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November 7, 2009

I Hate Clowns and So Should You – We shouldn’t have clowns telling American Latinos that they need a separate but equal award – Review of Latin Grammy Awards by Al Carlos

November 6, 2009

Day of the Dead goes mainstream

The closing immigration window

November 5, 2009

Obama and the White House in Spanish

TOP Ten Latino-themed Caskets for Sale at Wal-Mart

They’ll (the NBA) take our money, but do they want us in the stands?

“Latinos en America” A Small Caress After a Thousand Slaps in the Face

A lesson in effecting change — and compassion — on immigration front

Latino Families’ Fight for Banking Reform

November 4, 2009

Walking a mile in an immigrant’s moccasins – Ben Reed married Deyanira Escalona in Mexico after she was deported at LAX while en route to their planned wedding in Idaho. They live in Mexico now. “I’ve been radicalized by the whole experience,” Reed says.

Native Americans Profit from Abusive Immigrant Detention and Billions of Dollars in National Security Contracts

Viewpoint: Being Latino in America – commentary by MARIA ELENA SALINAS

In these times, cities need to do more to help day laborers

November 2, 2009

Free speech is hard to defend when it’s being abused

“Day of the Dead” one of those concepts often misunderstood

The Strange Bedfellows of the Census Boycott

Witches, Vampires, and … Immigrants? – César Baldelomar

A personal view of Latino veterans oral history project

Top 10 Reasons Not To Wear A Culturally Appropriating Halloween Costume

For Tomorrow’s Latino Students: No Typewriter Ribbons Needed

October 30, 2009

Questions Surrounding Dobbs’ Gunfire Incident Cast Doubt on CNN’s Credibility

Joe Arpaio Cries Wolf, Links Self to Lou Dobbs Threat, Slanders Activists

October 29, 2009

Post-projects Halloween Misadventures – The tradition of kids going door to door trick or treating is passing away because of the times we live in

Lopez “show” seems like assimilation to me

October 28, 2009

What’s wrong with speaking Spanish?

An Entire Generation at Stake – By 2030, Latino children will make up half of the U.S. child population living in poverty.

Health Reform for Latinas Should Include Not Being Shackled While Birthing

An Endless — and Escalating — War at Home, Part II

Will Rodriguez lead the Yanquis to a World Series victory?

Attention, Mexicans and Salvadorans: It’s time to make up

TOP Ten Barrio Halloween trick or treat do’s and don’ts

October 27, 2009

Credit card companies’ tactics remind consumers of color of subprime mortgage fiasco – in reverse

A Guatemalan grandmother’s secret is revealed – A columnist’s recent writings on illiteracy lead to a surprising discovery much closer to home.

The Case of the Cuban Five: American Justice as a Political Weapon

Well-Intentioned Brookings Report Falls Short on Solutions

Discussions, Debates or Outrage, Which of These Should Immigrant Issues Incur?

October 26, 2009

Commentary on CNN’s Latinos in America

Hispanics oppose Dobbs’ rants

October 22, 2009

Lou Dobbs, Soledad O’Brien and CNN’s coverage of Latinos

October 17, 2009

The interpretation of immigration – A Kansas City asylum case could provide the impetus for the reform of unfair and inconsistent policy

Lou Dobbs vs. Latino in America: CNN’s hypocritical juxtaposition

Afro-Latino Heritage Must be Highlighted

Immigrant Gulag Larger Than Homeland Security’s Detention Centers – The Obama administration is trying to wiggle its way out of the immigration crisis created by the Bush administration without taking any decisive steps to distance itself from its predecessor’s immigration policies and enforcement practices.

“Latinos in America”: CNN’s Lame bid for hispanic audience?

A Rogue Sheriff Roams in Arizona: FI2W’s Valeria Fernández on The Takeaway

Latinos are assimilating in the USA

Survey Finds Mexicans Curse 20 Times Each Day…… I Say No Fucking Way! – ¡¡¿Ah qué chingaderas son estas???!!

CNN refuses to air “Drop Dobbs” Ad

Efrain’s Corner: Crisis Continues in Puerto Rico

Baseball a reflection of the Latino “assimilation”

An inspiring moment in its own way, TV giving Latino focus

Illinois becomes a new front in ethnic culture wars

CNN Wants Latino Viewers and $ But Not When They Criticize

CNN Loves Lou Dobbs’ Leprous Lies More Than It Values Latino Lives

One failure of Hispanic Heritage Month

October 15, 2009

TOP Ten reasons to watch Latino Music USA on PBS

October 14, 2009

She Will Live More Than Half Her Life Without Me – Born in a broke country with a black president – (Al Carlos writes about his granddaughter)

An immigration rally, an Arizona sheriff and American Apparel

Farmers’ Latino lawsuit wends way through courts

Estefan, Longoria Ecstatic About National Latino Museum… We Just Need to Raise, Like $300 Million

Forcing the debate over immigration reform starts now

October 13, 2009

CNN, You Can’t Have It Both Ways: It’s Either Dobbs or Your Latino Future – (w/ video)

CNN: Cada vez más parecida a Fox TV – A continuación pueden leer la declaración de Frank Sharry, director ejecutivo y fundador de America’s Voice, en torno a la serie “Latino in America” que CNN comienza a transmitir el 22 de octubre:

October 12, 2009

Dudamel’s great, but he’s not the whole show – L.A. shouldn’t think that the Venezuelan conductor is the answer to its cultural neglect of Latinos.

Latinos would be wrong to boycott the 2010 Census count – Ruben Navarrette Jr

What does D.C. tell us about Latino/black relations?

Hate Crimes Act Passed, Will It Stop Actual Hate Though?

Seneca returns with observations about President Obama and Latinos – (interesting)

Reflections on a Decade of Civic Revolutions in Latin America

PUERTO RICO IN CRISIS … A message from Hiram Rivera Marcano

Positive Latino Images Do Not Evolve, It Takes Hard Work By Many!

No Samaritans Allowed: U.S. Prohibits Helping Migrants

October 9, 2009

287 (g): The Abuse of Delegated Immigration Enforcement Authority

Nativo Lopez Compares Himself to Gandhi – Gustavo Arellano commentary

What should Latinos think of H1N1?

Disturbing Statistics about Latino Educational Attainment

Hispanic Heritage Month too often low key

A new immigration reality defines state

It’s All About Fútbol – Soccer Helps Build Multicultural Integration

October 7, 2009

Support the Movement to Free Efrén Paredes, Jr.

Double the language, or saying half as much – commentary on Sen. Robert Menendez new book

The Census in song? Somebody’s trying too hard

New measures to improve detention policies of undocumented immigrants doesn’t go far enough

Schwarzenegger’s proposed budget could fail California Latinos

Salvaging Immigration Detention

Change and My Friend Anabel, The Life-Long Republican

A Losing Proposition — How Immigration Enforcement Hurts Women and Communities

Mexican Pride: Mexicans and bottled water.

October 5, 2009

The Right is Taking the Wrong Approach With Hispanics

Could US visa restrictions played a part in Chicago losing Olympic bid?

Our Immigration System Needs Solutions, Not Villains

The Headwaters of Anti-Immigrant Sentiment by Steven A. Sklar

In Defense of the Undocumented – Guest essay by Álvaro Huerta at La Bloga

Do Hispanic athletes need role models of the same heritage?

Why Boycotting the Census will not force the Immigration Issue

October 2, 2009

TOP 10 Reasons the ALMA and Latin Grammys Exclude Chicano Bands

Census “boycott” is self-defeating – The people who think that Latinos will benefit politically by having some of us ignore an attempt to be counted in the population speak with a contradiction that makes absolutely no sense.

Holding the US Census ransom to force action on reforming immigration is a bad idea

October 1, 2009

Hispanic Heritage Month: Watching Latino Politics Disappear

Who’s Really Hurt by America’s Travel Ban to Cuba?