Despite Alabama’s Cautionary Tale, Mississippi Moves Forward with Extreme “Papers, Please” Immigration Legislation » Immigration Impact. Mississippi another state that has decided to adopt the extreme discriminatory practices followed by Alabama’s authorities may face billions of dollars lost in revenue because of...
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Comment: News from the Wars : The New Yorker. No Matter how you look at the killing of children is still a deplorable act even if it is a war zone. Afghanistan will always remember the massacre of Panjwai, and we shouldn’t either. This is the outcome of a war on terror, a war against an idea, with no face...
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Guest post: Joseph Kony is not in Uganda (and other complicated things) – By Michael Wilkerson | FP Passport. It is easy to understand how an obscure cause can create a lot of confusion over the internet, the KONY Campaign in the past few days has created quite a stir.
With page after page and post after post on social...
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via Return of Mexico’s PRI may be hampered by drug allegations – latimes.com.
Opinion by Daniel Eslava
Enrique Peña Nieto – PRI
The PRI is counting on the charm, good looks, pearly smile and celebrity life of Enrique Peña Nieto – and his strong hold on the state of Mexico – to solidify its return to...
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Vazquez Sounds – The Show (Cover)
It looks like after another mysterious release Los Vazquez Sounds debut their newest song this month of March entitled “The Show.” The song a Cover of Lenka was another surprise song. So far their songs have been unpredictable, but with their fans clamoring for a song in Spanish...
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The Monkey House Ends a 111-Year Run in the Bronx – NYTimes.com. It’s sad to see that finally the Monkey House in the Bronx Zoo is closing. I remember it well when I was a kid. My School right across the street from the Bronx Zoo, we weekly had outings there just to go and spend time outside.
It was interesting to...
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More Blacks and Latinos Admitted to Elite New York High Schools – NYTimes.com. Interesting news to hear how Hispanics and Blacks are finally enrolling in the more competitive and elite schools in NY. I think the issue has mostly to deal with the process for admissions into theses school starts very early, in Middle...
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Alabama immigration law thins out a church’s Latino brethren – latimes.com. In Tallassee, Alabama we have a microcosm of how religious views and beliefs clash with immigration laws in place. While most Christians accept the view of love thy neighbor, in the Bible Belt where some of the harshest immigration laws...
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Comment: Here Comes Ron Paul : The New Yorker. You say vote for Ron Paul and people look at you funny. He has never been the most popular candidate, John Stewart has pointed this out time and time again with the way the media has covered Ron Paul. He believes in the constitution and firmly believes the US need to return to its...
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U.S. military formally ends mission in Iraq – latimes.com. Today officially the US has withdrawn from Iraq. After nine years of war, billions of dollars spent and nearly 4,500 lives lost. This war like the Afghanistan war and our conflict in Vietnam comes to a close in a bunker far away from the civilians we were there to...
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