Put forth by XicanoPwr
Dec
11
In recent years, at the start of each new election cycle, the political cliché describing the Latino/a population is the “sleeping giant.” If awakened, it would have a profound impact on America’s political and social landscape. The Latino voting community has recently emerged as a critical political force in American presidential elections. Except for Cuban-Americans [...]
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Put forth by XicanoPwr
Nov
19
It’s Monday, and that means it’s time for the pre-Thanksgiving edition of the Texas Progressive Alliance’s Weekly Blog Round-Up. This week’s round-up is compiled by Vince from Capitol Annex.
The Texas Cloverleaf examines the ongoing feud between TxDOT and NTTA — this time the funding for the Hwy 161 project Dallas County may face its wrath. [...]
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Put forth by XicanoPwr
Oct
04
Even though our country has pioneered many major medical developments, millions of Americans do not have access to needed medical care. The growth of the nation’s uninsured population is about to reach it’s breaking point. With his long awaited promise to veto, President Bush vetoed legislation, State Children Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), that would have [...]
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Put forth by XicanoPwr
Jul
09
The recent defeat of the immigration bill has a lot xenophobic nativists celebrating. Sadly, the bipartisan immigration bill caused a split among Latino leaders. Some Latino leaders called the legislation a “step backward” because of the provisions that would limit judicial review of legalization cases and make it extremely expensive to become a legal resident. [...]
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Put forth by XicanoPwr
Jun
21
In the midst of a polarized debate on immigration, politicians and the media continue to paint conflicting pictures of the influence of immigrants on our communities and the economy. Every year, hundreds of thousands of people cross the border between Mexico and the US without documentation. According to the Department of Homeland Security Office 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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