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Alex Sanchez Freed!

Monday, February 15th, 2010

AN EXCLUSIVE VIDEO from Cuéntame featuring the recently freed Alex Sanchez, of Homies Unidos.

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From the Mimeograph to La Bloga!

Monday, February 15th, 2010

THIS MARCH, I’ll be presenting at the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity’s Transforming Race Conference. This article provides the backstory for why I began the Unapologetic Mexican blog as well as prefaces my talk at the conference.

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The 2010 Rodolfo ‘Corky’ Gonzales Symposium

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

WE BELONG TO A PROUD LEGACY. We are tied to this land, we are descended from warriors, and Indian kings, and beautiful traditions y cultura that cannot be washed or stolen away by the dominant culture—though it surely tries…

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A Different Direction

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

A DIFFERENT DIRECTION. It’s where we find the path headed home when we are far away from anything safe. It is where we turn when we want to find new ground, higher ground, better ground. It is the very choice that is often obscured from our vision until all the others vanish.

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Weekly Diaspora: Weekly Diaspora: Does Coakley’s Loss Spell Trouble for Immigration Reform?

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

PROFESSIONAL PUNDITS AND DEMOCRATIC POLITICIANS are in a frenzy over what Martha Coakley’s senate seat loss to Republican Scott Brown might mean for American politics!

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Weekly Diaspora: Haitian Diaspora Spans Borders

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

ON TUESDAY, THE WORST EARTHQUAKE IN 200 years struck just off the coast of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Bringing “catastrophic destruction” to the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere, the disaster has spurred relief efforts worldwide.

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Weekly Diaspora: Real Immigration Reform in 2010

Thursday, January 7th, 2010

IS IT EVER ‘THE RIGHT TIME’ to pass immigration reform and a path to legalization? The short answer? Yes. Our national economic situation dictates that we are smart about the resources available to us all. And it remains a moral imperative to always apply or adjust our laws to protect the most vulnerable of us.

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The Weekly Diaspora: The Myth of Us Vs. Them

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

As we usher the last decade into the realm of memory, it’s time to stop viewing immigration reform as an Us vs. Them issue.

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Weekly Diaspora: ICE Perpetuating Human Rights Abuses

Thursday, December 24th, 2009

YET ONE MORE UGLY PIECE OF EVIDENCE that the Department of Homeland Security’s ICE unit is a mutation from the terror-iffic Bush years that continues to eat away at the integrity of our national soul.

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Weekly Diaspora: CIR ASAP the First Step to Reform

Thursday, December 17th, 2009

ON TUESDAY, Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) introduced the Comprehensive Immigration Reform for America’s Security and Prosperity Act of 2009 (CIR-ASAP). Rep. Gutierrez said that the bill represents “the final push for comprehensive immigration reform.”

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Weekly Diaspora: Unemployment Feeding Anti-Immigrant Sentiment

Thursday, December 10th, 2009

THE NATION’S 10% UNEMPLOYMENT RATE is feeding anti-immigrant sentiment. Laws aimed at immigrants are ultimately divisive, and giving in to a fear that expresses itself as punishment of the vulnerable is a weak and poor human response to stress.

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Weekly Diaspora: Quiet Raids, Slippery ICE and Grinches

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

A DEPRESSED ECONOMY and perceived cultural shifts in the U.S. demographic are bringing out the very best and worst of our society.

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Weekly Diaspora: Autumn Holiday Edition!

Friday, November 27th, 2009

THE WEEKLY DIASPORA wishes you and yours a satisfying holiday season, whether you are fasting or feasting. May you be safe and with loved ones.

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Weekly Diaspora: Fort Hood Shootings Unleash Poisonous Punditry

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

WHEN TERROR STRIKES the hearts of Right Wing punditry, the result too often is a demonization of communities of color. Be they Mexican or Arab or Muslim or Chinese or Japanese, it’s an age-old reflex. It’s time to think smarter, broader, and find the root causes of the nation’s troubles.

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