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Update on Bobby (DTTX) from Lighter Shade of Brown posted by KID FROST REPOST‬

Tweet I’m still here with his Mom his Aunts nieces ODM Lil Uno Crazy Joe Jammin James and Tony I’m sitting here still tripping that My Homie won’t be able to pull through the rigors of what hapoened to our boy and from what I see his spirit and soul have left his body and […]

Texas Latinos Mobilize Against Controversial Mexican-American Textbook

Tweet The book, called “Mexican American Heritage” is on the list of proposed textbooks that the Texas State Board of Education is considering to use as part of instructional materials for the newly created Mexican-American studies class. If approved, the book would be used in classrooms as early as next year, something critics are trying […]

Lourdes Colon contributing in the CRNLive Blog about variuos natural options for people with Cancer

Tweet   Lourdes Colon   As we at CRNLive strive to keep our community in the loop when new options are available in different illnesses including cancer we have invited Lourdes Colon from the Documentary Create Option C, my journey with cancer. Keeping up with her postings will not only allow you to search for […]

The Worst States for Hispanics

Tweet The United States has been — and continues to be — one of the most popular destinations for immigrants from around the world. Immigrants from Latin American countries and other Spanish-speaking people in particular have become one of the nation’s fastest growing demographics. The United States may be a good place to live compared […]

Bernie Sanders Names Tara Houska Native American Advisor to the Campaign

Tweet By second gen Tara Houska, Ojibwe, Tribal Attorney, Native American Rights Activist Bernie has named a new Native American advisor to the campaign. Tara Houska is a tribal rights attorney, as well as an environmental activist and a contributing columnist to Indian Country Today Media Network (ICTMN) In her new role, Houska, who is […]

A Dark Legacy: Hillary Clinton’s Role in the Mexican Drug War

Tweet Mexico, John M. Ackerman wrote recently for Foreign Policy, “is not a functional democracy.” Instead, it’s a “repressive and corrupt” oligarchy propped up by a “blank check” from Washington. Since 2008, that blank check has come to over $2.5 billion appropriated in security aid through the Mérida Initiative, a drug war security assistance program […]

Juan, CSO from Metro Tech High – Chicanos Por La Causa, Inc. [email protected]

Tweet Science and technology, combined with the arts has a great young advocate with Juan, who got inspired on his career choice by the role the arts had depicting science discoveries in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. “I saw Leonardo da Vinci’s science drawings and the work of the cartographers, and how scientists observed […]

“MCCARTHY AND BERNIE SANDERS” by Latino Activist SAL BALDENEGRO

Tweet Déjà vu: Bernie Sanders reincarnates Eugene McCarthy… Eugen-McCarthyPD_200As Yogi Berra noted, it’s déjà vu all over again. As it did forty-eight (48) years ago, the Democratic Party elite-establishment has declared war on its members, particularly the youth and their champion. The target in 1968 was Minnesota Sen. Eugene McCarthy. In 2016, the target is […]

Guatemalan Feminist Rapper Tearing Down Walls

Tweet By: Heather Gies TeleSUR spoke with Guatemalan hip hop artist, Rebeca Lane, about her music as a tool in the struggle for women’s empowerment. Rebeca Lane is a feminist rapper, poet, artist and activist based in Guatemala City whose art and resistance as a woman and an anarchist has been shaped by her country’s […]

Latin Grammy’s? Really? by Frank Mills Miranda

Tweet   I love my Latin Brothers and Sisters from around the globe and am deeply saddened when I hear of yet another plight effecting my beautiful people. As for the Latin Grammy’s I being Chicano (Mexican/American) was very excited about another award ceremony done on our name. However, when I quickly noticed the program […]