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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 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 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

LATINOPIA WORD ALVARO HUERTA DEFENDING LATINA/O MIGRANT COMMUNITIES

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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August 18, 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 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 8.06.17 “RACIST POLICIES IN THE TRUMP ERA”

The "War on Immigrants": Racist Policies in the Trump Era President Donald J. Trump and his administration’s immigration agenda centers on draconian, enforcement-based policies and executive orders, … [Read more...]

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August 6, 2017 by Tia Tenopia

FIERCE POLITICS with DR. ALVARO HUERTA 5.07.17 “THE HUSTLER 2.O”

On September 15, 2016, in an essay titled “The Hustler: Trump and the Mean Streets of East Los Angeles,” I argued that then-presidential candidate Donald J. Trump was hustling the American public. … [Read more...]

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May 7, 2017 by Tia Tenopia

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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José Montoya is a renowned poet, artist and activist who has been in the forefront of the Chicano art movement. One of his most celebrated poems is titled “Pachuco Portfolio” which pays homage to the iconic and enduring character of El Pachuco, the 1940s  Mexican American youth who dressed in the stylish Zoot Suit.

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By Tia Tenopia on May 26, 2013

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