by Miguel A. De La Torre | Jan 5, 2011 | Opinion
Democrats’ spineless attempts to pass comprehensive immigration reform when they controlled the Congress – coupled with the prevailing racist Latino-phobia demonstrated by incoming Republican House committee chairs – mean that Latinas and Latinos will be facing...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Dec 16, 2010 | Opinion
Yes, elections do have consequences – and for Hispanics, those consequences are negative. The House going Republican is devastating for Latino and Latina constituents. The recent announcement of committee chairs for the 112th Congress clearly indicates that the new...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Nov 17, 2010 | Opinion
“Remember to keep the Sabbath day holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work. The seventh day is a Sabbath to Yahweh your God, you shall do no work that day” (Exodus 20:8-10). How many times have you sat during a service only to hear some minister...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Oct 21, 2010 | Opinion
As the midterm election draws near, the rise of “strict constitutionalists” threatens centuries of democratic advancements. A romanticized interpretation of the Constitution works against the very interests of many middle-class Tea Partiers, whose rhetoric...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Sep 16, 2010 | Opinion
The high levels of Islamophobia expressed in vandalizing mosques, the debate over building a center in New York and the canceled burning of Qurans in Florida have led many pundits to misquote and misrepresent what’s in the Quran. I have heard people say that the...
