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Fri09May2008

NYT Puts the Responsibility on the Community for Keeping Tabs on Immigrant Detainees' Deaths.

13:16 H.- The New York Times recently ran a story about how it tried and was trying to find out information about immigrant deaths in detention. The document that follows, "Detainee Deaths 2004-November 2007," is the government's fullest account to date of... Read more »

Topics: Immigration - Newspapers

Latino Book Month, May 9th, Mother's Day Weekend Pick : Paula by Isabel Allende

11:35 H.- I know, this is the second Isabel Allende book I picked this week, but as I was scanning my bookshelves this morning, I was searching for a book on motherhood and mother daughter relationships. Since my book isn't done yet,... Read more »

Topics: Books - Chile - History - Literature - Women

Have 7 Minutes : Then You Can Get the Democratic Primary

09:30 H.- Seems like this is a little Obama sided (and maybe even sexist towards Hillary Clinton) but funny none the less. Via / Culture Kitchen... Read more »

Topics: US Presidential Race 2008

Disturbing Statistic : San Francsico Has More Blacks in Jail than in the City

07:35 H.- The prison industrial complex is alive and well in San Francisco and it's using blacks as the raw material. In recent years the black population in the city of San Francisco has been decreasing, with one exception, prisons.More than 60... Read more »

Topics: Justice - Race - San Francisco

Thu08May2008

This Just Makes No Kind of Sense : Catching the Undocumented Leaving the U.S.?

15:44 H.- Is the anti-immigrant movement so desperate to up it's numbers of undocumented that they have resorted to catching undocumented immigrants when they are leaving the U.S. into Mexico? Seems so. SAN DIEGO -- U.S. border authorities no longer apprehend illegal... Read more »

Topics: Immigration - Politics

I Never Buy the American Book Review : But I Will and You Should Too!

13:30 H.- I never buy the American Book Review, but I'm going to make an exception for their latest issue and you should too! The current issue features Women of Color Publishing and contains the words of some blogger/writer hermanas! Just a... Read more »

Topics: Books - Literature - Magazines - Women

Action Alert : Write and Call to Protest Recent ICE Raids

11:26 H.- Yesterday I wrote about how ICE has upped it's antics by terrorizing schoolchildren and their parents in the Bay Area. Please call and write to protest these actions. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office 630 Sansome Street between Washington and... Read more »

Topics: Activism - California - Children - Immigration - Justice

Latino Book Month Thursday, May 8th Pick : Borderlands:la Frontera by Gloria Anzaldua

09:26 H.- This book changed my life. Borderlands: La Frontera, The New Mestiza by Gloria Anzaldua. The borderland referenced is this book is more than just one of geographical space, it is one of identity or language and struggling to survive while... Read more »

Topics: Activism - Books - Literature - Women

Wed07May2008

What are you Doing? Follow VivirLatino on Twitter!

13:28 H.- You can take VivirLatino with you! You can follow VivirLatino and all of our latest postings via Twitter. Begin following us via our Twitter Profile. ... Read more »

Topics: Internet - VivirLatino

Latino Book Month Miercoles May 7th Pick :Eva Luna by Isabel Allende

11:44 H.- I fell in love with Isabel Allende the summer before I went to Chile and I still lover her (although I enjoy her earlier works more than her later books). In Eva Luna, Allende weaved her story magic through the... Read more »

Topics: Books - Chile - Literature - Women

ICE Ups Their Scare Tactics by Targetting Elementary Schools

09:44 H.- Immigration and Customs Enforcement, better known as ICE, has upped it's scare tactics and now is resorting to terrorizing families by waiting outside elementary schools. Yesterday afternoon ICE agents parked outside Stonehurst Elementary School in Oakland, California. The agents did... Read more »

Topics: Children - Controversia - Education - Family - Immigration

Obama Wins North Carolina Primary, Clinton wins Indiana

07:44 H.- There were no big surprises coming out of yesterday's Democratic primaries, held in North Carolina and Indiana. Barack Obama won North Carolina easily (by 14 percentage points), and Hillary Clinton just barely won Indiana. Many have attributed Hillary's slight victory... Read more »

Topics: Indiana - North Carolina - US Presidential Race 2008

Tue06May2008

Latino Book Month Martes May 6th Pick :Faces and Masks by Eduardo Galeano

16:26 H.- My dear friend sent me Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano's Faces and Masks right after I gave birth, citing it as perfect nursing reading because of it's short chapters. The book is perfect reading in general because of it's scope. The... Read more »

Topics: Books - History - Latin America

The Face of Indiana Latinos

14:55 H.- According to a radio report on NPR yesterday, Latinos make up about five percent of the total population in Indiana. According to the same radio report, most of these Latinos are Mexican and Puerto Ricans. In 2003, Latinos represented 4%... Read more »

Topics: Indiana - US Presidential Race 2008

The Face of North Carolina Latinos

12:55 H.- North Carolina has the fastest growing Latino population in the country. According to the US Census, the Latino population in North Carolina has grown 394%, from 76,726 in 1990 to 378,963 in 2000.2 Latinos now make up 4.7% of the... Read more »

Topics: North Carolina - US Presidential Race 2008

Good Morning North Carolina and Indiana : You Have Primaries Today!

10:55 H.- No pressure to the voters in the Democratic Primaries in Indiana and North Carolina today, but according to the NYT, these two states "have more delegates up for grabs than any of the remaining contests". Do you know where to... Read more »

Topics: Indiana - North Carolina

Myanmar Morning Death Toll Over 22,000 : How Can we Help?

08:55 H.- Another nation is underwater, and with the rising waters come rising statistics of the dead. The most recent radio reports out of Myanmar following weekend cyclone Nargis, puts the number of dead over 22,000 and the number of missing over... Read more »

Topics: Myanmar

Mon05May2008

Ay Caramba! The I Hate Cinco de Mayo Stereotypes Post!

17:11 H.- Ever since VL started way back when, Jennifer and I have been complaining about Cinco de Mayo being misunderstood and misused as an excuse for half price margaritas. But this year seems to be especially special because my inbox has... Read more »

Topics: Culture - History - Marketing - Mexico

Latino Book Month Monday May 5th Pick : Loving in the War Years: Lo Que Nunca Paso por sus Labios

15:24 H.- As promised, in honor of Latino Books Month, I am choosing books by Latinos from my own bookshelf that I think are must reads. Today's book has changed lives. Cherrie Moraga's book Loving in the War Years: Lo Que Nunca... Read more »

Topics: Books - GLBT - History - Women

Bolivian Referendum Gives It's Largest State Autonomy Amidst Protests

13:49 H.- According to the most recent exit polls, a referendum in Santa Cruz, Bolivia has given that largest state autonomy from the central government. While supporters of the effort hit the streets to celebrate a victory, the election was colored by... Read more »

Topics: Bolivia - Politics

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