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The US tax that refuses to die

The Affordable Care Act – Obamacare – has a “dynamic duo” of taxes:  The Net Investment Income Tax and the Additional Medicare Tax.

The forgotten Negroes of Mexico

Poet and attorney Tomás Gayton, born in Seattle, has investigated the history of his slave forbears and traveled extensively in Mexico, Africa and elsewhere. In this excerpt from his book, “Sojourn on the Bohemian Highway,” he details one of his trips to Mexico and his research into the little-known history of Africans here.

Locals help lakeside girls understand menstrual health management

The fact that the majority of girls’ bathrooms in San Juan Cosala schools are void of trash receptacles may not seem like a big deal to most, but for menstruating girls, it can be a dealbreaker as to whether they attend school during their monthly cycles or not.

Hit the road for Day of the Dead festivals

For Lakesiders who don’t get their fill of Day of the Dead happenings going on Friday, November 2, in north shore communities, the nearby towns of Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos and Zapotlanejo are holding extended festivities showcasing the holiday’s entrancing customs and traditions.