I wanted to share a piece that was written for another website because despite a lot of the hype about Latinos in this election cycle and overtures by conservatives to cultivate this segment of voters, we will sometimes see white supremacists legitimized in mainstream conservative spaces. It is almost as if American conservatives (and the […]

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Last week I was contacted about a new documentary Welcome to Shelbyville, which will air on PBS tomorrow. The documentary is set in Shelbyville, Tennessee during the 2008 Presidential election and the economic turmoil the country was facing at the time. Shelbyville is a small town with changing demographics and is located about an hour […]

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In case ustedes missed it, Kansas State Representative Virgil Peck likened undocumented immigrants to feral hogs today and then backtracked a bit saying he was just joking. If you click here, you will find the audio where Peck speaks about shooting feral hogs as a good way to control illegal immigration. This is precisely the […]

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In the two and a half years since the beating death of Luis Ramirez, we have witnessed more hate crimes against Latinos. Two other notables being the shooting of Brisenia Flores (Shawna Forde was sentenced to death this week) and Marcelo Lucero. Well today, two young men involved in the beating death of Luis Ramirez […]

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By Matthew Stieglitz I facetiously wrote in a previous piece that Arizona was making a daily case for exile from the union, which I now find myself entertaining as an intriguing notion. Birthright citizenship, something no one thought would ever be an issue, is currently being broached because of supposed, “anchor babies”. On top of […]

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By Melissa Beatriz Skolnick What would conversations be like if we were all completely candid with our words and were able to bravely face reality? Have you ever heard people talk about the “the community” or “inner city” and use these words as euphemisms for low-income individuals or people of color? What images come to […]

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Note: Even though the Martin Luther King holiday was on Monday, many festivities have continued throughout the week. By Melissa Beatriz Skolnick To some, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day may be nothing more than a day off from the hectic life of school, work, and the like.  Yet, it is important to remember the true […]

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Note: This blog was originally published on November 10, 2010 by Unai Montes-Irueste of Cuentame. It came to my attention after discussion that was prompted by Seneca’s recent blog post on The Latino State of the Union. The material is still very relevant and worth sharing on the eve of the big DREAM act vote […]

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