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FIERCE POLITICS with ALVARO HUERTA 11.01.24 – IT’S IMMORAL TO VOTE FOR TRUMP

It’s immoral to vote for Trump/Vance in 2024. While morality is neither universal nor absolute, my Mexican immigrant parents (from the same group of people that Trump and Vance deride) taught me, … [Read more...]

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November 1, 2024 by wpengine

FIERCE POLITICS WITH ALVARO HUERTA “RUDY AND ME: ODE TO A LIVING LEGEND”

I first met Dr. Rodolfo F. Acuña (“Rudy”) in Fall of 1986, as a UCLA undergraduate from East Los Angeles. It wasn’t in person. I met the famous author by reading his classic book, Occupied America: … [Read more...]

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November 13, 2021 by Tia Tenopia

FIERCE POLITICS with DR. ALVARO HUERTA

Photo Caption: Dr. Álvaro Huerta organizes legalize street vending event at Cal Poly Pomona (May 19 2016) “Four Ways to Support Latinas/os during the Pandemic and Beyond” The COVID-19 … [Read more...]

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March 27, 2021 by Tia Tenopia

FIERCE POLITICS with DR. ALVARO HUERTA 1.17.21 “THE WHITE NATIONALIST BARBARIANS STORM THE GATE(S) OF THE U.S. CAPITAL”

“The White Nationalist Barbarians Storm the Gate(s) of the U.S. Capitol” The white nationalist barbarians, aided and abetted by their Führer—President Donald J. Trump—stormed and entered the … [Read more...]

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January 17, 2021 by Tia Tenopia

FIERCE POLITICS WITH ALVARIO HUERTA 9.12.20 “ETHNIC STUDIES VICTORY IN CALIFORNIA”

“An Ethnic Studies Victory in California: ¡Si, Se Puede!” On August 7, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 1460 (ethnic studies bill) by Assemblymember Shirley Weber (D-San Diego). … [Read more...]

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September 12, 2020 by Tia Tenopia

FIERCE POLITICS with ALVARO HUERTA “AN OPEN LETTER TO GOVERNOR NEWSOM ON ETHNIC STUDIES”

June 24, 2020 An Open Letter to California Governor Gavin Newsom on Ethnic Studies Dear Governor Gavin Newsom: As one of the few tenured Latina/o faculty members at the California State … [Read more...]

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June 28, 2020 by Tia Tenopia

FIERCE POLITICS WITH ALVARO HUERTA 5.30.20 “JOE BIDEN:MY RED BRICK AND VICTORY IN 2020”

I predict that former VP Joe Biden will defeat Pres. Donald Trump, or the “Hustler-in-Chief,” in 2020. Biden can’t win, however, without our help. He reminds me of a fictional story that I’ve … [Read more...]

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May 30, 2020 by Tia Tenopia

FIERCE POLITICS with ALVARO HUERTA 5.10.20 “Brick-by-Brick: An Ode to My Mexican Mother, Carmen Mejía Huerta”

My late mother, Carmen Mejía Huerta, built her own home, brick by brick, in Mexico. Too poor to secure a piece of the “American Dream” in el norte, during the mid-1980s, while residing in East Los … [Read more...]

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May 9, 2020 by Tia Tenopia

FIERCE POLITICS with DR. ALVARO HUERTA 3.29.20 “TO SURVIVE CORONAVIROUS AMERICANS MUST LEARN FROM MEXICANS”

“To Survive the Coronavirus, Americans Must Learn from Mexicans” During the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis in the U.S. (and beyond), it behooves Americans to learn from individuals of Mexican … [Read more...]

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March 29, 2020 by Tia Tenopia

FIERCE POLITICS with DR. ALVARO HUERTA – 01.12.20 BARRIO WISDOM

Nietzsche warned me about gazing too long into the abyss, but I didn’t listen. It gazed back into me. After spending my early years with extended family in Tijuana (Baja California) and Hollywood … [Read more...]

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January 12, 2020 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA WORD – “TRUMP: MAKING AMERICA UNGREAT”

Dr. Alvaro Huerta is a professor of Urban and Regional Planning at California State Polytechnic University at Pomona. In his recent book, Defending Latina/o Migrant Communities in the Xenophobic Era … [Read more...]

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December 8, 2019 by Tia Tenopia

FIERCE POLITICS WITH ALVARO HUERTA 8.11.19 “THE MEXICAN: AN ENDANGERED SPECIES”

Mexicans have officially become members of an endangered or hunted species in the U.S. (I’m not referring to our enormous demographics, as we’ll continue to multiply in el norte—where individuals of … [Read more...]

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August 11, 2019 by Tia Tenopia

FIERCE POLITICS with DR. ALVARO HUERTA “THE WAY OF LEO: 5 LESSONS OF ACADEMIC MENTORSHIP”

I have been practicing academic mentorship since I was a 17-year-old freshman at the University of California, Los Angeles (many moons ago). Once accepted into UCLA, I started to mentor high school … [Read more...]

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June 29, 2019 by Tia Tenopia

FIERCE POLITICS with DR. ALVARO HUERTA 01.26.19 “MR. PRESIDENT , WE DON’T NEED YOUR STINKING WALL.”

As of January 20, 2019, the United States government remains partially shutdown for one month due to President Donald J. Trump’s insistence of $5.7 billion from Congress to fund his racist and … [Read more...]

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January 26, 2019 by Tia Tenopia

FIERCE POLITICS with DR. ALVARO HUERTA 1.20.19 “BRIEF HISTORY NOTES ON MEXICAN IMMIGRATION TO THE US”

The historical ties of Mexican immigrants to the U.S., specifically the Southwest, distinguishes people of Mexican origin from other immigrant groups, especially those from Europe. While Mexican … [Read more...]

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January 19, 2019 by Tia Tenopia

FIERCE POLITICS with DR. ALVARO HUERTA “REMEMBERING LEO ESTRADA” 01.12.19

In November, the urban planning community in general and Latina/o community in particular experienced a devastating blow with the death of Leo Estrada. As one of the few Latina/o urban planning … [Read more...]

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December 24, 2018 by Tia Tenopia

FIERCE POLITICS with ALVARO HUERTA 5.13.18 “LATINA/O POLITICS IN THE RACIST ERA OF TRUMP”

President Donald J. Trump represents an existential threat to immigrants in the United States. Trump’s immigration rhetoric and policies consist of racist, xenophobic, enforcement-only and … [Read more...]

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May 20, 2018 by Tia Tenopia

FIERCE POLITICS with DR. ALVARO HUERTA 4.22.18 “I AM NOT YOUR WETBACK.”

I Am Not Your “Wetback” “Anti-Mexicanism is a form of nativism practiced by colonialists and their inheritors. —Dr. Juan Gómez-Quiñones (2017) To borrow—more like steal—from the great James … [Read more...]

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April 21, 2018 by Tia Tenopia

FIERCE POLITICS with DR. ALVARO HUERTA 1.28.18 “NO DEAL ON “S—HOLE” BORDER WALL!

If Democratic leaders make a deal with President Donald J. Trump on his "s---hole" border wall, they will secure his re-election in 2020. (Here, I’m borrowing a word, "s---hole" or “shithole,” from … [Read more...]

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January 26, 2018 by Tia Tenopia

FIERCE POLITICS with ALVARO HUERTA 1.21.18 “DEMANDING A CLEAN DACA BILL, NOW!”

Democratic leaders should unite and stand firm against President Donald J. Trump—“Racist-in-Chief” and “Hustler-in-Chief”—and the complicit Republican leaders on passing a clean DACA bill. A clean … [Read more...]

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January 20, 2018 by Tia Tenopia

FIERCE POLITICS with DR. ALVARO HUERTA 8.27.17 “A CHICANA/O MANIFESTO”

A Chicana/o Manifesto on Community Organizing: Reflections of a Scholar-Activist As an urban planning and ethnic studies scholar with an extensive background in community activism—over the past … [Read more...]

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August 27, 2017 by Tia Tenopia

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BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO 5.23.25 – EMINENT DANGER

May 23, 2025 By wpengine

In 2012, in Puerto Rico there were 13,000 farms; in the recent agricultural census, between 8 and 10,000 farms are recorded; a substantial decrease in the figure reported for 2012. At present, the agricultural sector of the Puerto Rican economy reports approximately 0.62% of the gross domestic product, which produces 15% of the food consumed […]

BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO 5.23.25 MORE ON THE NEED TO GROW

May 23, 2025 By wpengine

The title of the documentary, The Need to Grow by Rob Herring and Ryan Wirick,  is suggestive. Its abstract character is enough to apply in a general and also in a particular way. The Need to Grow applies to both the personal and to so many individuals. At the moment, the need for growth in […]

BURUNDANGA DEL ZOCOTROCO 5.16.25 PELIGRO INMINENTE

May 15, 2025 By wpengine

Peligro Inminente En 2012, en Puerto Rico habían 13 mil granjas; en el censo agrícola reciénte se registran entre 8 y 10 mil granjas; una disminución sustantiva de la cifra reportada para 2012. Al presente, el sector agrícola de la economía puertorriqueña reporta aproximadamente 0.62% del producto bruto interno, que produce el 15% de la […]

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 5.23.25 MAYA BLUE EXHIBIT

May 23, 2025 By wpengine

Maya Blue Exhibit Incorporates the Artwork of Latino/a Artists A new exhibit, Maya Blue: Ancient Color, New Visions, at the San Antonio Museum of Art [SAMA], brings together for the first time pre-Columbian crafted clay figures, the art of Mexican modernist Carlos Mérida, and works by contemporary Latino/a artists Rolando Briseño, Clarissa Tossin, and Sandy […]

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