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“A grandma’s parting shock,” by Kenneth Turan
KENNETH TURAN FILM CRITIC kenneth.turan@latimes.com ARNON GOLDFINGER’S “The Flat” probes a couple’s friendship with a Nazi. There’s something shambling and unassuming about “The Flat,” a home-movie...
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Outlawing Shakspeare: The Elimination of Chicano Studies in Tucson
Outlawing Shakespeare: The Battle for the Tucson Mind is a documentary that focuses on the elimination of the Mexican American Studies program within the Tucson Unified School District (TUSD) in...
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“Clandestino,” by Manu Chao
live: Solo voy con mi pena Sola va mi condena Correr es mi destino Para burlar la ley Perdido en el corazón De la grande Babylon Me dicen el clandestino Por no llevar papel Pa’ una ciudad del norte Yo...
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“Sueno de Solentiname,” by Mano Negra
Soñé POTOSI Soñé GUANAJATO Soñé GUATEMALa Soñé PANAMA Soñé PALMEDA Soñé LOCURA Soñé DEL MIEDO Soñé SAQUEO Soñé LA CRUZ Soñé BANDERA Soñé LA PESTE Soñé Calavera … Mundo querido aliviame del sueño de...
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“Desaparecido,” by Manu Chao
Me llaman el desaparecido Cuando llega ya se ha ido Volando vengo, volando voy Deprisa deprisa a rumbo perdido Cuando me buscan nunca estoy Cuando me encuentran yo no soy El que está enfrente porque...
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“La linea,” by Lila Downs
Ahí en esa orilla del mundo No duerme la maquiladora De un desperdicio en la tierra El hijo del sol nació Que embrullo la curandera Con trapos y yerbas sobo La piel de ese niño mulato Que pluma su...
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Tammy Duckworth defeats Tea Party congressman Joe Walsh for Illinois congress...
Tammy Duckworth just trounced Tea Party favorite Rep. Joe Walsh, which is to say that a half-Thai, Indonesian-speaking, double-amputee war hero who also happens to be a woman will soon represent...
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Arpaio: Gangster Voter Fraud in Arizona
In a year of historic Latino turnout, racist Sheriff Joe Arpaio still gets re-elected, and 500,000 ballots are magically uncounted…. gangster vote fraud in Arizona. Yup: You’re reading that sign...
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Gary Soto reads his “Ode to Obama”
Gary Soto b. 1952 Gary Soto is known for a body of work that deals with the realities of growing up in Mexican-American communities; in poems, novels, short stories, plays and over a two dozen books...
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Hawai’i's next Senator: The Amazing Mazie Hirono by Dave in AZ, from the...
We had some great Senate victories last night. Elizabeth Warren. Nothing more needs to be said. Richard Mourdock found out it was God’s intent that he not serve in the U.S. Senate. Todd Akin found out...
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Buddhist, Hindu Make History With Elections To Congress
Democrat Tulsi Gabbard defeated Republican opponent Kawika Crowley, making Gabbard the first Hindu in Congress. by Jaweed Kaleem Jaweed.Kaleem@huffingtonpost.com Tuesday’s elections brought two...
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Mothers from Central America search for missing kin in Mexico, from the Los...
This year’s bus caravan takes mothers, wives and sisters on a nearly 3,000-mile mission across Mexican states to look for missing Central American migrants. November 06, 2012|By Tracy Wilkinson, Los...
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How do you shoot at tires from a helicopter?
from the New York Times A news conference and vigil on Nov. 1 near La Joya, Tex., for two illegal immigrants who died in a pickup fired on by officers. By MANNY FERNANDEZ Published: November 10, 2012...
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The Texas Highway Tragedy: Where the Dead Have No Names
By Hilary Hylton / Austin Thursday, July 26, 2012, from http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2120440,00.html This July 22, 2012, photo shows a pickup truck that authorities say was...
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“The Fatal Funnel,” series of stories documenting the deaths of 19 border...
May 14, 2003 on U.S. Highway 77: http://www.victoriaadvocate.com/news/special-reports/fatal-funnel/ Memorial keeps alive memory of 19 immigrants Originally published May 14, 2011 at 8:09 P.M., updated...
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Domestic Workers Bill Of Rights In California, AB889, Vetoed By Gov. Jerry Brown
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Jerry Brown on Sunday announced that he had vetoed legislation that would have provided overtime pay, meal breaks and other labor protections to an estimated 200,000...
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