Our New Anahuac

To my frustrated, Mexikah brother. Do not become flustered by people who are pettier than you, like myself. I appeal to you to teach and to enlighten me, rather than to discard me with your letters. That which is twisted will be straightened. This is our ancestor’s concept of justice. There is no need to [...]

Affirmative Action A few weeks ago, a federal appeals court refused to hear an appeal from a University of Texas student who was challenging the right of the university to even the playing field in admissions by considering the race of certain applicants. The court essentially said that the university had the right to prefer [...]

To all my friends with students in Texas classrooms: Are you ready to see forty kids per classroom? Read this letter from HISD. This is serious. Share and Enjoy:

Nine-hundred kilos of education were confiscated Friday afternoon in a truck headed from Houston to Tucson in what is considered the first arrest related to Latino-education, which was recently outlawed in Arizona. The New York Times reported the following about Arizona’s order to Tucson schools to stop teaching Latino studies. TUCSON — The class began [...]

I have often said that small business ownership is one strategy to success for our community.  For years, scholars have documented the systematic limits and barriers for minorities in the corporate world.  One does not need to believe that every Anglo is racist to believe that there are many structural barriers which inhibit the success [...]