October 29, 2025

The New Citizens Press

News For, By and About People

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Urban Housecalls: Lupus

Rina Risper08 mins

By Portia Harris, MD

Could It Be Lupus?

A 30 year old mother of two has been having joint pains and chest pain for several years.  She has been to several doctors for her symptoms and had numerous ER visits.  She also had a miscarriage when she was in her mid-twenties.  On her last visit to the doctor she was referred to a rheumatologist for further evaluation because she had an unusual rash on her face that resembled a butterfly.  At the rheumatology appointment she finally gets a diagnosis of lupus.

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Fast Facts: What is Gluten?

Rina Risper05 mins

By Reference Librarian Eunice B.
 
It’s in the news a lot lately and also popping up in your grocery store and on TV commercials. But do you know what “gluten-free” means, or why it’s important?

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Your Other 8 Hours: Change Your Life and Create a Personal Revolution

Rina Risper07 mins

By Robert Pagliarini
Tribune Media Services
 
Do you want to change your life but struggle to make it happen? There’s a reason it’s so difficult, and the recent unrest in the Middle East provides us a glimpse in to the challenges we face when we try to improve our lives.

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Ask Tamara: My Family Is Still Friends With My Ex!

Rina Risper05 mins

Dear Tamara:
 
My boyfriend and I broke up six months ago after dating for seven years and he just won’t stop coming around. He pops up at family functions and constantly stops by my mother’s house. The other day I went over there and he was helping my mother paint the living room!

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Excuse me, are you listening? 10-18

Rina Risper022 mins

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
My mother conjures memories of recycling in a whole new and different way. I wonder if I am living up to her expectations? 
 
Dear Readers,
 
Surround yourself and your family with healthier and happier people and great things will begin to happen!

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Do you have an opinion? Your letters 10-18

Rina Risper05 mins

Michigan Open Carry Law – is wrong…
 
The Second Amendment does not guarantee that every citizen can carry a gun – this Amendment was written in the 1791, which is 220 years ago, when war weary American’s were afraid of the British, French, Canadians, Germans, Native Americans.  At that time,  there was no United States Army, no organized militias, no state police and no local police.  You had to protect your family and home by yourself, by any means necessary, it was a dangerous time.

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Retire Smart: Deficit Cutting Will Widen Retirement Security Gap for Minorities

Rina Risper07 mins

By Mark Miller
Tribune Media Services
 
During this summer’s din about debt ceilings and deficits, you might have missed this important headline: the gap in net worth between white and black Americans has grown is 20 to one, and the gap between whites and Latinos isn’t much better, standing at 18 to one.
 

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Good Cookin’ Peach Recipes with BONUS Peach Preserves Recipe

Rina Risper01 mins

PEACH PRESERVES

 

12 fresh peaches, pitted and chopped
4 1/2 cups white sugar
1 (2 ounce) package dry pectin

Crush 1 cup chopped peaches in the bottom of a large saucepan. 

 

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Latina Tea Party Favorite Could Save Anti-Immigrant Senator in AZ Recall

Rina Risper012 mins

By Valeria Fernandez
New America Media
 
MESA, AZ — Her “Si se puede” signs are all over the Phoenix suburb of Mesa. She’s a Mexican immigrant, a Republican Mormon and she’s entered the historic race on Nov. 8 to recall State Senator Russell Pearce the architect of SB 1070, one of the harshest anti-immigrant laws in the nation.

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Good Cookin’ Peach Recipes

Rina Risper07 mins

Home cooking for a new generation. Easy and elegant recipes from the heart and soul created for today’s family.
 
By Sharon Fox

 PEACH COBBLER ROLLS

 
5 large fresh peaches – peeled, pitted and sliced
2 cups water
1 1/2 cups white sugar
2 tablespoons cornstarch
 
1 1/3 cups buttermilk baking mix
2 tablespoons white sugar
2 tablespoons margarine, melted
1/3 cup milk
 
2 tablespoons margarine, softened
1/4 cup white sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
 
Preheat oven to 425 degrees. 
In large saucepan over medium heat, combine peaches, water, 1 1/2 cups sugar and cornstarch. Cook, stirring constantly, until mixture boils. Boil for one minute, then reduce heat to low to keep warm. 

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