Our New Anahuac

Raul Alcaraz has a message on the answer to the migration woes that our community faces. It is refreshing to know that my ideas are not unique. Separation, revolution, self-determination, restoration:
Their system should not be the “end all/be all” of our visions for a better world. If we limit ourselves to the confines [...]

MSNBC Commentator Keith Olbermann speaks on racism present and past.  He even goes into the anthropological aspects for a second. 
Many people confuse my rants against “White Power” with me taking a position against all white people.  In fact, my measure for a human being are her soul and her deeds. 
It is true, as Olbermann suggests, that I do [...]

I was up last night at around 3:00 AM for a night feeding with my baby Emi, short for Emiliana Meztli.
As usual, my mind started wandering, and I stayed up a few extra minutes thinking about the nature of wealth and economies. One of the reasons I normally don’t do night feeding is this reason: [...]

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 [...]

The media does not seem to shy away from reminding us that our young Latina girls have the highest teen pregnancy rate in the county.
About one million teenage girls in the United States, or one in three, gets pregnant before they turn 20.
More than 80 percent of those pregnancies are unintended and unintentional, and one [...]

According to Dictionary.com:
Culture: the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits, etc.
It is difficult to overstate the importance of culture in society. It is through the learning of culture that we, as a people, learn our values. It is [...]

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 In 1999 the act was repealed.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 was reflecting a little on my approach to activism, organizing and nation-building.  I have always been very choosy as to what campaigns or actions I involve myself with.  I don’t engage in action for the sake of action.
I guess real my bellwether regarding my own personal involvement with something is whether or not it [...]

I think that one of the most difficult things for our people to grasp is the long-term danger of the use of such words as Latino and Hispanic.  These terms were born of an attitude of white supremacy among  Spanish and Portuguese speakers. It is shocking for some to realize that there are Hispanic [...]

October 27, 2009
 
An open letter to all Raza activists and organizers in Taos, New Mexico:
 
Greetings,
 
I have read the reports regarding Larry Whitten and his activities at a hotel in your hometown of Taos.  It is regrettable, yet of little surprise, that white racists continue to try to impose cultural dominance over our people by having [...]