There are times I really amaze myself and this is just one of them. Earlier this month I predicted Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison was not going to resign from the Senate. I was right.
A week after my post Sen. Hutchison formerly announced she was not resigning her Senate seat.
“I realize this will keep me in [...]
Hispanic lawmakers are finally waking up to the political fallout over Rep Joe Wilson’s infamous “You Lie!” outburst in September. Members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) are now speaking out that the Obama administration increasingly tough stance on undocumented immigrants stems from Rep. Wilson outburst during Obama’s Sept. 10 address on health care reform, [...]
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Making the rounds in the Latinosphere is former Florida House Speaker and Republican senatorial candidate Marco Rubio and his take on President Ronald Reagan’s immigration policy.
I don’t know if I want to hang my head in shame or die laughing at the irony of it all. One thing is for sure, I am awarding Marco [...]
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This week’s season finale of South Park, Matt Stone and Trey Parker tackles, in their own way, extremist views about minorities in America. The general premise of the episode is that the local water park, Pipi’s Splash Town, is no longer what it seems, it has been “taken over” by minorities.
Cartman is clearly disturbed and [...]
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Victory for people power. Under tremendous pressure from the Basta Dobbs and Drop Dobbs Campaigns, CNN’s Lou Dobbs resigned from CNN.
Never again do we have to hear Lou Dobbs anti-immigrant vitriol. Last night, Dobbs told viewers during his 7pm show, Lou Dobbs Tonight, that he was resigning immediately, saying that “some leaders in media, politics [...]
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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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