Last year, I wrote a short blog piece explaining how disappointed I was in NBC for giving Luke Russert a job right out of college (this was shortly after his pops had died), while the field of journalism struggles with mass layoffs and more qualified reporters, writers, and correspondents are in career limbo. Well, NBC [...]

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In today’s Los Angeles Times, Pat Morrison has a Question & Answer session with Los Angeles County Supervisor Gloria Molina, the only woman to sit on the board of that governing body. I highly recommend that you read the piece because it is insightful. She even offers an explanation as to why she favored cracking [...]

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New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, who had to withdraw from the Secretary of Commerce cabinet position back in the beginning of the year due to a federal investigation, has now been cleared of criminal charges. If you remember, Richardson was involved in an investigation of pay-to-play in regards to donations from CDR Financial Products, which [...]

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Note: I wrote this blog piece yesterday about the closing of an educational program in my community before learning of the passing of Senator Edward Kennedy. I want to remind you that this piece is about a federal TRIO program, of which Sen. Kennedy was a supporter. From today’s Chronicle of Higher Education: “During the [...]

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I don’t have much to add to all of the tributes for Senator Edward Kennedy upon his passing late yesterday, but I will say that he was an important advocate and ally of the Latino community from issues on health care to immigration to education. Some have even called Senator Kennedy an honorary Latino because [...]

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Yesterday, I read this inspiring article about NASA Astronaut Jose Hernandez, a former migrant farm worker, who is headed into space next week with the Shuttle Discovery. Coincidentally, he will be in space with another hermano, Danny Olivas from El Paso, Texas. Hernandez’s story is particularly compelling because he worked the harvest and travelled as a migrant [...]

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Another troubling article came out today regarding immigrant detention. Yesterday, immigration officials said that they discovered the records of 10 previously unreported deaths in ICE custody. More specifically, these unreported deaths involved eight men from Cuba, one from Mexico, and one from Ecuador. For me, the fact that these deaths were not apparent in a previous Freedom of Information [...]

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Yesterday, while skimming through the Huffington Post, I caught this piece about Reverend Samuel Rodriguez. Yes, he’s the crazy pastor I blogged about nearly two years ago who referred to us like this, “We Hispanics are emotional people. We are telenovela, Ricky Martin, J Lo, salsa and habañero chiles.” Uh, stereotype much? Well, now Rev. Rodriguez [...]

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