Our New Anahuac

A few days ago, less than a week, I believe, I was listening to a report on KPFT or NPR and they were discussing the Glass-Steagall Act, the act which essentially limited banks from taking major lending risks. In 1999 the act was repealed. This repeal is largely blamed for having caused the financial crisis [...]

A big thanks to Brother Rodolfo X of the Houston Mosque of The Nation of Islam for the heads up on this article. According to an AP report published in the FinalCall.com, Spain has turned to immigrant so-called Latinos (racial mestizos) to fill the ranks of its military.
Spain has struggled to recruit soldiers since it [...]

By now, we have heard how subprime mortgages have wreaked havoc upon the international economy. We have also heard of the disproportionate impact that the mortgage mess has had on minorities. I am in a unique position to comment on this because I have been in the mortgage business for seven years. I was there [...]

Many critics of neo-liberal free trade have condemned the lack of even handedness. NAFTA has allowed rich US companies go to Mexico and other countries and pay the people dirt cheap wages, sometimes $80 weekly or less.  The rich employers exploit poor workers, and have no responsibility for the social upheaval their maquiladoras bring.  Besides [...]