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When I was a teenage boy I did something a lot of teenage boys did, I saved up to buy a comic book.  Not just any comic book, but a first edition of the (now classic) “Batman, the Dark Knight Returns” graphic novel by Frank Miller. I knew ground breaking comic book art when I saw it, and I knew the book was a watershed title in the genre. I lo...

By Efrain Nieves & Victoria Cepeda In the hopes of incen­tivizing people to “get out” of unemployment and into the job market, some conser­vative politicians are proposing the reduction of unemployment benefits and granting corporate tax cuts instead. Take Utah and Florida for instance. The latter has proposed bill HB 7005 “that would e...

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According to state​healthfacts​.org,  27% percent of Latinos receive Medicaid which is the health program available to low income families, primarily children and people with disabilities. It is the largest source of funding for medical and health related services for low income families. What would happen if such a valuable resource would...

Nowadays, it has become increasingly popular to start a political argument by refer­encing the consti­tution and our forefathers. Not only is that a popular start to the back and forth, but it is often seen as an end to the discussion as well. As if our forefathers were so perfect in word and deed that any discussion beyond their original intenti...

I want to start off by saying one thing to Scott Walker the Governor of Wisconsin whose recent budget has put the collective bargaining rights of Wisconsin Public Sector workers in jeopardy…Thank You. In fact I’ll go one better, I also want to thank the Governor of Ohio and all the other State Governments out there that are attacking working p...

Written by Victoria Cepeda of Pa’lante Latino It was 1966 when Mexican-American civil rights activist Jesus Salas et. al. founded “Obreros Unidos”, an independent farm labor union, in Wisconsin. Their objective was to improve working conditions for migrant farm workers that traveled from Texas to Wisconsin yearly. They knew of a Wisconsin...

by Efrain Nieves The latest hot topic has become birthright citizenship. Opponents are coming out with their revision of the Amendment. Senators Rand Paul (KY) and David Vitter (LA) wants to deny babies born to undoc­u­mented immigrants automatic citizenship.  Their proposal, only babies born in the United States who have at least one parent who...

By Efrain Nieves It is bad enough CNN gave the Tea Party Express air time after Obama’s SOTU address and GOP Chairman Paul Ryan’s fear instilling rebuttal, but it is also off the wall inaccurate. Now, I am in no way an economic expert but I do know that a president who takes office will in no way stop the rising of unemployment within that...

By Efrain Nieves In the last 2 years Latinos have received much scrutiny from the Republican party, specif­ically from the grassroots group the Tea party. With immigration a focal point in many political debates, Latinos became the target of racial profiling, stereo­typing and fought for every equal right of citizenship as any proud American wo...