingly immigrant labor force completed the task when a rail line was join in Promontory, Utah. The states had become united at last.

Spanish speakers can now learn the truly inspiring story of the first Latin Supreme Court Justice. Los hispanohablantes pueden ahora conocer la historia verdaderamente inspiradora de la primera jueza latina del Tribunal Supremo. Outspoken, energetic, and fun, Sonia Sotomayor has managed to turn every struggle in life into a triumph. Born in the Bronx to immigrant parents from Puerto Rico, Sonia found out at age nine that she had diabetes, a serious illness now but an even more dangerous one fifty years ago. How did young Sonia handle the devastating news? She learned to give herself her daily ...

«En la soledad, el abismo» recopila en versos todo lo que no puede recopilarse en abrazos, esa ausencia indescriptible y el doloroso miedo de la fragilidad humana. Cada poema rasga el verso para encontrar la belleza en la soledad cotidiana y en la amargura de una soledad que sobrepasa lo inalcanzable. Cada soledad es un universo. Espero que puedas encontrar la tuya en el mío y, así, juntas, nuestras soledades bailarán su vals acompasadas.

Qué diversión tiene mamá con su pequeño. Los ejemplos sencillos de la vinculación de las madres con sus hijos ayudan a desarrollar habilidades positivas de crianza y a desarrollar familias fuertes.

Bullying is a common phenomenon facing society today. Author Nora Rodr?guez puts forth hundreds of strategies, divided by age groups, to educate children on the concepts of solidarity, mutual respect and the importance of resolving conflicts in a positive manner. Only through the involvement of parents and teachers in the detection and prevention of school bullying, will bullied and bullies be able to trust in themselves and grow to become secure human beings.