Stories by James E. Garcia
Editor of PoliticoMagazine.com, former editor of San Antonio Current, will submit regular columns to us. (TH, 5/2/01)
Posted on Jan 25, 2002, Source: AlterNet
A local run of the show "Spic-A-Rama" and the minor stir it's caused among Latino friends and colleagues, has me thinking about the words and phrases I've used over the year to describe myself.
Posted on Dec 19, 2001, Source: AlterNet
As a testament of my devotion, I have a small statuette of La Virgen perched atop my computer.
Posted on Dec 5, 2001, Source: AlterNet
The documentary fluidly melds the trying experiences of Maria Guardado with broader, critical questions about the sometimes unsavory alliances that result when U.S. policy is implemented abroad.
Posted on Nov 6, 2001, Source: AlterNet
Why should we care more about redistricting? Because the decisions being made today about how to redraw electoral boundary lines could affect you for the rest of your life.
Posted on Oct 31, 2001, Source: AlterNet
As the eyes of the world focus on Afghanistan and the war against international terrorism, a single and horrific act of terror has played out in Mexico.
Posted on Oct 23, 2001, Source: AlterNet
To Latino immigrants, today's bad economic climate is a major threat, as low-wage jobs get eliminated and undocumented workers are threatened with deportation.
Posted on Oct 16, 2001, Source: AlterNet
While race has always been a potent force in American politics, the role it plays is evolving as Latinos overtake blacks as the nation's largest minority.
Posted on Oct 9, 2001, Source: AlterNet
In the days prior to the Sept. 11 attacks against the United States, President Bush had described the importance of U.S.-Mexico relations as crucial and unrivaled. Now at war, Bush's Mexico agenda has been put on a shelf.
Posted on Sep 25, 2001, Source: AlterNet
The blur of day and night. The tears. The gross reality. A son's unanswerable questions. Breathtaking bravery. Feeling ill, feeling empty. More and more tears.
Posted on Sep 18, 2001, Source: AlterNet
After the September 11 attacks, Latinos should stand in solidarity with Arab Americans. Unfortunately, a murder in Arizona shows that not all Latinos have.
Posted on Sep 12, 2001, Source: PoliticoMagazine.com
U.S. revenge on those responsible for Tuesday's tragedy will only widen the country's wounds and fuel hatred for America.
Posted on Sep 5, 2001, Source: AlterNet
Most Americans oppose amnesty for illegal immigrants, even though most immigrants come to the States to preserve the American way of life.
Posted on Aug 29, 2001, Source: AlterNet
A new movie savors Latino culture.
Posted on Aug 21, 2001, Source: PoliticoMagazine.com
The latest controversy in Florida is over the Latin Grammy awards being switched back to Los Angeles, for fear that anti-Castro Cubans would disrupt the show.
Posted on Aug 14, 2001, Source: PoliticoMagazine.com
Given closeness of last year's presidential election, both parties are looking hard at Hispanics as a critical swing vote for 2004 and beyond.
Posted on Aug 7, 2001, Source: PoliticoMagazine.com
The president has done much to court Latino-Americans even after the election, but the outreach consists of more pandering than substance.
Posted on Jul 31, 2001, Source: PoliticoMagazine.com
The U.S. imports more oil from Latin America than from the Persian Gulf. So it makes sense that Plan Colombia is as much about oil and trade as it is about drugs.
Posted on Jul 17, 2001, Source: AlterNet
My family has recently been selected as a Nielsen family. If they pay attention to our preferences, Thursday nights will feature Rodriguez and Cruz instead of Rather and Brokaw.
Posted on Jul 10, 2001, Source: PoliticoMagazine.com
Why, in a land desperate for heroes, do we belittle, wound and sometimes even kill our newest immigrants?
Posted on Jun 26, 2001, Source: PoliticoMagazine.com
How does a man go from being a super-radicalized, left-leaning iconoclast to working for Vincente Fox, a Mexican cross between Ronald Reagan and Lee Iacocca?
Posted on Jun 19, 2001, Source: PoliticoMagazine.com
President Bush says he cares about the people of Vieques, but his announcement to stop bombing there is more political ploy than heartfelt policy.
Posted on Jun 5, 2001, Source: PoliticoMagazine.com
In recent months, Vieques has become a magnet for celebrities, activists and politicians -- some of whom seem far more interested in getting their name dropped by the press than in keeping bombs from being dropped on Vieques.
Posted on May 29, 2001, Source: PoliticoMagazine.com
On May 19, more than 30 illegal immigrants crossed the U.S.-Mexico border, braving unbearable heat and desolation. How could they even consider such a journey?
Posted on May 22, 2001, Source: AlterNet
The deaths of Veronica Bowers and her daughter were tragic. But U.S. agents are regularly killing suspected South American drug traffickers before they are tried and convicted.
Posted on May 15, 2001, Source: AlterNet
President Vincent Fox's chief emissary to Mexicans living abroad wants his people to come back home.
Posted on May 8, 2001, Source: AlterNet
The Latino population's clout is growing in the U.S. -- as are wild delusions about their plans for the future.
Posted on May 1, 2001, Source: PoliticoMagazine.com
Immigrant day laborers are not a threat to the "American way of life." Willing to work hard to get ahead, they are its very embodiment.
