View VideoThis is a call to action, in the name of dignity and human rights for ALL people oppressed by racism and xenophobia. The culture of fear and exploitation of people of color (specifically migrants) are symptoms of the capitalistic, neo-liberal policies catered to uphold white supremacy and colonialism. We must stand in solidarity with [...]
San Antonio, TX – The League of United Latin American Citizens, the largest and oldest Latino membership organization expressed disappointment over some aspects of the interim maps that were released by a three judge panel in the Western District of Texas. “Despite clear and convincing evidence and testimony by numerous expert witnesses [...]
By Chris Lechuga Posted: 10/25/10 Celebrating 40 years as an academic unit, the Chicano Studies Program at The University of Texas at El Paso invited former students and the program’s first director to an anniversary and reunion reception last week to share their accounts of the events that led up to the program’s inception. “We’ve [...]
(Associated Press) People standing on the Paso Del Norte border bridge watch the police activity below after 14 year-old Sergio Adrian Hernandez Huereca was killed below the bridge in the city of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico Monday… (Associated Press) Agents detaining suspected illegal immigrants Monday came under assault from rock throwers across the border in Mexico, [...]
Slide Show One | Two | Three | Four Music inspired by the 2006 Marches around the country From CRNLive Blog May 29, 2010 11:24 p.m. By Frank M. Miranda (Phoenix, Arizona)— Today was a great day! I was surrounded by wonderful peaceful people from at least seven states. We were gathered to voice our opposition [...]
(CNN) — They came from Los Angeles and San Diego, and Wisconsin, Texas, Illinois, Chicago, Seattle and, of course, Arizona — a river of humanity flooding the Phoenix streets to protest the state’s controversial immigration law. The Arizona legislature passed the bill earlier this year and the state’s Republican governor, Jan Brewer, signed it. In [...]
Click here to view video of the meeting Austin council members Thursday voted unanimously to approve a resolution that could end all city business with the State of Arizona. The vote comes in light of Arizona’s newest immigration law. “The resolution speaks to our values as a community. That, you know, if you’re not violating [...]
TEMPLE, TEX. — In an era when students talk back to teachers, skip class and wear ever-more-risque clothing to school, one central Texas city has hit upon a deceptively simple solution: Bring back the paddle. Most school districts across the country banned paddling of students long ago. Texas sat that trend out. Nearly a quarter [...]
Census Bureau Director Robert Groves noted today that some areas are lagging behind the rest of the country in terms of mailing back their 2010 Census forms. With Census Day on April 1, parts of Texas still have some of the lowest rates of mail participation. Nationally, 46 percent of households have mailed back their [...]
CAMPBELLTON, Texas – A Mexican tour bus carrying about 35 people overturned along a southern Texas highway on Tuesday, killing at least two people and injuring an unknown number of others, an official said. The accident happened around 10 a.m. on southbound Interstate 37, about 45 miles south of San Antonio, Texas Department of Public [...]
