For those who are not aware of this holiday, Juneteenth is the oldest known celebrated holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. Juneteenth is also known as Freedom Day or Emancipation Day. Only 25 states in the US celebrate this day, Texas being one of them, where the holiday actually began.
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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 [...]
Like a street preacher starting out with truth on my side and a voice to be heard, I created this digital soapbox for anybody willing to listen to me on the issues affecting the Latino/a community. The intention of this blog is to help people navigate through the river of informational sewage that collects [...]
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It’s with a heavy heart that I begin this entry. On Wednesday, Houston’s first Latino Superintendent for the Houston Independent School District, Dr. Abelardo (Abe) Saavedra, announced he will be stepping down by the spring of 2010.
“I have recently informed the school board of my intention to retire within the next year,” said Dr. [...]
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In a recent nationwide telephone survey by the Pew Hispanic Center of Latino voters, there is good news for Sen. Barack Obama and not so good news for news for Sen. John McCain.
Hispanic registered voters support Democrat Barack Obama for president over Republican John McCain by 66% to 23%, according to a nationwide survey of [...]
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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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