Book Suggestion: How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents This first novel gives voice to four sisters as they grow up in two cultures. The García sisters—Carla, Sandra, Yolanda, and Sofía—and their family must flee their home in the Dominican Republic after their father’s role in an attempt to overthrow brutal dictator Rafael Trujillo is discovered. They arrive in New York City in 1960 to a life far removed from their existence in the Caribbean. In the wondrous but not always welcoming U.S.A., their parents try to hold on to their old ways as the girls try find new lives: by straightening their hair and wearing American fashions, and by forgetting their Spanish. For them, it is at once liberating and excruciating to be caught between the old world and the new. Here they tell their stories about being at home—and not at home—in America.

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Post: Yesterday, I signed into law the 2026 Appropriation Bill of ₦1.016 trillion, a budget we have... Yesterday, I signed into law the 2026 Appropriation Bill of ₦1.016 trillion, a budget we have aptly titled the “Budget of Acceleration and New Possibilities.”The budget reflects our unwavering commitment to building a prosperous Abia, a state where opportunities abound and infrastructure works for the people. It is a bold, forward-looking financial plan that prioritises capital investments in healthcare, education, infrastructure, and economic empowerment.I want to sincerely thank the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Emmanuel Emeruwa, and the entire Abia State House of Assembly for their diligence and speed in passing this bill. Your attention to detail, rigorous scrutiny, and collaborative spirit exemplify the kind of democracy we are building in Abia.To my incredible team, thank you for the sleepless nights and tireless effort that went into crafting this document. The numbers we presented remain intact, and the capital-to-recurrent ratio holds firm, underscoring our focus on sustainable development.Let us keep building the Abia of our dreams. The journey continues.

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Book Suggestion: Black Matters The result is a jambalaya — a dialogue between image and text. Cooper translates Raussert’s photos into poetry, painting a profound image of what disembodied historical facts might look like when they are embodied in contemporary characters. This visual and textual conversation honours the multiple layers of Blackness in the African diaspora around North America and Europe. The result is a work that amplifies black beauty and offers audible resistance.

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I like Heupel, but this decade's SEC greats have all CEOed the crap out of their coaching rosters to hire the best. Fingers crossed #Heupel & #Vols start staffing like AL & GA this decade on the offensive side (IMO Banks, Garner, Sims, & Ekeler are all excelling+). Per ChatGPT: