Minority Caucus Unites on Capitol Hill
The destruction wrought by Hurricane Katrina and the subsequent failure of the Bushistas to mobilize a quick response shined a bright light on the sad state of race relations in the United States. The...
View ArticleRemembering César - Continuing the Legacy
Today marks the anniversary of the birthday of one of America's greatest civil rights leaders, César Chávez (1927-1993). Across the world, the legacy of a man who spent his entire life fighting against...
View Article[UPDATED] Legal Defense for Arrested Tucsonan Protesters
The media is making a stink about a scuffle that occured at yesterday's Immigrant Rights march and rally in downtown Tucson. A group of vigilante freaks assembled in one corner of Armory Park donning...
View Article[UPDATED] Response to DSCC's New Ad
Dear Senators Schumer, Boxer and Reid: I am writing today in response to the new advertisement by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC), entitled Secure, which the DSCC unveiled earlier...
View ArticleHate Groups and the Anti-Immigrant Brigade
Crossposted from Latino PolíticoThe College Republicans are up to their dirty tricks again. A Boise State University group has angered Latino leaders and other organizations by promoting a speech with...
View ArticleBlogging 2.0
Let's engage in some omphaloskepsis, shall we?It's Friday, many peeps are coming off the YearlyKos wave (not me, I was chained to my desk), and an explosion of kinetic energy has hit blogtopia (yes,...
View ArticleMannequins for McCain
[Crossposted from Latino Político]Undisclosed sources have reported that late this afternoon, while singing his daily-shower rendition of the 2007 NeoCon Hit Bomb Bomb Bomb Bomb Bomb Iran, GOP...
View ArticleBarack the "47-year-old mulato"
[Crossposted from Latino Político]Ever wonder why the GOP is going the way of their mammoth cousins' extinction out west?It's because the Minutemen/blatantly racist crazies are the public face of their...
View ArticleGrijalva's Office On Lockdown
Breaking News out of Tucson:U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva’s congressional office is closed this afternoon as police respond to a suspicious piece of mail.An envelope arrived with swastikas drawn on the...
View ArticleMinutemen Founder is Guilty of Murder
When Jared Loughner opened fire in Tucson on January 8th at Rep. Gabrielle Gifford's Congress on Your Corner event, headlines understandably filled with the story and images of 9 year old victim...
View Article2011 Corazón de Justicia Award Recipients
This Friday evening, progressive grassroots groups will gather at Apollo Middle School to honor leaders in several categories for their work across southern Arizona. The annual Corazón de Justicia...
View ArticleArizona's Continued Downward Spiral
When the AZGOP dropped SB1070 onto the heads of migrant and Latino communities, there were immediate calls for a boycott. Rep. Raúl Grijalva bravely joined the movement, putting his political future...
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