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From the Publisher’s
Corner Senator John McCain in his presidential
campaign has promulgated the mantra ‘Country First.’ These bullet sounds
stimulate the emotional response of patriotism and love of country. His
mantra fits him well based on his pedigree, POW war experience and
public service. And, deservingly, he enjoys the respect of the American
people for the contribution he has made to our country. |
A special guest on The
Baja Connection with Patrick Osio on August 11 (2008)uricio Monroy,
managing partner of Deloitte Touche’s |
First, a little
background is necessary for this piece:
México is now engaged in a full war against the drug gangs (business)
that transports drugs to the |
By Richard N. Baldwin
T. /HispanicVista.com
The Mexican crime war front, that is. |
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By Robert Miranda
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Comprehensive Immigration reform is not a headline issue in the 2008 campaign for President, though it should be… Until now only Senator John McCain has even mentioned it publicly. Addressing an Irish American political group that has never invited a Republican to speak before, McCain had the courage to use six words in a speech that television covered. The words: Comprehensive Immigration Reform and a Temporary Guest Worker Program. |
 By
Steven J. Ybarra, JDI watched the Republican pit bull unleashed in the race and thought well here they go again. Being an American who is half Irish and half Mexican, I understand the fight between pit bulls and terriers. This fight between an Alaskan pit bull and a |
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Steven J. Ybarra, JD |
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Resilience of El Centro de Accion Social – 40 Years of Social Change |
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By Randy Jurado
Ertll |
By Manuel
Hernández-Carmona Although educational reform has been confronted with optimism, Latinos have learned through disillusionment and false expectations and are walking forward to a present and future with educational empowerment.
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By Bruce
Goldstein Executive
Director, Farmworker Justice The Bush Administration is about to finalize plans for the biggest overhaul of the nation’s agricultural guestworker program in its 65 year history. The overhaul comes in the form of regulations changes by the Department of Labor (DOL) under the H-2A temporary foreign agricultural worker program. |
By Roberto Lovato
New On the
eve of the official nomination of presidential candidate Barack Obama, the
son of an immigrant, some of the leading voices shaping the Democratic
Party’s immigration reform platform reveal a mix of reserved optimism and
pragmatism. |
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By Tom Barry
Center for
International Policy (CIP)
To frame
his proposed Latin America policy, Barack Obama is using the "Four
Freedoms" vision of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, which Obama referred to
in his "Renewing U.S. Leadership in the |
By
Rosa Martha Villarreal In the
2008 presidential election, Hispanics represent the key swing demographic in
states such as |
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From Center for
American Progress In a stunning victory in |
By Paul Waldman The Olympics remind us of the real reason why all of us should be proud of our country -- diversity…. This February, Michelle Obama caused a spasm of faux outrage on the right when, in attempting to argue that her husband's campaign had brought something new to a political climate that had been so ugly for so long… |
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By Randy Jurado Ertll What defines a genius? Many people still say Albert Einstein since that is the image that has been ingrained in us to symbolize a genius. Einstein was indeed a genius that I admire. However, the truth of the matter is that geniuses come in all forms, sizes, shapes, and colors. |
By Joseph
Nevins New The death of nine Central American and Mexican migrants
in a vehicle crash near |
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By
Raoul Lowery Contreras