Our New Anahuac

A new AP report finds that the new Alabama law has caused perhaps hundreds of thousands of so-called immigrants to flee the state. Farmers are feeling the brunt of it as many have unpicked crops which are rotting on the vine. According to the report: On Chandler Mountain in north Alabama, tomato farmer Lana Boatwright [...]

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 [...]

PRESIDENCY OUTSOURCED AS PART OF SCHUMER, GRAHAM IMMIGRATION PROPOSAL. The blueprint that the Schumer Graham Blueprint offers, wants to attract the best and brightest. Since you don’t get any more “bester or brightester” than the president, as the tea partiers indicated, the Congress has decided to higher India’s president under this new proposal in order [...]

Thinking I might turn Spare Thoughts into something semi-regular, semi-sarcastic (kinda like me). Hopeful Last Friday Handy Manny won the “Citizen” of the Year Award in the little town in which he does odd jobs. It is my hope that with his new-found influence he will push for a just immigration reform and citizenship for [...]

Sad… Luis Arreola, La Raza Justice Movement Volunteer, suffered a stroke about a week ago.  He is back at a relative’s house.  He is walking and cognizant, so things look good for now.  For those of you who went with us to Hutto, he was the elderly man who came with our group.  He also [...]