It Was Bound to Happen, National Guardsmen Shoot Up a Family Gathering

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It was bound to happen; the chickens will come home to roost. Recently three National Guardsmen shoot up a family carne asada (barbeque) while on a “beer-fueled” joy ride near Eagle Pass, TX.
The last time the US stationed troops along the Rio Grande, a Marine shot and killed a Texas teenager tending to his goats [...]

For Whom “The Wall” Profits IV: Boeing Wins SBInet Bid

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Curbing illegal immigration and securing US borders has always been on top of the congressional agenda. And in an attempt by Republicans to show a unified party and gain points with voters in the November elections, House Speaker Dennis Hastert stood before the cameras last week shrilling about how the House had passed nine border-enforcement [...]

Some Foreign Leaders Are More Equal Than Others

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The media’s response After Venezuela’s President Hugo Chávez gave his speech at the 61st United Nations General Assembly and at a couple of locations in New York isn’t surprising, neither is the response from the Republican party. What is interesting is how the Democrats continue to concentrate on Chávez’s devil remark and not on the [...]

We Are All “Illegal” In Springfield, TN

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I like to thank Raw Story for picking my post. ¡Bienvenidos all Raw Story readers! Hope y’all stick around.
The Englishnistas have struck again. First we have the City of Bogota who was demanding that McDonald’s to take down it’s billboard that advertises iced coffee in Spanish because the mayor Steve Lonegan, felt that McDonald’s [...]

The Gentrification of El Paso’s Historic El Segundo Barrio

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How do you whiten US communities that have been historically minority (Hispanic, African-American Asian-American) populations? Right now, El Paso, TX and other major cities throughout the US are being turned into living social experiments: turning its backs of its cultural identities that brought character to certain neighborhoods, which made them unique all in the name [...]

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