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Fri13Jun2008

Latina Teacher Fired for Teaching Students "How to Protest" and being "too Afro-centric"

I had to go outside my school system to learn about Puerto Rican history, activism and coalition building when I was about 17 years old. Now a Los Angeles English teacher is being told that her contract will not be... Read more »

Friday, June 13 2008 | 09:57 H

Tue03Jun2008

ICE'ing Out Our Promising Youth : Fresno Valedictorian to be Deported

While President Bush is busy talking about no child being left behind, his government is fine with leaving behind promising young people, by deporting them.Arthur Mkoyan's 4.0 grade-point average has made him a valedictorian at Bullard High School in Fresno... Read more »

Tuesday, June 03 2008 | 10:52 H

Mon02Jun2008

First Immigrant Safe Zone in a New York City Public School

Hillcrest High School in Jamaica, Queens, with over 3,500 largely immigrant students, became the first school to create protections and needed services to immigrant students to be able to access education without fear. This is an important grassroots achievement in... Read more »

Monday, June 02 2008 | 12:14 H

Mon28Apr2008

Colombian School Principal : No Pal to Two Lesbian Students

The following video and story via / Blabbeando horrified me. It shows Colombian high schoolers returning to school after a court decided that the two teenage girls were wrongly expelled for being lesbians. When the girls went back to register,... Read more »

Monday, April 28 2008 | 08:00 H

Tue22Apr2008

Doesn't the U.S. Need More Aerospace Engineers?

Or maybe not really so the country can spare a young man like this because his name is Juan. Via / The Mex Files... Read more »

Tuesday, April 22 2008 | 08:00 H

Thu10Apr2008

Teaching 'em Early : Texas Teens Sets Up Latino Classmates

I've been accused of teaching my children radical positions but someone should be asking what the parents of 13 year old Melanie Bowers, of Athens, Texas, are teaching her. Well actually what is society teaching her? After all, after hearing... Read more »

Thursday, April 10 2008 | 08:37 H

Thu03Apr2008

Emos and Pokemones Under Attack in Latin America

For those that still think that the criticizing of Latin American youth culture isn't political, haven't been paying attention. In Mexico recently, there has been an increase in attacks against Emos.A series of attacks on dyed-hair, eye-makeup-wearing emo kids began... Read more »

Thursday, April 03 2008 | 12:11 H

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