O Obama, why have you forsaken us here in Texas? Yesterday, it was reported that the Democratic National Committee and the Obama campaign will spend $20 million on outreach to Hispanic voters. However, Texas and other heavily Latino states are skipped (see update below).
The Democratic National Committee and the Obama campaign announced Tuesday that [...]
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Breakthrough, the same international human rights organization that brought you the video game, “ICED!,” has a new video, Don’t Deport Me, Scotty. From Breakthrough’s site: “See what happens when a permanent member of a popular space crew finds his status is in question. In any galaxy, when we deny due process and human rights to [...]
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It’s time once again for another Texas Progressive Alliance roundup. Here are the blog highlights for the week of July 28:
TXsharon challenges you to view these pictures of Domestic Drilling Armageddon in the Barnett Shale and still support the Drill and Burn Domestic Drilling agenda.
U.S. Rep. Ciro Rodriguez’ Republican challenger for the 23rd Congressional seat [...]
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ooVoo is the hot new video chat and conferencing tool that has made it possible to make it a social networking event. They’re hosting several virtual political panels over the next week. You can sign up to be a participant if slots are available. If live streaming is not an option, but you will be [...]
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Hot off the press, the Department of Justice’s Office of Inspector General and Office of Professional Responsibility just released a report on the improper hiring practices by Monica Goodling, the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) White House Liaison and Senior Counsel to the Attorney General. According to the report, Goodling broke federal law by discriminating [...]
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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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