Cinco de Mayo, 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 was to be the next port of call for the great ship [...]
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Those within the Tea Bagger and Nativist movement have utterly failed to understand the power WE hold. The immigration debate has re-awoken the sleeping giant and WE are forcefully speaking out against the racist nativism that is dividing this nation. This debate has also brought out the
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Thousands rallied in Washington in support of immigration reform on Sunday to encourage the nation’s lawmakers to move forward in solving the nation’s broken immigration system. The march was sparked when President Obama barely referenced immigration reform in his State of the Union Address.
And we should continue the work of fixing our broken immigration system [...]
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O Obama, why have you forsaken us here in Texas? Yesterday, it was reported that the Democratic National Committee and the Obama campaign will spend $20 million on outreach to Hispanic voters. However, Texas and other heavily Latino states are skipped (see update below).
The Democratic National Committee and the Obama campaign announced Tuesday that [...]
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Poor Jason Castro, he made it to the top 5, but Paula Abdul’s screw up proves American Idol is no different than our US elections. It is all rigged.
No matter how Ryan Seacrest spins it, Paula Abdul continues to dig the hole deeper. Normally, I wouldn’t care what happens on American Idol, however, this season [...]
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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.
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