Latino Voters Turnout for the 2012 Election Big Time!
Now that we have officially re-elected Barack Obama as president of the United States, I wanted to take some time to reflect on a post I wrote a couple days […]
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Puerto Rico: On the Road to Becoming the 51st State
Although citizens of Puerto Rico could not vote in Tuesday’s U.S. presidential election, many did turn out to vote for an important referendum that posed the question regarding the current […]
The Opaqueness of Undocumented Immigration
The majority of the American public knows little to nothing about illegal immigration. The American public definitely has strong opinions about illegal immigration and undocumented immigrants but knows little to […]
A Winner Both On and Off the Field
This past week, the San Francisco Giants won their second World Series in the past three years and their second since moving to San Francisco in 1958. As a resident […]
Venezuelans in South Florida
Earlier in October, comments about Chavez’s re-election in Venezuela flooded my Twitter and Facebook timeline. Friends living in Miami mentioned how their abuelitas, parents, and cousins were crying and upset […]
Breaking Down the Latino Vote
Whenever I see bumper stickers that say “Latinos for Obama,” I always feel a bit conflicted. It is important for Obama and other candidates to acknowledge and address the interests […]
Is lethal force ever acceptable?
Stories of border patrol agents using lethal force against individuals on the border or on the other side of the border have created major controversy. The clash between the criticism […]
Russell Means
On October 22, 2012 Russell Means passed away at the age of seventy-two. Referred to as the most famous American Indian since Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse by the LA […]
Reasoning behind Unauthorized Immigration
One of the exhibits at tunnel of opression last week at Occidental College was a simulation of what it is like to migrant to the United States without papers, and […]
Promise for Immigration Reform
On Tuesday, October 23rd, President Obama participated in an off-the-record interview with the Des Moines Register in which he revealed his immigration plans for a second term if elected. This […]
Immigration Talk 