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News With Nezua | Terror, Baby!

Wednesday, August 18th, 2010

AN ANTIDOTE to the mental, emotional and spiritual chaos that today’s politics bring upon us, especially today’s Republican party. Featured: The “Terror Babies” meme.

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Miami Debriefing; The Intersections of Race, Class, Journalism, Activism, Croissants, and Immigration.

Monday, May 10th, 2010

BACK FROM MIAMI AND LITTLE HAITI, where I attended an international symposium on Immigration Coverage in Media and met a host of fantastic people as well as experienced numerous interesting, challenging, exciting, and enlightening moments.

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Indivisible [Thoughts on the Immigration Rally in DC]

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010

TO GIVE YOU A PEEK INTO THE IMMIGRATION RALLY that I attended on Sunday in Washington, DC, I’ve embedded a slideshow of the fotos I took. Come time for the next News With Nezua, I’ll have a video for you to watch. I can only hope that I can convey to you some of the energy that was filling the National Mall.

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Growing up Around and Through the Empire’s Ruins

Monday, August 3rd, 2009

I NURTURE A SUDDEN AND UNREASONABLE HOPE that we can institute behavior incompatible with the larger and more destructive behaviors of our culture as well as cast off the illusion that makes so many give up before they might have a chance to start.

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rewrite the world, unprotect, unfurl

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009

IT’S THE LOVE, OF COURSE. The love in people’s eyes. That’s what makes them recognizable, what makes them come across as strong. That’s when we trust a voice or a hand; that’s what makes us beautiful at all.

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Return to the Root

Monday, May 11th, 2009

AND SO I RETURN TO THE ROOT: This is the radical positivity that I use as my compass. This is the simple vision that I have. Not a never-ending wearying battle, not an eternal tightlipped scowl. Not moping and hoping and weeping and keeping the feeling of being a victim alive. But a joy filled heart on a sun-drenched field with fight in my bones and light in my eyes.

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Beautiful Life, Beautiful World

Friday, November 21st, 2008

¡VIERNES! And we usher Friday in with a Psychedelic Palate Cleanser. No peyote needed! Continuing a recent tradition here at UMX, I offer you a double-feature YouTube in a mestizolicious manner of recognizing the duality that is (at least in my experience) at the core of human existence and perception.