Our New Anahuac

This post is an attempt to look at terrorism with a little logic.  I try to present facts here.  It is devoid of patriotic emotions over anything.  I admit that I am immune to such feelings, but for those who read this, understand that this is meant to be an analysis of terrorism, not a [...]

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 In 1999 the act was repealed.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 [...]

I know I said I wouldn’t watch it, and I know I said no blogs this week, but aqui te va. Unedited so i can see part two. I’ll edit tomorrow. Con permiso… My expectations for CNN’s Latino In America were quite low. I counted on hearing only from entertainers. I was beating my head [...]

Basta Dobbs In Houston. Two city council members (not pictured), James Rodriguez and Jolanda Jones, were in attendence, along with the steadfast organizers from La Raza Justice Movement, Pastores En Accion and America For All. Share and Enjoy:

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Houston organizers had the distinct pleasure of meeting with Favianna Rodriguez of the Basta Dobbs campaign, perhaps one of the first modern Latino campaigns with a truly national character. Favianna, an accomplished blogger who blogs at Favianna.com, explained the campaign’s focus on the largest media markets, and the importance of having every major city in [...]

The tide seems to be turning generally in our favor in several battles in the Immigration Wars.  I say that with the ubiquitous caveat that the war is not over (as if that even needs to be mentioned).  In early August, it was announced that Hutto, the immigrant baby jail in Taylor, Texas, would no [...]

Robert Price was arrested in Houston for impersonating a police office, says Channel 2. Raza activists have identified this man as having driven around local events in a vehicle marked “Border Watch,” ostensibly the same vehicle used in the alleged crime.  He was at our August 29th Immigration Moratorium Rally at Driver Park, in which people [...]

Two days ago, I did a post about the media ignoring Latino issues.  Today, I am writing about the media ignoring a campus shooting on the campus of a historically black college in my city, Houston.  Last night, at least five people were shot on the campus of Texas Southern University (TSU).  In almost every [...]

Tony Diaz posted on his facebook account that the column ASK A MEXICAN was cancelled from the Houston Press. I had some reservations at first about this column, I told Tony, but then I took a different attitude: I used to really resent this guy because he seemed to constantly ridicule nationalist and indigenous perspectives [...]