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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Put forth by XicanoPwr
Oct
23
Today was the fourth of an on going series of NCLR sponsored blogger calls. NCLR will be partnering with the Immigration Policy Center for this fourth blogger call where we will be discussing a forthcoming report prepared for the Immigration Policy Center by the consulting firm of Rob Paral & Associates.
There report explores the [...]
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Put forth by XicanoPwr
Oct
22
Recently, the nation’s largest community organization, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) has come under fire with John McCain campaign, the Republican National Committee and the right wing media over bogus allegations of voter fraud.
In jeopardy of losing its eight year grasp on the US Presidency, the Republican Party have launched a [...]
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Put forth by XicanoPwr
Oct
15
Today is 2008 Blog Action Day, where over 10,000 blogs reach out at once to raise awareness on a certain issue. With our current financial crisis, there’s no doubt in anyone’s mind that these are shaky times for the US economy. The problems facing struggling Americans have been intensified by lack of affordable child care, [...]
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Put forth by XicanoPwr
Oct
12
This election is too important to stay at home. For democracy to mean anything it needs to be defined by the people. There was ample warning, as early as March, this financial crisis was coming.
One UK economist warned that the world is now close to a 1930s-like Great Depression, while New York traders said they [...]
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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.
