Malcolm X = Empowerment?

Here’s the latest: a Latina teacher is fired for being to “Afro-centric” in her teaching!  Because she tries to make up for the skewed history taught in most classrooms, her reward is termination-and don’t miss this-by her African American principal.  I realize that curriculum(s) must adhere to certain standards, but when a teacher is fired [...]

Single Mothers: Bush Strikes Again

Today Bush finally addressed the fact that Latino/a home owners are losing their homes/mortgages at an alarming rate. Statistics show that more Latino/as have lost their homes than Hurricane Katrina victims. So I guess it should come as no surprise that Bush has made a statement in which he empathizes with those folks that have [...]