To my dear readers. I will be taking some time off. I am tired, battered, burnt and frustrated. I am not leaving, I just need time to recharge my batteries, clear my head and refocus. I know my own limits and I have reached them. I know I will end up doing more harm to [...]
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A couple of years ago, I addressed the Reconquista myth because this myth was making it rounds among hard-core right-wing pundits. It seems the same conspiracy theory is once again making those rounds again. One of the approaches xenophobic conservative pundits use to stir up fear so people are willing to support tough immigration policies [...]
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On May 14, five Indian guest workers launched a water-only hunger strike outside the White House to protest the slave-like conditions that more than 500 Indian welders and pipe fitters have endured while working at the Signal International, a marine oil rig construction company based in Pascagoula, Mississippi.
Each workers paid $20,000 to a recruiting agency [...]
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The Pew Hispanic Center reports that in the first quarter of this year, the unemployment rate for immigrant was 7.5%, compared to all Latinos at 6.5% and 4.7% for all non-Hispanics. Latinos make up 14.2% of the US labor force, of those, about half (52.5%) are immigrants.
The latest trends in the labor market represent a [...]
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This is the blog of Edmundo "XicanoPwr" Rocha, a social worker, an activist, freelance writer and founder and editor of The Sanctuary. My interests include: immigration reform, critical race theory and it's interaction with equality/inequality and freedom/oppression as they relate to the experiences of people of color in the Americas.
Para Justicia y Libertad is a Latino-centered political blog focusing on the humanistic perspective of politics, history, and society as they relate to the Latina/o community throughout Texas and the United States.
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