Tag Archives: mexican

Terror on the Border

Posted on April 18, 2012 by

This Friday (April 20, 2012), the PBS affiliate in San Diego will air the latest episode of “Need to Know” featuring a report on the 2010 homicide of Anastacio Hernandez Rojas. The story will present never-before-seen video suggesting what many … Continue reading →

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Latinifornia

Posted on March 9, 2011 by

The US Census released the California population data from the 2010 Census today. Here are some of the more interesting figures: California’s total population is 37,253,957 About 37.6% of those people are Latino (14,013,719) Some 4.8 million Californians (13%) are … Continue reading →

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What is a movement?

Posted on February 22, 2011 by

On September 16, 1965, the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA) voted to join a strike of grape pickers begun by the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC). AWOC and the NFWA were distinct organizations–the constituency of the first were primarily Filipinos … Continue reading →

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In CA, the Latino Future is Now

Posted on December 6, 2010 by

There’s a great piece in today’s LA Times spotlighting the rift in the CA GOP over a proposed ballot initiative which would do for California what SB 1070 did for Arizona.  You can read it here. The Republicans who favor … Continue reading →

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The Joker Voted for Nixon

Posted on October 8, 2010 by

Fifty years ago today, on October 8, 1960, this photo of actors Ginger Rogers and Cesar Romero ran in the LA Times. Source By 1960, Rogers was a household name and a Hollywood legend.  An Oscar-winning actress, she had starred … Continue reading →

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Latino History Month #2

Posted on September 29, 2010 by

It’s time for your weekly “Hispanic Heritage Month” history lesson, something with a little more significance and less sponsorship than this.  Plus, you get for free what hundreds of students have to pay a high-priced college for, and I don’t … Continue reading →

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Illegal immigrants “are all over my house”

Posted on September 19, 2010 by

Colin Powell appeared on “Meet the Press” (9/19/10) and spoke about a Republican party he described as “waiting to emerge once again,” a party of moderates who are more balanced in their approach to several issues, including immigration. Here is … Continue reading →

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Why Repealing Birthright Citizenship is More Difficult Than You Think

Posted on August 13, 2010 by

In recent months, the “movement” to repeal jus soli–or “birthright citizenship–seems to be gathering steam. I use the term “movement” cautiously because, at heart, this is really about political posturing by the right. While there are groups of people who … Continue reading →

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Schwarzeneggar supports Jim Crow

Posted on July 30, 2010 by

This  governor of California vetoed SB 1121.  The bill would have ended 70 years of blatant racial discrimination in California by extending the same overtime rights you and I enjoy to the nearly half million farmworkers toiling in the fields. … Continue reading →

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Support Overtime for CA Farmworkers

Posted on July 22, 2010 by

This is a picture of Arturo Rodriguez (UFW President); Sen. Dean Florez (D-Shafter, CA); Msgr. James Murphy (Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament); and scores of farmworkers. They are kneeling in California’s State Capitol building and praying that Gov. Arnold Schwarzeneggar … Continue reading →

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