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Oct
08
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Today, youth across the nation are told by our government that Christopher Columbus merits honor and celebration because it marks the arrival of Columbus to the Americas. Most nations of the Americas observe this holiday on October 12, but [...]
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Jun
19
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I almost forgot Happy Juneteenth!!!
For those who don’t know what holiday falls on June 19, it is Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day or Emancipation Day. Only 25 states in the US celebrate this day, Texas is one of them. Juneteenth is the oldest known [...]
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May
05
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It is also known as the great mayonnaise mess, serious.
Most people don’t know that back in 1912, Hellmann’s mayonnaise was manufactured in England. In fact, the Titanic was carrying 12,000 jars of the condiment scheduled for delivery in Vera Cruz, México, which [...]
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Apr
08
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William Shakespeare once wrote, “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” What’s in a name? Plenty, when the lives of millions of immigrants of color are at stake. Here, Shakespeare [...]
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Mar
28
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Rarely does a day a go by without Americans learning about Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and the political strife over the firings of US Attorneys. Now the nation’s first Hispanic attorney general is being pressured to resign by columnists, pundits [...]
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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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