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The Irony of Masks
Funny How Breathing Got Easier When Hate Needed a Mask There was a time not long ago when wearing a face covering was portrayed by many Americans as the greatest assault on personal liberty since someone suggested vegetables with dinner. "Can't breathe." "My body, my choice." "Government tyranny." The mask, they insisted, represented oppression. Then came the 2026 Fourth of July in Washington, D.C. Hundreds of men marched through the nation's capital dressed in matching unifo

Janie Flores-Alvarez
2 days ago4 min read


The New Chuck E. Cheese Has Chlorine
2025 FRONTeras Magazine Vol. 1 No. 3 Issue In the ’80s, a birthday meant a sheet cake from H-E-B, a gallon of Kool-Aid, and a fight for the only picnic table with shade at the park. Parents sat sweating through polyester while candles melted faster than frosting. Then came the ’90s, when Peter Piper Pizza and Chuck E. Cheese promised cool air and crowd control—if you didn’t mind sharing the space with four other kids and a mechanical rat. By the 2000s, someone got smart. They

Maria Salinas
Mar 23 min read
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