Sonia Sotomayor is facing scrutiny over her possible appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court. Supreme Court Judges serve life-time terms and never have to go up for reelection; therefore, they...
opinion by Mortal | 16 wks ago | updated 16 wks ago 167 views | 38 recommendations | 3 comments
Since taking office, President Barak Obama and his allies in Congress have careened into the headlines and pummelled Republicans still reeling from defeat and dissent within their own...
opinion by Mortal | 18 wks ago | updated 18 wks ago 693 views | 36 recommendations | 18 comments
Protesters took the streets of the nation's capital Thursday afternoon to protest against drug giant CVS policy of locking up condoms in poor neighborhoods on account of thefts. " The largest US drug store has...
From the article: Newly elected Republican National Committee Chairman Michael S. Steele plans an “off the hook” public relations offensive to attract younger voters, especially blacks and Hispanics, by...
created by Karen Hatter | 37 wks ago | updated 37 wks ago 144 views | 2 recommendations | 0 comments
"In July, Luis Ramirez was beaten to death by a gang in Shenandoah, Pa. In August, a Staten Island man rammed his vehicle into the storefronts of three Latino merchants. Last month, a gang hunted and stabbed Marcelo Lucero to death in Patchogue, Long Island. This list of hate...
created by urbano411 | 47 wks ago 392 views | 29 recommendations | 7 comments
Obama has won not only the presidency of the United States, but a unique place in history as the first African-American president, and his victory came with overwhelming support from voters who have traditionally...
created by Tina Kells | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 114 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Note: In Part One I took you to Collinsville, a sleepy little town in Alabama that is now about half Hispanic in population. In Part Two we met some of the Pit Bull Voters that are going to help decide the...
opinion by StandUpToRacism | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 246 views | 15 recommendations | 4 comments
I try not to be a redneck... but I know I am one. Once you are born here it is something that can not be washed out with Tide or Super Bleach. It's just something I have to accept: that I am the...
created by StandUpToRacism | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 202 views | 7 recommendations | 1 comment
"The worst thing about the mess in the subprime industry is that it left in its wake millions of innocent American families without a home. It has long been established that one of the reasons for the foreclosure...
created by cassy82 | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 46 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
So apparently Clinton is open to being Obama's VP...That would be really interesting!"On a conference call with other New York lawmakers, Clinton, a New York senator, said she was willing to become Obama's vice...
created by amyjudd | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 731 views | 22 recommendations | 9 comments
The subject of so-called “hate crimes” has been discussed in this space several times during the past 18 months, ranging from proposed federal hate crime legislation to observations that Thomas Jefferson hated “hate crime” legislation and that “love crimes”...
"With the NYPD facing difficult challenges such as combating terrorism and stopping the flow of illegal handguns into the city, what are the police arresting people for at a rate ten times greater than before 1997? Marijuana.
But they aren't arresting everyone who possesses...
created by urbano411 | 2 years ago 287 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment
"Republicans these days insist that their anti-immigration stance has nothing to do with race or ethnicity. It's the left, they say, that injects identity politics into everything. I caught the well-coiffed, permanently snarling ideologue Michelle Malkin making that exact...
created by urbano411 | 2 years ago 270 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
"The U.S. Postal Service has announced plans to issue a stamp in honor of a Hispanic newsman killed during a 1970 riot in Los Angeles.
The stamp commemorating Ruben Salazar, who was news director for the Spanish-language station KMEX at the time of his death, will be issued...
created by urbano411 | 2 years ago 197 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Too often we let our circumstances standing in the way of our success. I was once at a book reading in Coral Gables with Les Brown and some asked, "what if no matter how hard you try, circumstances keep holding you down?", Les replied, "Get over it, that's life! Next...
created by urbano411 | 2 years ago 308 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments