November 19th, 2009 | by Alex Avila | published in 2nd story
President Obama at the official service for the slain soldiers at Ft. Hoood, Texas. (Photo by The U.S. Military.)
In the wake of the shootings at Ft. Hood, Texas earlier this month, there has been considerable discussion about the alleged shooter’s…
November 12th, 2009 | by Alex Avila | published in 2nd story
New Routes to Community Health seeks to improve the health of immigrants through immigrant-created media. Eight immigrant-led collaborations across the United States have received three-year grants from New Routes to create locally-focused media and outreach campaigns that speak directly to immigrants’…
October 29th, 2009 | by Alex Avila | published in 2nd story
Gustavo de la Rosa Hickerson
Mexican civil rights attorney Gustavo de la Rosa Hickerson had the proper permits to cross the border and was doing so legally at the designated port of entry. But when asked by U.S. border officials why he…
October 22nd, 2009 | by Alex Avila | published in 2nd story, Uncategorized
In 1917, President Woodrow Wilson signed into law the Jones Act, which granted American citizenship to the people of Puerto Rico. The territory had come under U.S. jurisdiction after the Spanish-American War of 1898. Between 1898 and 1917 any Puerto…
October 15th, 2009 | by Alex Avila | published in 2nd story
Field worker in San Anselmo, CA. (Flickr Photo by cproppe.)
In the landmark Pigford v. Glickman class action lawsuit, some 15,000 Black farmers sued the federal government for systematic discrimination when it game to allocating USDA farm loans vital to seasonal farmers.…
October 8th, 2009 | by Alex Avila | published in 2nd story
Mercedes Sosa, shown in this 2007 photo, sang about justice in a world of violence. (Flickr Photo by rafa59(II).)
Argentine folk singer Mercedes Sosa titled one of her early LPs “Yo No Canto Por Cantar” meaning she didn’t sing just to be…
October 1st, 2009 | by Alex Avila | published in 2nd story
Actually, to call Angela de Hoyos a Chicana poet would be too limiting. To those who knew her, she bore many titles: co-foundress of a movement, woman of letters, publishing activist, voice of the voiceless, and many, many more.
Born in…
September 24th, 2009 | by Alex Avila | published in 2nd story
Edwidge Danticat (Photo by David Shankbone.)
The MacArthur Foundation announced 24 new grant recipients this week, commonly known as the “Genius Awards.” Among this years winners was Haitian immigrant and novelist Edwidge Danticat.
Listen to Maria Hinojosa’s April 2008 interview with Edwidge about the…
September 18th, 2009 | by Alex Avila | published in 2nd story
Dairy worker Carlos usually wakes up at 4:30 in the morning to tend to the cows, goes home for a break at noon and gets back to the dairy in the afternoon. (Photo by Terry Green Sterling.)
The price of milk…
September 10th, 2009 | by Alex Avila | published in 2nd story
Tina Butler and Joe McBain investigate upwards of 11 domestic violence complaints a day in El Paso.
In the 1950s and 60s, police often treated cases of domestic violence as personal family issues. Many women’s groups and activists worked throughout the…
