OBAMA AND THE TIGHTROPE. Zeituni in the cold. Hypocrisy in the land of anthems. The power of youth…ignored. A shout out to Cuéntame, the soothing nature of certain samenesses, and the creeping chill of ICE.
IN HIS STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS, President Obama speaks but “Thirty Eight Words” on Immigration Reform and judging from more than one source in the blogosphere, they weren’t extremely inspiring. Others were happy to hear immigration reform mentioned at all in the SOTU. But combined with the inaction so far on immigration reform, many activists and organizations are feeling daunted.
THE MARCH AND RALLY on January 16, 2010 in Maricopa County, Arizona to protest the criminal Sheriff Joe Arpaio, reviled for his racial profiling tactics, his gratuitously cruel and humiliating conditions for detention, and his embarrassing anachronistic and race-based antagonism against entire communities.
Haiti, Pundits, Presidents, Revolution, Earthquake, and ghosts in the machine.
VISUAL AND AUDITORY MEDITATIONS on hue, shape, purpose…being an artist. And featuring the work of Chicano artist Luis Gutierrez, of Arizona, USA.
EL PINCHE TACO! Also, supporting community, gearing up for immigration reform, and a national day of action in Arizona!
Seeing the year out with tradition, art, hope, and a connection across time and space.
IN THIS ERA of shifting cultural demographics and a shrinking white population, some heroes are gettin’ paid to be the Enlightened Whites. Unfortunately, too often this means repeating oppressive power structures but under the guise of altruism.
JOE ARPAIO is back in the news for being a class A sadist and creep as well as vindictively wielding the power of his office to attack those who dare question his methods. That, and a lot more in this extra meaty version of News With Nezua.
INTRODUCING Naco and Nico! And a new cartoon called Avenida Almasol, which takes place in a ‘hood where magical thoughts, connections, and adventures are always around the bend.
THE CRIMINALIZATION OF POVERTY SPREADS. Half a million cannot afford water in Mexico, and Felipe Calderón shuts off their power for being delinquent. Lou Dobbs offers us some more entertainment by telling the world he is “Latinos’ Greatest Friends.” Nezua laughs and invites you to join him.
AS THE UNITED STATES prepares to send tens of thousands more young men and women into the “Grave of Empires,” as Afghanistan has long been called, the violence wrought by war begins to infect the human and global state in unexpected ways.
SENDING LOU DOBBS OFF with all the respect he has earned.
THE UNITED STATES IS SHAMEFULLY the last nation to keep laws in place that deny the possibility of parole from Juveniles sentenced to life in prison. Today, the Supreme Court begins hearing argument on two cases that could change our laws and bring them into accord with the rest of the modern world.
A FAMOUS TELEVISION PUNDIT confesses to us that hate and vitriol has become his way of life. He manifests a negativity that haunts his own mind. He wants sympathy. This is a story about energy.
House of Nezua
the XOLAGRAFIK theater!
