Author, syndicated columnist, political analyst and commentator Earl Ofari Hutchinson is on a another virtual book tour and will be stopping by here again tomorrow. I was thrilled to be asked again to feature Earl’s latest book, The Ethnic Presidency, How Race Decides the Race to the White House.
It is amazing how America has [...]
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As the March 4 Texas primary are nearly arriving, both Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barak Obama are looking for ways to woo the Latino vote here in Texas. However, they are finding out that the Latino community here in Texas is really complex. I do have to hand it to team Obama in their creativity. [...]
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Hillary Clinton talked about issues of special interest to South Texas and the border region at a news conference in McAllen, TX (h/t to Rio Grande Guardian). Those issues were relations with Mexico, the border wall, comprehensive immigration, a veterans’ hospital, and the Superfund site in Mission.
In South Texas, many veterans have a hard time [...]
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The New Orleans Police used tasers and tear gas to repress protesters who were trying to enter a City Council meeting where a plan was approved to demolish thousands of low-income homes in that city affected by Hurricane Katrina.
By a 7-0 vote, City Council voted unanimously for a plan which will demolish the four [...]
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The media spotlight might have shone most intensely on Jena, LA, but a symbol of racial violence has been hung across America lately. There have been more incidents of hanging nooses and some are directly aimed at certain groups of people. It is hard to ignore where this country is headed, the current rise in [...]
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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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