Author Archives: reg825

19 Aug

Sotomayor: Turning Point for Latinos

Much has been said about the nomination and confirmation of now-Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor.  Much of the analsys has been focused on the fact that she was  the first Latina to EVER be nominated to the Supreme Court in...
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12 Aug

"Send them home with a bullet in the head"

That’s what racist healthcare protesters are shouting now. No, I’m not making it up. See for yourselves: I have been blogging for the last couple of days about this-how protesters of healthcare reform are falsely claiming that providing health care...
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10 Aug

"40 million illegals"?

That’s what protesters of healthcare reform are shouting.  Yup.  They’re shouting at the townhalls that the reform would cover “40 million Illegals.”  Besides the fact that their angry violent shouts are pretty disturbing onto themselves, their claims are just based on...
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26 Jul

Obama's birth conspiracy theory was concocted by an anti-Semite & circulated by racist extremists

Southern Poverty Law Center has an action alert on this; see below:   July 24, 2009   Dear Friend,   Lou Dobbs is at it again.   We’ve told you about how the CNN host has used his platform to...
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20 Jun

Pres. Obama Speaks @ National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast

…about immigration reform: I am very pleased that President Obama spoke at this National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast because it casts light onto a promising strategy that seems to be developing and that I have been advocating for quite a few...
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19 Jun

Iran’s & Mexico’s Election Fraud

With all this talk about Iran’s election fraud and twittering requests to paint your profile picture to “green”, I can’t help but feel like I have been down this path before with Mexico. Non-Mexicans might not be aware that there...
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16 Jun

A Healthier Future

Here’s an article I wrote for Heal the Bay’s “Currents” magazine (intro based on previous work of Heal the Bay’s James Alamillo): As part of Heal the Bay’s new Healthy Communities Initiative, we have been doing intensive community organizing work...
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