With the presidential election only six weeks away, hot-button issues such as immigration, NAFTA and the economy are taking center stage in this presidential election. It is expected that 13 million Latinos will be going to the polls this year, up from 9 million in 2004. Now is the time to register so you don’t [...]
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I was hoping to up date everything I did yesterday, but it is impossible because there is just too much to write on. It feels like information overload. So I have decided I will wait and write a big post when of everything I did, which I plan to include pictures. I will write on [...]
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Henry Cejudo, son of undocumented Mexican immigrants, wins Olympic freestyle wrestling title at 121 pounds.
From Henry Fernandez at Think Progress.
Henry Cejudo’s uniquely American story started with a single mother who taught him what it meant to truly fight. His mother Nelly – an undocumented immigrant — moved him and his siblings several times chasing work [...]
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Now that Tropical Storm Edouard has come and gone, it’s time to get back to our regular scheduled program. In my two day tropical storm hiatus, a lot has happen on the immigration front.
The deadline has come and gone for the US presidential candidates to respond to a questionnaire put together by The [...]
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Here is the CNN video clip of Kety Esquivel, blogamiga, Sanctuary Editor and Crossleft.org Founder, addressing the political pandering and the poor outreach efforts to the Latina/o community by both presidential candidates.
Kety was eloquent, on-target, and very professional. We are proud of you Kety, you did an awesome job. YOU ROCKED!!!!
CNN transcript below the fold
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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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