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Yara Simón

Yara Simón is a Miami-born Nica-Cubana living in Los Angeles. She is an editor and freelance content marketing writer with more than a decade of journalism experience. She specializes in Latinx culture, and her work has appeared on MasterClass, Refinery29 and more.

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How Americans Started Clipping Coupons

Americans have been cashing in coupons since the 19th century. But the practice really took off during the Great Depression.

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How the Barcode Was Invented

Barcode tech was first patented in 1949, but engineers came up with the UPC code in the 1970s to answer a need for better efficiency in grocery stores.

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Latino, Hispanic, Latinx, Chicano: The History Behind the Terms

Latino, Hispanic, Latinx, Chicano: The History Behind the Terms

The effort to coin a term to describe a wildly diverse group of Americans has long stirred controversy.

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