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*Mexikaresistance.com Note: This ignorance and self-hatred are the direct result of the racist “mestizo” mentality engendered by colonialism and Eurocentric
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August 21, 2012 // 0 Comments
*Mexikaresistance.com Note: No matter how much we try to “fit in” with the people who occupy our lands, no matter how hard we fight for the governments built on
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August 21, 2012 // 0 Comments
I’ve been watching and thinking about Gabby Douglas, the teenage heroine of the London Olympics. Or so I view her. I was thinking of Olga Korbut, Nadia Comaneci, Mary Lou
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August 20, 2012 // 0 Comments
Oscar and Olivia, 10-year-old red-headed twins – his hair cut short, hers long down her back – browse through the shelves at the Forks branch library. They pause to pull
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August 20, 2012 // 0 Comments
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal’s voucher program to privatize public education has come under fire recently for spending state tax dollars to teach Bible-based curriculum. An
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August 17, 2012 // 0 Comments
When I write about the Chicana/o community, it is more in the spirit of an examination of conscience than an indictment. Although I do not pretend to be member of any
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August 17, 2012 // 0 Comments
*Mexikaresistance.com Note: An older story, but worth reading. The glittering “grills” of some hip-hop stars aren’t exactly unprecedented. Sophisticated
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August 17, 2012 // 0 Comments
– Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R) issued an executive order on Wednesday directing “state agencies to deny driver’s licenses” under the Obama administration’s new
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August 16, 2012 // 0 Comments
A federal court in Brazil on Tuesday suspended all construction work on the controversial Belo Monte dam in the Amazon. As outlined in the following press release by Amazon
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August 16, 2012 // 0 Comments
The Department of Homeland Security starts accepting applications for deferred action from DREAM Act-eligible young adults on Wednesday. Under a new directive President Obama
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August 15, 2012 // 0 Comments