Our New Anahuac

I had a very human conversation with a white customer of mine yesterday. She was upset that Blomberg walked, because she thought it was a clear case of brutality, but she resented the fact that racism was implied by the protesters, because some whites get harassed too. I shares some of my perspectives, and the [...]

The US Justice Department is set to release a report which is highly critical of Sheriff Joe Arpaio. As Sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona, Arpaio has garnered international attention for his high-profile raids in which suspects are paraded in public in their underwear, among other civil rights violations. The report will say that Latinos were [...]

Democracy is the concept that “the people” have the absolute right to govern the affairs of their country. The degree to which Democracy has ever existed in this country is debatable. (There is that whole slavery, genocide and theft of land issue). The concept that the people rule, however, has been almost a sacred concept [...]

Over the course of the past several weeks some statistics have been released which are very disturbing for advocates of the so-called Latino community. A few weeks ago, a report indicated that Latinos made up over fifty percent of the people sentenced to federal prison during the first nine months in 2011 despite comprising only [...]

I was recently listening to a conservative radio talk show host the other day when, as a rare occurrence, I heard someone on his program acknowledge a “hateful,” racist incident that had occurred in Houston. “THAT is hate,” Glenn Beck admitted, while simultaneously dismissing all of the other concerns that minorities have raised over the [...]

From CNN (CNN) — A lawsuit against the United States brought by the parents of a 15-year-old boy who was fatally shot by a border patrol agent has been dismissed, a U.S. district judge ruled. He also gave the parents a chance to amend their complaint. The ruling, which came down August 11, was first [...]

“The Case of Joe Campos Torres” is a documentary film about one of the most infamous cases of police misconduct in Houston history. Produced at KPRC-TV, Channel 2 in Houston in 1978 by Tony Bruni and written and edited by Carlos Calbillo, this documentary feature is reported by John Quiñones, now of ABC News in [...]

Background of Incident This weekend, I was invited by some friends of mine to visit Cleveland, Texas.  The trip was not a leisurely one.  We were invited to meet with a community which had been affected by a horrific incident-the gang rape of an 11-year old by a group of men.   This young girl was [...]

For Immediate Release February 16, 2011 Contact: Natali Fani-González 202.787.1813 JOINT PRESS STATEMENT Latinos, Immigrant Advocates Nationwide Send Unambiguous Message in Light of Brisenia’s Murder: Stop the Hate, We are Watching Tucson, Arizona – As Latinos and immigrant rights advocates from all over the United States applaud the guilty verdict in the trial of Shawna [...]

On September 24, a series of raids were conducted on the homes of six anti-war activists by the FBI in Chicago and Minneapolis. Activists all over the country denounced the raids as a return to the misuse of the FBI as a tool to intimidate people who will not go along with the goals of [...]