by Miguel A. De La Torre | Jun 11, 2007 | Opinion
Racial reconciliation can never be confused with the white dominant culture shedding crocodile tears while offering deep felt apologies. Unfortunately, this has been the pattern employed by my denomination, the Southern Baptist Convention. In 1845 Southern Baptists...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | May 7, 2007 | Opinion
Imagine you are part of a group of concerned citizens frustrated with Congress placing timetables on the military spending bill. Your group of mainly white, middle- and upper-class residents decides to hold a rally, partly to protest Congress’ recent actions but...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Apr 25, 2007 | Opinion
Poor Alberto Gonzalez. President Bush’s embattled attorney general is fighting alone for his political survival. Although he is a Latino, the silence of support from the Hispanic community is deafening. Yet few are asking why the Latina/o community doesn’t...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Apr 16, 2007 | Opinion
I am honored today to participate in a press conference in our nation’s capitol. Basically, I, along with several hundred clergy from around the nation, gather to urge Congress to pass two pieces of legislation before them: the hate-crime bill and the Employment...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Apr 9, 2007 | Opinion
Just as First World conditions exist among the elite in the Third World, Third World conditions exist in the First World. According to data released from the Internal Revenue Service, the share of U.S. income in 2005 that went to the top 1 percent of Americans...
