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Racism and the Myth of a “Victim Mentality”
Friday, 12 Mar, 2010 – 6:00 | No Comment
Racism and the Myth of a “Victim Mentality”

Tim Wise: It’s a common argument, made by those who would rather ignore or finesse the problem of racism in America. If you can’t argue the facts, never fear, just suggest that certain facts are too dangerous to be spoken. The possibility that persons of color might adopt a victim mentality once they learn the extent of racism, means we simply have to move on, and tell those who are, as a matter of fact, often the victims of injustice not to dwell on their experiences too much, lest their commitment to self-help be vitiated.

Bet on Barbara Boxer in November
Saturday, 6 Mar, 2010 – 6:00 | No Comment
Bet on Barbara Boxer in November

Randy Shaw: The media always promotes Republicans like Campbell or John McCain who are reactionary and corporate-owned on most issues but have a few stands that are common to Democrats. This makes them “mavericks,” and allegedly shows they can appeal to Democrats.

LA Progressive: October 11 to 17, 2009
Sunday, 18 Oct, 2009 – 1:00 | 2 Comments
LA Progressive: October 11 to 17, 2009

This weeks’s articles in the LA PROGRESSIVE

Hispanic Heritage Month: Watching Latino Politics Disappear
Wednesday, 30 Sep, 2009 – 16:13 | 2 Comments
Hispanic Heritage Month: Watching Latino Politics Disappear

This exclusion of Latinos from the health debate, and from all public policy issues other than immigration, is neither coincidence nor accident. It is part of the same strategy that sees Latinos excluded from the cable political news shows, and from the Sunday interview shows on the traditional networks.

Second Chance for Michael Vick and Other Ex-Felons
Thursday, 3 Sep, 2009 – 15:09 | 3 Comments
Second Chance for Michael Vick and Other Ex-Felons

But there are thousands, no, millions, of everyday people who have served their time and paid their debt to society, yet they can’t get a minimum wage job flipping burgers. They need a second chance just to survive.

Why Sotomayor Shouldn’t Have to Apologize for Being Proud of Her Ancestry
Monday, 10 Aug, 2009 – 15:19 | One Comment
Why Sotomayor Shouldn’t Have to Apologize for Being Proud of Her Ancestry

The First Lady and Sotomayor’s families and communities maintained their dignity, ambition and strength during difficult times. That these women retained their ethnic pride, as did most people in the communities, should not come as a surprise.

LA Progressive: 26 July to 1 August 2009
Sunday, 2 Aug, 2009 – 7:45 | No Comment
LA Progressive: 26 July to 1 August 2009

A Teachable Moment: Police Authority and Racism. President Obama was right the first time when he said the police acted stupidly, because they should know better. It’s unfortunate that the president found it necessary to …

Blacks and Latinos Hit Harder in Hard Times
Friday, 31 Jul, 2009 – 7:45 | No Comment
Blacks and Latinos Hit Harder in Hard Times

Unemployment is and always has been much higher in Black and Latino communities. But the gap has widened during this recession. In fact, Black unemployment is nearly double that of Whites, while Latinos are unemployed at a rate one-third higher than their White counterparts.

As Labor Faces Turning Point, UNITE HERE National Convention Opens
Monday, 29 Jun, 2009 – 13:00 | No Comment
As Labor Faces Turning Point, UNITE HERE National Convention Opens

UNITE HERE, best known for its Hotel Workers Rising campaign and successful organizing of the nation’s gaming industry, opens its national convention in Chicago today. When the event was scheduled, it seemed a perfect occasion …

Savage Blames Immigrant ‘Gang-Bangers’ For ‘Destroying California’
Wednesday, 24 Jun, 2009 – 5:33 | One Comment
Savage Blames Immigrant ‘Gang-Bangers’ For ‘Destroying California’

Yesterday, Media Matters highlighted statements made by “shock-jock” radio host Michael Savage on his Friday show in which he lashed out at immigrant “gang-bangers” for “destroying California.” Savage, whose inflammatory rhetoric recently got him banned …

Immigration Report Highlights Bush Administration’s ‘Flagrant Disregard For Rule of Law’
Tuesday, 23 Jun, 2009 – 16:50 | One Comment
Immigration Report Highlights Bush Administration’s ‘Flagrant Disregard For Rule of Law’

Two years after the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) swept up and detained thousands of workers from six meatpacking plants across the country during one of the nation’s largest immigration raids, a new report …

To the Fathers Who Lost Their Child
Friday, 19 Jun, 2009 – 17:31 | No Comment
To the Fathers Who Lost Their Child

I was hoping they would cancel Father’s Day this year, mostly because my son Ezra Malik died.
He was my baby boy, and he died the day before he was born, in a hospital in August …

Another U.S. Citizen ‘Accidentally’ Deported
Friday, 19 Jun, 2009 – 8:19 | One Comment
Another U.S. Citizen ‘Accidentally’ Deported

Earlier this month, U.S. citizen, Irving Palomo, was detained and put in a van headed for Mexico due to an ICE mix-up.
A few months ago Mark Lyttle, a U.S. citizen who suffers from mild retardation, …

Affirmative Action the Chicago Way
Saturday, 13 Jun, 2009 – 8:25 | No Comment
Affirmative Action the Chicago Way

Apparently there were no qualified Mexican Americans out of the 600 applicants for the job of Chancellor of the University of California, Davis (UCD). So the Regents, in their wisdom, chose Linda Katehi, a …

Department of Homeland Security Suspends “Widow Penalty”
Friday, 12 Jun, 2009 – 18:37 | No Comment
Department of Homeland Security Suspends “Widow Penalty”

This week, the Obama administration took another step toward restoring fairness and humaneness to the immigration system.  On Tuesday, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano announced that she would grant a two-year reprieve …

Beck Decries ‘Empathy’ For ‘Anchor Baby Thing’
Thursday, 11 Jun, 2009 – 18:23 | No Comment
Beck Decries ‘Empathy’ For ‘Anchor Baby Thing’

While railing about the Department of Homeland Security’s decision to temporarily halt the deportation of widows and widowers of U.S. citizens, Fox News’ Glenn Beck yesterday slammed “anchor babies,” the U.S.- born children of immigrants, …

Poor, Elderly, and HIV/AIDS Citizens to Die in California
Thursday, 11 Jun, 2009 – 6:48 | 5 Comments
Poor, Elderly, and HIV/AIDS Citizens to Die in California

In just under two weeks the state of California will go broke unless it makes deep cuts to its budget by eliminating spending on crucial programs to cover a $24 billion deficit. Among the programs …

Civil Rats Are Human Rats!
Wednesday, 10 Jun, 2009 – 18:00 | No Comment
Civil Rats Are Human Rats!

I watched the movie Gettysburg again the other day. It is one of my favorites because the producer was a Mexican American and it is about the real reasons why democracy exists. In …

The American InJustice System
Monday, 8 Jun, 2009 – 12:56 | No Comment
The American InJustice System

Per capita, the United States incarcerates more of its citizens than any industrialized nation in the world. Over 2.3 million Americans are living behind bars or under conditions where the state oversees their conduct.
Crime …

Prisoners’ Rights: An Oxymoron?
Tuesday, 2 Jun, 2009 – 12:28 | 2 Comments
Prisoners’ Rights: An Oxymoron?

More than 100 people of all races and all ages traveled to Watts from several California counties on Saturday May 30, sharing a single desire: Bring our loved ones homes. They weren’t talking about family …

A New Study Reinforces Growing Influence of Second Generation Latinos
Monday, 1 Jun, 2009 – 15:07 | No Comment
A New Study Reinforces Growing Influence of Second Generation Latinos

A new study by the Pew Hispanic Center shows that Latino children now make up 22% of all children under the age of 18 in the U.S.—a huge increase from 9% in 1980. A …

Sonia Sotomayor – A “Safe” or Visionary Pick
Sunday, 31 May, 2009 – 18:23 | No Comment
Sonia Sotomayor – A “Safe” or Visionary Pick

President Barack Obama has made his imprint on the history of the federal judiciary with the nomination of the first Latina to the United States Supreme Court. Federal Appeals Court Justice, Sonia Sotomayor, was at …

Local Police Report Makes the Case for Federal Enforcement of Immigration Laws
Saturday, 23 May, 2009 – 6:32 | No Comment
Local Police Report Makes the Case for Federal Enforcement of Immigration Laws

This week the Police Foundation issued a long awaited report, The Role of Local Police: Striking a Balance Between Immigration Enforcement and Civil Liberties. The Police Foundation found that because Congress has failed to …

Obama’s Controversial Two-Step Moves in Direction of Immigration Reform
Thursday, 21 May, 2009 – 6:00 | 3 Comments
Obama’s Controversial Two-Step Moves in Direction of Immigration Reform

After boosting border enforcement, the Obama Administration recently announced that it will also increase funding for a troublesome program started by George W. Bush. The controversial program gives Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) unregulated access …

Posters Show the Labor Movement At its Best
Saturday, 16 May, 2009 – 18:39 | No Comment
Posters Show the Labor Movement At its Best

When I receive a book for review, I quickly skim through it before putting it aside for future reading. But when I got Lincoln Cushing & Timothy W. Drescher’s, Agitate! Educate! Organize! American Labor Posters, …

Obama Budget Not a Replacement for Comprehensive Immigration Reform
Tuesday, 12 May, 2009 – 10:14 | No Comment
Obama Budget Not a Replacement for Comprehensive Immigration Reform

The Obama Administration appears increasingly poised to move forward on comprehensive immigration reform, as promised. Last Thursday, the White House announced budgetary initiatives that signal a change in priorities and pave the way for immigration …

Sheriff Joe Arpaio to Recruit and Arm Citizens, Neo-Nazis Have His Back
Monday, 11 May, 2009 – 6:50 | One Comment
Sheriff Joe Arpaio to Recruit and Arm Citizens, Neo-Nazis Have His Back

Rather than cleaning up his police department and addressing allegations of racial profiling and discrimination, Arpaio has decided to recruit and arm more Maricopa citizens in the absence of state funds. Back in April, …

The Decline (and Fall) of the G.O.P.?
Tuesday, 5 May, 2009 – 6:13 | One Comment
The Decline (and Fall) of the G.O.P.?

It’s hard to believe that less than five years ago George W. Bush won re-election, and the G.O.P. secured control of both the Senate and the House of Representatives. Since that time, the Republican Party …

Inside Joe Arpaio: Arizona Deputy Calls Him a Disgrace to the Department
Monday, 4 May, 2009 – 8:10 | 9 Comments
Inside Joe Arpaio: Arizona Deputy Calls Him a Disgrace to the Department

“It ain’t right,” the man with the soft, desert cowboy drawl says slowly into the phone. “These folks are human beings and he treats ‘em like swine. Well, actually, Joe treats everyone who ain’t white …

Anti-Immigrant Hysterics’ Swine Flu Blame-Game Generates Blowback
Saturday, 2 May, 2009 – 14:04 | One Comment
Anti-Immigrant Hysterics’ Swine Flu Blame-Game Generates Blowback

Jay Severin, a radical right-wing talk show radio host from Boston, has been indefinitely kicked off the air after making some brazen comments, including calling Mexicans “primitives” and “women with mustaches and VD” who “leech” …

Reflections on May Day
Friday, 1 May, 2009 – 9:36 | No Comment
Reflections on May Day

Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez of Democracy Now! sat down with Alex Sanchez of Homies Unidos and Janis Rosheuvel of Families for Freedom to discuss the nation’s immigration policy, its overall treatment of undocumented immigrants …

Low-Income Latinos and Immigrants Reported “Under Siege” in the South
Friday, 24 Apr, 2009 – 6:03 | No Comment
Low-Income Latinos and Immigrants Reported “Under Siege” in the South

This week, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) released a new report entitled “Under Siege: Life for Low-Income Latinos in the South.” SLPC report adds to the mounting evidence pointing to the harmful …

Lost to Progress: The Modernization of Los Angeles
Thursday, 23 Apr, 2009 – 22:07 | No Comment
Lost to Progress: The Modernization of Los Angeles

Opening May 2 to coincide with National Preservation Month, explore the controversial evolution of Los Angeles through the examination of three lost neighborhoods: Bunker Hill, Palo Verde (Chavez Ravine), and the original Chinatown. Lost to …

Open Veins of Latin America: Obama Should Read It!
Tuesday, 21 Apr, 2009 – 21:22 | No Comment
<i>Open Veins of Latin America:</i> Obama Should Read It!

During the recent Summit of the Americas, in Trinidad, President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela gave President Obama a copy of Open Veins in Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent, by Eduardo …

Human Rights Organizations Say Immigrants Caught in Detention Dragnet
Saturday, 18 Apr, 2009 – 11:54 | No Comment
Human Rights Organizations Say Immigrants Caught in Detention Dragnet

On any given day, more than 30,000 immigrants are detained in the U.S. More than 300,000 men, women, and children are detained by U.S. immigration authorities each year. ICE reported that the average …

Our House Is On Fire: Who Stopped the Presses?
Thursday, 16 Apr, 2009 – 14:30 | No Comment
Our House Is On Fire: Who Stopped the Presses?

Who stopped the presses? Obviously, it is a question that many are asking these days.
It is a bit sobering to witness the apparent demise of the newspaper industry. Not unlike dominoes, newspapers around …

Military Recruiters? Afghanistan?
Wednesday, 15 Apr, 2009 – 7:44 | No Comment
Military Recruiters? Afghanistan?

Is the military, with so many career paths open to graduating seniors, an option families really want their sons or daughters to grab on to?
Families need to know the real story and not just what …

Key Leaders Endorse National Labor Justice Campaign
Tuesday, 14 Apr, 2009 – 7:21 | One Comment
Key Leaders Endorse National Labor Justice Campaign

Among the many labor, community, and academic leaders backing the proposal are John Wilhelm, International President of the Hospitality Division of UNITE-HERE, Bishop Thomas J. Gumbleton, Archdiocese of Detroit, and the Reverend Alexia Salvatierra, Executive …

How to Combat Mexican Drug Cartels—Legalize Their Activities
Wednesday, 8 Apr, 2009 – 6:00 | One Comment
How to Combat Mexican Drug Cartels—Legalize Their Activities

While the U.S. superpower has meddled in many far-flung nations around the globe in the name of enhancing its security, as prior to 9/11, it has ignored a threat much closer to home. In recent …

Mexicans Choosing to Weather Economic Storm in Home Country
Monday, 6 Apr, 2009 – 10:06 | No Comment
Mexicans Choosing to Weather Economic Storm in Home Country

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has ordered reviews of many operational aspects of the immigration and border security system and has even delayed a series of proposed immigration raids and other enforcement actions …

Citizen Children Neglected and Deserted in Wake of Immigration Raids
Wednesday, 1 Apr, 2009 – 9:35 | No Comment
Citizen Children Neglected and Deserted in Wake of Immigration Raids

Miguel is a US citizen child who grew up in Minnesota like any other little American boy. But his parents are undocumented workers from El Salvador who worked at the Swift plant in Worthington, Minnesota. …

On Cesar Chavez’s Birthday, New National Farmworker Campaign Launched
Tuesday, 31 Mar, 2009 – 18:00 | One Comment
On Cesar Chavez’s Birthday, New National Farmworker Campaign Launched

When Barack Obama adopted “Yes We Can” as his campaign theme, he harkened back to the “Si Se Puede” rallying cry popularized by Cesar Chavez and the United Farmworkers of America (UFW). As we celebrate …

Beyond the Fields: Yes We Can!
Sunday, 29 Mar, 2009 – 8:30 | No Comment
Beyond the Fields: Yes We Can!

In spite of the victory we had on November 4th, the fight for social and economic justice in the United States is far from over. Barack Obama has emphasized the need for all of us …

Will Obama Be Influenced by the Latest Big Task Force on Latin America?
Wednesday, 25 Mar, 2009 – 13:16 | No Comment
Will Obama Be Influenced by the Latest Big Task Force on Latin America?

Barack Obama is no exception. Although overshadowed and largely ignored by the mainstream media due to the ongoing global economic crisis, the Washington-based Inter-American Dialogue presented its recommendations for Obama at a press briefing on March 10, in a reported entitled, A Second Chance: US Policy in the Americas.

New Americans: A Springboard for California’s Economy
Wednesday, 4 Mar, 2009 – 12:59 | One Comment
New Americans: A Springboard for California’s Economy

Earlier this year, the Washington Post reported that analysts across the country have been worried that the economic crisis has fueled an increase in hate groups and racist, anti-immigrant rhetoric.  With its large immigrant population …

Spending Money at Home Helps America!
Thursday, 12 Feb, 2009 – 9:44 | One Comment
Spending Money at Home Helps America!

I watched all the Sunday stuff on the telly today. Who was that old guy on the show saying that we should not be spending money on American schools, American students in college, or on …

How Jerry Brown Saved Chrysler and Why the Republicants Are Acting Un-American.
Wednesday, 4 Feb, 2009 – 12:51 | One Comment
How Jerry Brown Saved Chrysler and Why the Republicants Are Acting Un-American.

Have you noticed how since the Big O got elected America has lightened up? I mean all of a sudden its OK to be American. We are starting to see that we can laugh at …

An Inaugural Poem
Tuesday, 27 Jan, 2009 – 17:59 | No Comment
An Inaugural Poem

America is the greatest country in the world…
Or at least that’s what they tell me.
The greatest country?
Now, exactly what yardstick were you using just now?
Such a bold statement with such paltry evidence!
Sounds like the words …

Response to ACLU Racial Profiling Study: Los Angeles Police Department Never Met a Reform Report It Agrees With
Saturday, 17 Jan, 2009 – 7:25 | 2 Comments
Response to ACLU Racial Profiling Study: Los Angeles Police Department Never Met a Reform Report It Agrees With

The nation’s most abusive, and aggrieved law enforcement agency, the Los Angeles Police Department, is still “doin’ what it do” as it presented its response this week to a racial profiling study released to its …

Friday Feedback: Military Recruiters Target Poor, Not Just Blacks and Latinos
Friday, 26 Dec, 2008 – 6:32 | No Comment
Friday Feedback: Military Recruiters Target Poor, Not Just Blacks and Latinos

Every Friday the LA Progressive features a comment that was particularly noteworthy. This week we are featuring a comment submitted by Trevor in response to Sherwood Ross’s Pentagon Targets African-American and Hispanic Kids to Fight …

Why We Need to Revitalize the Union Movement
Wednesday, 17 Dec, 2008 – 6:00 | No Comment
Why We Need to Revitalize the Union Movement

Sixty years ago, in the wake of Nazi genocide and World War Two’s unspeakable atrocities, Eleanor Roosevelt crafted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This historic document, adopted by the United Nations on December 10, …

The Face of America
Thursday, 11 Dec, 2008 – 13:00 | No Comment
The Face of America

by Nadia Hajib –
I usually define myself as, first, a human being and a global citizen, committed to human rights for all. Second, a Palestinian Arab with American attributes. And third, a woman, conscious of …

Slavery, American Style, Must Go!
Saturday, 6 Dec, 2008 – 7:00 | One Comment
Slavery, American Style, Must Go!

Who says there are no slaves in America? The greatest domestic issue facing President-elect Obama is not the bailout of the bankers and insurers but the task of lifting tens of millions of hard-working American …

Friday Feedback: Combating the Current Hostile Climate for Gay Americans
Friday, 5 Dec, 2008 – 7:07 | No Comment
Friday Feedback: Combating the Current Hostile Climate for Gay Americans

Every Friday the LA Progressive features a comment that was particularly noteworthy. This week we are featuring a comment submitted by TJ Dietderich commenting on the ongoing struggle for marriage equality:

The Proposition 8 Debate: Are “Gay Riots” Really The Way To Sway The Black Community?
Thursday, 4 Dec, 2008 – 7:00 | 3 Comments
The Proposition 8 Debate: Are “Gay Riots” Really The Way To Sway The Black Community?

I’ve been watching this same-sex marriage debate for some time and, like most of my community, I’m deeply conflicted about it. As sexual orientation is a deeply personal matter, I chose to remain silent in …

End the War on Immigrants: Bringing It All Back Home
Wednesday, 26 Nov, 2008 – 6:00 | One Comment
End the War on Immigrants: Bringing It All Back Home

When the Bush administration came up with a special classification, “enemy combatant,” and a special site—Guantánamo—to put prisoners beyond the purview of human and legal rights, I had a shock of recognition. The trial run …

Latin America: Obama’s Opportunity
Tuesday, 25 Nov, 2008 – 14:00 | No Comment
Latin America: Obama’s Opportunity

Venezuela held regional elections on Sunday, 23 November, and opposition candidates made substantial gains against the governing party of President Hugo Chávez, winning at least five governorships (of 22), including the two most populous states …

Mayor Villaraigosa, Please Help Our Neighbors
Monday, 24 Nov, 2008 – 18:00 | 2 Comments
Mayor Villaraigosa, Please Help Our Neighbors

In Los Angeles Zipcode 90042, there are 385 families that may be evicted before the holidays. Of these, 211 live in bank-owned properties, 59 have homes that up for auction, and 115 have homes in …

Federal Precedent Provides Logic to Nix Prop 8
Monday, 17 Nov, 2008 – 18:00 | One Comment
Federal Precedent Provides Logic to Nix Prop 8

Brian E. Gray, writing for the Los Angeles Times, sees something cool: The long history of the battle for equality for all in this country includes many court fights — some that pro-justice forces have …

Latino Immigrants Played Key Role in Obama’s Red State Victories
Monday, 17 Nov, 2008 – 14:00 | No Comment
Latino Immigrants Played Key Role in Obama’s Red State Victories

Among the most overlooked stories this political season was the major impact of Latino voters in Barack Obama’s red state victories. While Latinos’ 67% support for Obama has gotten some attention, the media has largely …

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