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Thu28Jun2007

Post Debate Thoughts : Latinos the Minority Minority to Pander To

22:28 H — Maegan la Mala

There is discussion here as to the debate/forum. Many issues were not covered or were barely touched upon. If this really was a forum aimed at the people of color community why were there no women's issues discussed? Sure these... Read more »

Topics: MBAPBSAllAmericaDem

Democratic Debate Ends with Darfur

22:19 H — Maegan la Mala

I think this is a legitimate issue because of the massiveness of it and the US willingness to intervene in other nations when it is convenient and highlights the trend of ignoring the killing of people of color if the... Read more »

Topics: MBAPBSAllAmericaDem

Democratic /debate : Right to Return / Outsourcing

22:10 H — Maegan la Mala

The language of the right to return is language that is used also in the debate surrounding Palestibe which is interesting. Is post Katrina NOLA occupied by as Obama refers to, by all these corporations with government complicity. Is outsourcing... Read more »

Topics: MBAPBSAllAmericaDem

Profiling and the Prison Industrial Complex

22:01 H — Maegan la Mala

These 30 second answers are leading to answers with zero substance. Basically what people are doing is the given, get rid of mandatory drug sentences but what is the focus on drugs, as if all POC are in jails and... Read more »

Topics: Justice - MBAPBSAllAmericaDem

Cold Hard Dinero

21:41 H — Maegan la Mala

Of course attacking Bush is the easy answer in terms of the question about the wealthy paying their fair share. The issue is about disparitiy and the why. Obama hit the nail on the head by making it a race... Read more »

Topics: MBAPBSAllAmericaDem - Money

And the Debate, I Mean Forum Continues on Education

21:26 H — Maegan la Mala

Joe Biden really needs to really stop using the word minority. Bill Richardson is so bored with the whole debate that he yawned right before it was his turn. I think its key that Richardson compared access to education to... Read more »

Topics: Education - MBAPBSAllAmericaDem - Politics - Washington DC

Live Blogging the All American Presidential Forum

21:07 H — Maegan la Mala

I'm currently in the Blackburn Center at Howard Univeristy lie blogging the PBS All American Forum (after some tech problems). I've already mentioned that the debate is based on the Covenant with Black America which makes me think that while... Read more »

Topics: MBAPBSAllAmericaDem

RBD's Christian wants to be a dad

17:05 H — Jennifer

Christian Chávez, the recently-outed member of bubble gum pop group RBD says he's so in love with his husband -- whom he wed in a ceremony in Canada -- that he's already thinking about having kids. Christian told People en... Read more »

Topics: Celebrities - Children - Chismes - GLBT - Mexico

Live from DC , It's Mala (and P.S. Immigration Reform was killed, again)

14:19 H — Maegan la Mala

I was on my way to Washington DC to cover the PBS All-American Presidential Forum (Democratic version), just as "comprehensive immigration reform" died, again. Not that I'm surprised, my coverage of the issue has been a series of "told you... Read more »

Topics: Immigration - MBAPBSAllAmericaDem - Washington DC

FARC announces death of 11 hostages, offers condolences

12:46 H — Jennifer

The Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) announced today that the 11 politicians that they had been holding hostage for 5 years have been killed. The Web site of the left-wing news agency ANNCOL carried a statement purportedly from the... Read more »

Topics: Colombia - Latin America - Politics - Society