Put forth by XicanoPwr
Oct
29
With all the excitement of this historic election, it is normal to overlook other news that normally would not have been missed; especially, the flagrant abuse of power by Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Throughout Chertoff’s tenure as Homeland Secretary, I have said countless of times, [...]
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Put forth by XicanoPwr
Oct
28
How red is Texas? After this election we might actually surprise everybody and turn this state blue. It looks like everything is in perfect alignment for change to actually occur here in Texas. I have been noticing that the state GOP has decided to bring in the big guns, the National Republican Congressional Committee, to [...]
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Put forth by XicanoPwr
Oct
28
Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska, the only other state that values secession as much as Texas, was convicted on all seven charges of making false statements on Senate financial documents about gifts he received from contractor Bill Allen, oil services company VECO Corp, and others.
Stevens, 84, was convicted on all seven counts of lying [...]
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Put forth by XicanoPwr
Oct
27
Well hell, this explains a lot.
For those men who are seeking a love-interest, for their their Miss Right. Not only is navigating through the dating scene complex, but it also looks like finding her will be difficult because it seems single men tend to outnumber single women in this age range.
I wonder if this has [...]
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Put forth by XicanoPwr
Oct
25
As we approach this historic election, I have to applaud local CBS affiliate KHOU’s 11 News investigative reporter Mark Greenblatt for his excellent work in tackling the controversial issue of voter suppression here in Harris County. As Latinos/as, African Americans, and the youth vote in unprecedented numbers. their increasing engagement in the democratic [...]
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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.
