July 21, 2008
We're told to "get a sense of humor" and ironically to "lighten up" when it comes to our reaction as people of color to racist imagery and histories being put up on magazine covers and more recently, on a tee shirt. When a 25-year-old Manhattan graduate student who was assaulted Tuesday night got d...
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According to Venezuela's Hugo Chavez, the differences between John McCain and Barack Obama are minimal and that an Obama victory wouldn't mean better relations between Venezuela and the country Chavez lovingly calls "the empire".Chavez told his supporters not to raise their hopes that relations with...
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Someone thinks that Barack Obama's sister, Maya Soetoro-Ng, looks like an hermana, one of us and that looking Latina could help with the Latino vote. Cuahtemoc Figueroa, the director of Mr. Obama’s Latino vote effort is quoted in the NYT as saying: “She speaks fluent Spanish, with a Dominican ac...
go to article »July 17, 2008
Latina Lista is reporting on the story of Juana Villegas DeLaPaz, an undocumented pregnant worker who was recently arrested and imprisoned for driving without a license. If that wasn't bad enough, Villegas DeLaPaz went into labor while in prison. The results were horrific. Villegas DeLaPaz was...
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Yesterday Barack Obama gave a speech at the National Council of La Raza Conference in San Diego, California. The speech contains nothing surprising. Obama positions himself as a friend of Latinos, who feels our struggles with education, housing, the economy, health care and of course, immigration. ...
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While John McCain was greeted by some unexpected protesting while trying to speak to NALEO. Here are Barack Obama's opening and closing statements at NALEO (analysis/opinion to follow). Opening Statement:I'm proud to be here today not just as the Democratic nominee for President, but as the first ...
go to article »July 16, 2008
I'm currently out of the country and because of this, my reaction to the image you see here is probably more dramatic than yours. Maybe this has been all over CNN and you are numb to it? Maybe there is some other meaning behind this that I am missing? All I can say is that I am floored to see the pr...
go to article »July 14, 2008
I asked my 10 year old daughter: "What language do they speak in Italy?" She answers: "Italian". Now if only the U.S. lame duck President Bush knew that. At the G8 summit in St. Petersburg, Russia two years ago, President Bush was caught in a candid moment on an open microphone, complaining tha...
go to article »July 12, 2008
Radical Rican hip hop activist Rosa Clemente accepted an offer to run as Vice President along with Cynthia McKinney presidential campaign (Green Party). Rosa, who has a long history as an activist, released the following statement:I am honored and excited to accept this invitation to run with Cynthi...
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