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November 20, 2009

The Right to a Great Education – Advocating for Quality Education for All – By Alvaro Huerta

So what if Sosa takes a walk on the white side?

Guest Voz: First Latino President-elect of American Bar Association speaks out about civic education

Yeri Lopez: Student loan rules hamper best and brightest

We need an honest definition of who is a “real American”

Mi Hermanita: So Far and Yet So Near

El Pánico de Lamar Smith, Steve King, y sus aliados anti inmigrantes – La creciente actividad en el bando que promueve las deportaciones masivas refleja su inquietud por el impulso tomado por la reforma migratoria integral

November 19, 2009

TOP Ten reasons you should watch Lopez tonight not Conan

USDA data shows more Latino children going hungry

Why do Hispanics Lack Life Insurance?

Ironically, Latinos should be greatful to former CNN blowhard Lou Dobbs – commentary by Albor Ruiz

When White Writers Do “Latino” Issues – It was chaos this week in the LA Weekly’s virtual mailroom, which received a deluge of reactionary attitude in regard to Christine Pelisek’s cover story “Chaos in the Casitas: Lawless, south of the border–style speakeasies get a grip on L.A.”

Who seriously wants the Cuban trade embargo?

November 18, 2009

This Little Cat Named Charlie – Cats are amicable just as long as they don’t live in the house and sleep next to your head – by Al Carlos

Analysis reveals driving out undocumented immigrants doesn’t bode well for congressional representation

Official VivirLatino Statement on Lou Dobbs Leaving CNN

Immigration legislation recognizes new reality

The Pro-Immigrant Movement: Fighting On, Despite All The Obstacles

Sonia Sotomayor is on the cover of Latina magazine

November 16, 2009

Scarlet “A” will dominate immigration reform rhetoric – Greg Tejeda on immigration reform & Janet Napolitano’s speech

Speaking Out: Students Support Latino Studies Program – Cornell University

Now That Dobbs is Out, Who’s Next on the List?

I Have Only Begun To Tell Our Stories – Por Soledad O’Brien

Op Ed: Make Sure Latino Families Count

November 13, 2009

Gustavo Arellano and William Nericcio on Lou Dobbs Leaving CNN: Streaming Audio off KPFK.ORG

CA Senator Gil Cedillo Issues Statement of CNN’s Removal of Lou Dobbs

Reflections on Lou Dobbs’ Turbulent Departure – (good quote) – “I believe free speech includes the right to be heard, but not everyone has a right to his or her own television show.”

Fidel Castro’s long goodbye – The ailing former leader of Cuba remains true to his word: ‘I am a revolutionary, and revolutionaries do not retire.’

[¡Ask a Mexican!] Spicy Dama Parts

Dobbs’ CNN departure leaves me cold – (Gregory Tejeda’s insightful post – good read)

Na Na Na, Hey Hey Lou Dobbs Goodbye

The Importance of La Hermana in Our Lives

GOP should take a cue from Lou Dobbs and resign their attack strategy on illegal immigration

Stop the deportation of Rigo Padilla

America’s Enduring Exceptionalism

November 12, 2009

Lou Dobbs Delivers His Head to Hispanics, But That’s Not Necessarily a Good Thing – (interesting)

Statement by Antonio Gonzalez on Lou Dobbs Resignation

3a parte serie especial – Los anti inmigrantes: el coro de la intolerancia

Las Redadas Silenciosas

Adios Lou Dobbs

U.S. State Department Sells Out Honduran Democracy for Senate Confirmations

Mario Solis-Marich: Cyber-Deported! My Personal Tragic True Story of Being Rejected by the Tancredo Campaign

New bill recognizes families’ military sacrifices not tied to citizenship status

Fingernail Shaped Moons – a short narrative of what led me to become an educator by Jesse Tijerina

It’s Dobbs last night on CNN as employee, but not as subject of controversy

AFTER THIRTY YEARS, Lou Dobbs is pushed off CNN. “Strong winds of change have begun buffeting this country,” he says on his last night, “affecting all of us.” Adios, Lou.

Goodbye to an anti-hispanic – After months of pressure, Lou Dobbs’ departure from CNN is not only a sign that the network is interested in restoring its credibility but also that immigrants and Latinos will stand up firmly to hate mongering.

November 11, 2009

The House Health Care Reform Bill and Immigrants

Reporting for the Big Bend Sentinel, Sterry Butcher reported on the US Department of Homeland Security’s new mass deportation program taking place in Presidio, Texas.

Melting Pop? Latin Music in America Is Sounding More Like Pop – (interesting – lots of audio to listen to)

Wondering What ‘Real Latinos’ are Watching on TV? – (Laura Martinez isn’t 2 sarcastic, is she – funny video clip)

November 10, 2009

I Might Be Mexican, but I Don’t Have to Like ‘Lopez Tonight’ – Comedian Trots Out Tired, Unfunny Ethnic Humor

Honoring Ourselves, As We Honor Our Veterans – Fighting racism is one of the many battles our Veterans have fought and died for

U.S. officials wrong in celebrating fall of the Berlin Wall as work continues on our own border wall

The Congressional Hispanic Caucus took the right stand on threatening to withhold healthcare votes

Just what America needs, another talk show – Gregory Tejeda on the Lopez show

Lack of info — not fear — hurts census

Mastering English is the key to achievement for Hispanic children – (I am not agreeing or disagreeing but interesting)

Roberto Rodriguez: Beaten by police and running to victory – November 7 marks 30 years since he won his first police brutality trial in East L.A.

November 9, 2009

A Colony by Any Other Name is Still a Colony – Puerto Rico

Remembering Marcelo Lucero : Images and Thoughts from Vigil in Patchogue, Long Island

Hispanics Dodge a Bullet – Hispanics would have been hurt in critical ways by the proposed change to the census

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

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