Last night, I received the sad news that former San Antonio Express-News columnist Carlos Guerra had passed away.
When they say don’t judge a book by its cover, that is certainly true of Carlos Guerra. Before I got to know Carlos, I knew of him only through his column. I was introduced to Carlos through [...]
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According to the US Census Bureau, Texas has the highest uninsured rate in the country – nearly one out of every four Texans (26%) is uninsured – over 5.5 million people. Among those, 60.4 percent of Latinos in Texas are uninsured. This would include me.
There is no doubt that this is a shocking. However, [...]
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As many of you know, I recently was on public access TV discussing the recent immigration that happened here in Houston raids and prison industrial complex. Now, I have just been invited on a panel on HITN TV’s new show, Destination Casa Blanca 2008: The Latino Voice in the Presidential Election, to discuss politics [...]
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ooVoo is the hot new video chat and conferencing tool that has made it possible to make it a social networking event. They’re hosting several virtual political panels over the next week. You can sign up to be a participant if slots are available. If live streaming is not an option, but you will be [...]
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With the race for the White House between Barack Obama and John McCain on its way, the political phenomenon that occurs every four years, “Christopher Columbus Syndrome” is just getting started. The “Christopher Columbus Syndrome,” coined by Jorge Ramos, occurs every four years when politicians from both political parties suddenly rediscover the Latino community [...]
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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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