Colonialism
Party conventions always attract more than just delegates. Although this year’s Democratic National Convention (DNC) will have its share of fans, onlookers, and protestors,
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August 8, 2012 // 0 Comments
Thanks to a new law privatizing public education in Louisiana, Bible-based curriculum can now indoctrinate young, pliant minds with the good news of the Lord—all on the
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August 7, 2012 // 0 Comments
In our coverage of the long ‘battle’ to defend Ethnic Studies in Arizona we mostly focus in this blog on the legal and political dimensions of this epochal campaign for
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August 6, 2012 // 0 Comments
Men in Mexican military camps are forcing indigenous women into prostitution, according to a report emanating from the most recent session of the United Nations Committee on
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August 6, 2012 // 0 Comments
Are racists dumb? Do conservatives tend to be less intelligent than liberals? A provocative new study from Brock University in Ontario suggests the answer to both questions
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August 3, 2012 // 0 Comments
The cover of Colombia’s Semana magazine depicts a photo which should warm the cockles of any decent heart: the indigenous people of Cauca carrying an armed soldier, one of
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August 3, 2012 // 0 Comments
The Algonquins of Barriere Lake have gained an unexpected victory in their decades-long struggle to secure their land rights and protect areas of cultural, spiritual and
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August 2, 2012 // 0 Comments
*Mexikaresistance.com Note: Hate to break it to this guy, but we have been living in a police state since 1492. Back in 1976, I co-founded, with some Los Angeles colleagues,
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August 2, 2012 // 0 Comments
On Thursday, August 2, 2012, Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) will sit in on a Judiciary Committee hearing to—yet again—examine HR 997, the Official English Language Act, that
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August 1, 2012 // 0 Comments
What Americans just don’t get is that most people see history differently than they do. In order to break this down, every semester I show Robert Wuhl’s HBO special
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July 31, 2012 // 0 Comments