We live in a complex, divided society. We are divided by wealth, income, education, housing, race, gender, ethnicity, religion, and sexual orientation. These divisions are discussed; but rarely do we devoted time examining the growing income divide. We know it is there, we feel everyday when we enter a grocery store, when pay for gas, [...]
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Sorry everybody, allergies have been acting up due to mountain cedar. Anybody else have allergy problems? What have you done to keep it in check?
For now, enjoy this video by former Rage Against the Machine front man Zack De La Rocha.
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Molina Soleil is a hip emcee, poet, playwright and performance artist from Colorado. He uses his artistic abilities for activism and social justice education. As an educator and activist, he reflects on his complex upbringing and difficult life choices. He recently hit me up on a Def Jam Poetry type video he did, which he [...]
Last month, my mother called me out of the blue telling me she had just finished watching this movie about immigration and wanted me to include this movie in my next set of movies I rent from Blockbuster. After watching this movie, I see why my mother told about this excellent film.
Crossing Over is [...]
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I and several fellow bloggers/friends have submitted two panel proposals for next year’s South by Southwest (SXSW) in Austin, TX. This year, the organizers of SXSW have moved to a “yes or no” system of voting. Our fate is based on the number of votes that we receive. So every vote counts!
These are the two [...]
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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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