Mexican American
The Media Consortium: Weekly Diaspora: Tucson Shooting Reshapes Explosive Immigration Debate
The Huffington Post - 4 days ago
by Catherine A. Traywick, Media Consortium blogger The Tucson shooting that left Representative Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) critically wounded and 6 others dead last Saturday wasn't explicitly motivated by Arizona's polemical stance on Immigration…
Read more >>Defense cuts and political assumptions
Hot Air - 7th Jan 2011
Arguments over defense-spending requirements are ultimately disputes over the political conditions that will obtain in future Military conflicts. Secretary Gates’s new proposal to cut the defense Budget is a fresh example of this axiom. Th…
Read more >>TUSD intends to continue with its prejudicial curriculum
Examiner.com - 4th Jan 2011As one of his first acts as Superintendent of Arizona Schools, John Huppenthal, will review Tucson Unified School District's Mexican-American, or La Raza studies program. A new law took effect Friday that prohibits courses that…
Read more >>The Real Third Rail
The Moderate Voice - 27th Dec 2010There are many who say Social Security is the third rail of American politics. If you were talking about the Average American voter they are probably right but if you are talking about the people who actually direct policy they are wrong.&#…
Read more >>With census growth, Hispanic groups target redistricting to up political clout
Washington Post - 23rd Dec 2010
Earlier this month, a group of Civil Rights lawyers gathered at a hotel in San Antonio to discuss their primary focus for the next year: the mundane but crucial issue of political redistricting. This Story With Census growth, Hispanic groups ta…
Read more >>Latino Tequila Party
Examiner.com - 30th Nov 2010The Republicans, along with their Right Wing members, have been trying to get Immigration Legislation passed to hinder the movement of Illegal Immigrants to this country. That of course exempts Republican or right wingers who own a labor int…
Read more >>The Next GOP Veep Will Likely Be Hispanic
Politics Daily - 29th Nov 2010
Pencil it in: The next GOP vice presidential nominee will be Hispanic. That's my prediction, at least. There are primarily two reasons for this. First, of course, is math. Hispanics represent a growing percentage of the voting population, and th…
Read more >>Quinn picks new inspector general
Clout St - 17th Aug 2010SPRINGFIELD --- Gov. Pat Quinn named a replacement today for the executive inspector general that he fired Friday. Ricardo Meza, a former Federal Prosecutor, succeeds James A. Wright, whose dismissal on Friday was first reported by the Tribune . …
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