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Music doesn’t define a people…but a people that define music

By Frankie Firme

    Chicano music…means a lot of different things to a lot of different people.

    To generic “Hispanics” (in particular, those 40 to 60-year-olds who used to be Chicanos, LOL), they figure, “OK…I’ve heard a little El Chicano, Tierra, Malo, Los Lobos, and Santana…I’m grown up now…so what’s the big deal?”

<p><strong>Washington</strong><strong> DC Bureau</strong></p>
<p><em>Editor’s note: This article was reprinted with permission from the Washington DC Bureau, a nonprofit news service focused on the environment and national security. </em></p>

México del Norte
Por Jorge Mújica Murias

…dudo que se acabe la rabia. Murió Osama Bin Laden, o eso dijo el presidente Barack Obama, y es obligado hablar del tema en esta columna.

    Es obligado porque el tal señor nos causó, y aquí me refiero tanto a los Estados Unidos de Norteamérica como país como a los residentes de México del Norte, uno de los peores sinsabores de la historia, con aquello de que sus acciones resultaron en que nosotros éramos, todos, sospechosos de ser terroristas por ser extranjeros.

    On March 8th something historic will happen in Mexico. Following a three-day trek from the south, thousands will gather in Mexico City to protest a U.S.-supported militarized drug war that has cost nearly 40,000 lives in just four years.

    To help meet the demand for more college graduates to help drive California’s economy, Assembly Higher Education Chair Marty Block (AD-78) has authored legislation to look at alternate ways to help students achieve a baccalaureate degree. AB 661 would allow Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District and San Mateo County Community College District to establish baccalaureate degree pilot programs in subject areas where the workforce need is high. Yesterday, AB 661 cleared the Assembly Higher Education Committee without any no votes.

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LA COLUMNA VERTEBRAL
El Soporte Informativo Para Millones de Hispanos
Por Luisa Fernanda Montero

    Mientras la pobreza, la violencia y la desesperanza continúan alimentando los flujos migratorios  hacia Estados Unidos, el panorama de aquellos que esperan una reforma migratoria integral, que saque de las sombras a los millones de inmigrantes indocumentados que viven y trabajan en este país, no es nada alentador.