This is in response to a comment made on the post, How Red is Texas? Not much. It seems my post hit a raw nerve, who happens to be a red dog Republican. If Democrats are considered yellow dogs, I think reg dog label suits them well. According to the reader, “Texas is RED and [...]
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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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There has been a lot of talk about immigrants cleaning up Houston. Ask Kevin Johnson from ImmigrationProf Blog points out as Houston/Galveston area rebuilds in the wake of Hurricane Ike, people are calling on FEMA, not the federal agency, but “Find Every Mexican Available.” (h/t to symsess of Citizen Orange)
Therefore, for this weekends video is [...]
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First, I like to thank everybody who expressed their concern for my safety and well being as Hurricane Ike passed through the Houston/Galveston area. The hurricane left Houston, the US’s fourth-largest city, and its surrounding areas battered and bruised and was reduced to near paralysis in some places.
As the power companies take their time restoring [...]
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Here are some photos I took around my neighborhood I took of Hurricane Ike’s aftermath. This is still a work in progress. Now that the city is allowing us to venture outside our neighborhood, I am planning to take more pictures. There are a lot of areas hit hard here in Houston. I’ve been getting [...]
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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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