by Miguel A. De La Torre | Jun 21, 2006 | Opinion
For the past half millennium, racial and ethnic forms of economic oppression were normalized and legitimatized in the eyes of the overwhelming majority of Euroamericans, an entrenched understanding that found legal (eugenics was constitutional upheld by the U.S....
by Miguel A. De La Torre | May 25, 2006 | Opinion
“Then Gilead cut Ephraim off from the fords of the Jordan, and whenever an Ephraimite fugitive said, ‘Let me cross,’ the men of Gilead asked him, ‘Are you an Ephraimite?’ If he answered ‘No,’ they said, ‘Then say...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Apr 10, 2006 | Opinion
They come here to take away our jobs and use up our social services. They come in search of the American Dream hoping to find a better life for themselves and their families. These are the two most common answers given when asked why They cross the border. Yet, the...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Mar 22, 2006 | Opinion
We all heard of Abu Ghraib, where prisoners were sadistically abused by U.S. military forces. We were told by our government that these abuses were an aberration conducted by a few rogue soldiers who have sullen the good name of all Americans. Regardless of the spin...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Mar 20, 2006 | Opinion
Number of years since the U.S. invaded Iraq: 3. Number of U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq: 2,520. Number of those which were non-combat related: 552. Number of United Kingdom soldiers killed in Iraq (the next nation with the highest fatalities): 103. Number of U.S. women...