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Deconstructing the Immigration Truth
By: Daniel Nardini Recently I viewed a video put out by the John Birch Society. The video, “Trespassing Allowed,” dealt with the issue of immigration and the undocumented (“trespassing” in… Read more
Georgia’s Harvest of Sorrow
By: Daniel Nardini Be prepared to pay more for blueberries and Vidalia onions. They will cost more come 2012. Georgia’s state immigration law is now taking its toll in an… Read more
The Lone Wolf?
By: Daniel Nardini Anders Behring Breivig, the man who murdered 77 people in Norway, will soon go to trial for his mass killings. If convicted he could face life imprisonment…. Read more
The Fifth Degree for Food Stamps
By: Daniel Nardini New York City Council member Christine C. Quinn has called for an ordinance to be passed tracking the costs of fingerprinting those who apply for food stamps…. Read more
The War-mongering President
By: Daniel Nardini Just as the civil war in Libya is sort-of finished (well, not really), now U.S. President Barack Obama is putting 100 “advisers” into Uganda to “help” in… Read more
Gutting Medicaid for Latinos
By: Daniel Nardini While the United States is in the middle of two wars and getting involved in two conflicts (Libya and Uganda), the U.S. Congress is considering cutting funding… Read more
Tania Leon
By: Daniel Nardini [We continue our Hispanic Heritage Month series on Latino composers with the Cuban American composer Tania Leon] Tania Leon is a Cuban American composer, conductor and lecturer…. Read more
Forbidden Hawaiian Island
By: Daniel Nardini Imagine a place anywhere in the United States where there are no computers (certainly no Internet), no TVs, no radios, no cars, no trains, no electricity, no… Read more
Finding the Sacred Kings of Tenochtitlan
By: Daniel Nardini Recently archeologists in Mexico City have unearthed a stone ceremonial platform that was used to cremate the dead kings of the Aztec Empire. The sacred platform was… Read more
Unable to Marry the One You Love
By: Daniel Nardini One day you meet that someone special (in this case I am talking about a man and a woman). You get to know them, you live with… Read more »