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Aug
19
Henry Cejudo, son of undocumented Mexican immigrants, wins Olympic freestyle wrestling title at 121 pounds.
From Henry Fernandez at Think Progress.
Henry Cejudo’s uniquely American story started with a single mother who taught him what it meant to truly fight. His mother Nelly – an undocumented immigrant — moved him and his siblings several times chasing work [...]
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Aug
18
Last week, a Denver CBS affiliate, CBS4 News reporter Rick Sallinger, exposed the detention camps built for the DNC protesters. The city was hoping to keep this facility a secret, however, Rick Sallinger not only revealed but provided footage of the warehouse filled with metal cages made of chain-link fence material, topped off with barbed [...]
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Aug
17
Only in Texas! A local school board, Harrold Independent School District, in rural North Texas unanimously passed the policy to allow its teachers and staff to carry concealed hand guns to school. According to Fort Worth Star-Telegram, since the tiny 110-student school district was just off a heavily trafficked freeway, US 287, they felt the [...]
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Aug
14
As many of you know, I recently was on public access TV discussing the recent immigration that happened here in Houston raids and prison industrial complex. Now, I have just been invited on a panel on HITN TV’s new show, Destination Casa Blanca 2008: The Latino Voice in the Presidential Election, to discuss politics [...]
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Aug
14
It’s another edition of the Texas Progressive Alliance’s Weekly Round-Up. The weekly round-up is complied from submissions made by TPA member blogs. This week’s round-up is compiled by Vince from Capitol Annex.
The Truth About Texas Republicans, a new blogger-powered website designed to expose the real truth about GOP Texas legislators looks at the stuff [...]
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