Category: Guest Voz
Guest Voz: Rodolfo Acuña — Illusion breeds disillusion, especially in politics
By Rodolfo F. Acuña LatinaLista I recently relented to pressure of a former student to go on Facebook. He persuaded on its usefulness as an organizing tool. Once I got on FB I could see that I could not break my classroom habits and I feared that I would come across as too preachy. The [...]
Guest Voz: Protecting Immigrant Women from Domestic Abuse
By Norma Espinosa Center for American Progress Over the past few months, the fight to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act, or VAWA, has been caught up in the perpetually stifling congressional environment. Passed in 1994 VAWA was intended to improve the criminal justice system by strengthening federal penalties for domestic violence offenders, training for [...]
Guest Voz: Rodolfo F. Acuña — Strength of Latino political core is not built on electing Latino officials
By Rodolfo F. Acuña LatinaLista The fitness exercise pilates, from my limited understanding of the exercise method, works on the principle of developing “a strong core or center (tones abdominals while strengthening the back), and improving coordination and balance.” The principle fascinates me because it can be applied to almost any endeavor. For example, when [...]
Guest Voz: Moral Authority, The Supreme Court and La Mordida
By Rodolfo F. Acuña LatinaLista Direct forms of political control are easy to figure out. For a time, laws and police agencies can keep things together. However, most institutions and societies depend on social control to deceive people into thinking that they live in a democracy. They use processes that socialize them into believing that [...]
Guest Voz: Supreme Court Asks Hard Questions at Oral Arguments Over Arizona SB 1070
By Ben Winograd Immigration Impact Almost two years to the day after Arizona enacted the notorious immigration law known as SB 1070, the Supreme Court heard arguments in what could be the first of many cases over the validity of the measure. Although most critics of the law have focused on its potential for civil [...]
Guest Voz: Rodolfo Acuña — Museums filter Latino history as much as preserve it
By Rodolfo F. Acuña LatinaLista Curators defend their institutional efforts toward historical accuracy – and some do make an effort. Yet this reform has been countered by the resurgence of what I call a “Daughters of the American Revolution” mentality.
Guest Voz: Equal Pay Matters for Latinas
By Vanessa Cárdenas LatinaLista As we observe Equal Pay Day, I cannot help but ponder the discouraging statistics on how much less women make compared to men, especially Latinas. In particular, I look at how the gender wage gap has affected my mom, a single working mother, and myself.
Guest Voz: New film about the life of Cesar Chavez contradicts his legacy by using non-union actors
By Lisa Mendoza* LatinaLista (Editor’s note: Lisa Mendoza is a pseudonym for the writer’s real name who wishes not to be identified.) “We know what unions have done for other people. We have seen it and we have studied and we have cherished the idea of unionism. We have seen the history and development of [...]
Guest Voz: Rodolfo F. Acuña: A History Lesson — Barrio for Sale
By Rodolfo F. Acuña LatinaLista Aside from the injustices in Arizona, i.e., the scraping of a highly successful education program, the evident war against Mexicans, and the nullification of the U.S Constitution, I was seduced to the struggle by David A. Morales’ “Three Sonoran” blogs in the Tucson Citizen.
Guest Voz: For New York, passing the DREAM Act recognizes state’s rich immigrant history
By Vanessa Perez Latina Lista Over 20 years ago, when my friend Ana was brought to this country at the age of three, her Mexican parents were pursuing the American Dream. Today, at 24, Ana is still chasing it. Against all odds, she recently graduated from the City University of New York (CUNY). After successfully [...]
