EDITORIAL:
In April of 1999 La Prensa San Diego wrote an editorial with the headline “City of San Diego: Minority Contractors Not Welcomed!” This was after the passage of the Prop. 209, which dismantled Affirmative Action in the State of California and after the Association of General Contractors winning their court challenge on the way the [...]

By Rudy Ruiz

 Is it more than coincidence that what sparked a Congressman to yell at a black president were his feelings about brown immigrants?
 The evidence is circumstantial, but the same might have once been said about the tip of the iceberg that sank the Titanic.
 In the midst of President Obama’s speech to Congress on health [...]

Por José R. Uzal

 El cantautor colombiano Juanes recibió permiso del Hillary Clinton, Secretaria de Estado, para que él y los ciudadanos esta-dounidenses que viajen con él vuelen a La Habana sin repercusiones al regresar. Timothy Geithner, Secretario del Tesoro le dio permiso a Juanes para sacar todo el dinero que fuese necesario para viajar, pagar [...]

By Douglas E. Schoen

 Despite the skepticism of many Democrats, genuine bipartisanship on healthcare reform is not only still possible, but is probably the only way to get major reform passed.
 Support for reform is certainly dwindling.  A recent NBC poll found that just 41 percent of Americans support the Presidents’ healthcare proposals, while 42 percent think [...]

September 15, 2009
Dear Chancellor Reed and Honorable Trustees: Let me respectfully introduce myself. My name is Gracia Molina de Pick, and I am a Commissioner for the Human Rights Commission for the City of San Diego. I am a nation-wide lifelong advocate for education as a human right for all persons, and I am a respected [...]

From the Middle Down
 As a native Southern California, a veteran of the Korean conflict and a good countryman, I would like to help the suffering economy in our country. I am speaking of our prison system and the cost of housing these prisoners.
 I am speaking of releasing the foreign prisoners who have a release date. [...]

Por Maribel Hastings
America’s Voice
 El congresista republicano de Carolina del Sur, Joe Wilson, aparentemente creyó que se encontraba en uno de los foros públicos o town halls sobre la reforma de salud cuando le gritó ¡Usted Miente! al presidente Barack Obama cuando éste trataba de aclarar todas las mentiras que se han dicho en torno a [...]

 By Gustavo Arellano

 We gabachos get differing reports regarding the Reconquista. Some say it’s a genuine movement, well underway. Others claim it’ll never happen, but that it’s useful as a slogan that both antagonizes white America and energizes young Mexicans. Let’s say for now that it’s a genuine movement destined for success.  What would victory look [...]

By John Philip Wyllie

 Last year Bonita Vista High School’s field hockey team finished with an 11-9 record. That was good enough for second place behind the Hilltop Lancers and good enough for a CIF playoff berth, but it wasn’t good enough for coach, Ernesto Luna. This year the Barons are shooting for a league title [...]

History in the Making
By Steve Galindo III
The times in which we are living in have undeniably been difficult for everyone, but perhaps nobody has been tested and tried more than the Latino people. In the past year, we Latinos have seen many things. We have seen discrimination firsthand in the form of racially motivated checkpoints, [...]

Mexico’s #1 Fighter Juan Manuel “Dinamita” Marquez to Follow in the Footsteps of Mexican Warriors In and Out of the Ring
 On September 16, 1810, Mi-guel Hidalgo y Costilla, a well-respected Mexican priest, rang a bell at his small church calling Mexican fighters to arms. This began the Independence War against Spain; thereafter marking September 16 [...]

Continúa Desarrollándose el Programa Via Libre
Por: Paco Zavala
 El programa instituído por el Instituto Municipal de Arte y Cultura de Tijuana, B.C., denominado “Vía Libre”, continúa desarrollándose con mucho éxito, en su última edición del pasado domingo 13 de septiembre, se presentó un programa muy completo, el cual estuvo constituído por: “Paseo, Desfile y Exhibición de [...]

Discover the artist in you…
By Al Carlos Hernandez

 Deep down inside, everyone has a hidden artistic talent or a proclivity for the esoteric. Some of us play musical instruments, others act, DJ, cook, decorate, design, master the spoken word, dance, tell wonderful stories, and/or make people laugh.
 While exercising my artistic chops I’ve realized that it feels [...]

By Mariana Martinez
 In this day and age where residents of both Californias are learning to live on a budget, a new art festival comes to Tijuana and San Diego in search of giving everyone a change to enjoy art no matter what age or wallet size.
 Interzone Tijuana Festival comes alive for the third year, and [...]

Por Mariana Martinez

 En esta época en que los habitantes de ambas Californias están aprendiendo a vivir con menos dinero, llega a Tijuana y San Diego un festival que busca divertir a todos, sin importar el grosor de las carteras o su edad.
 El Festival Tijuana Interzona contará con más de 40 ac-tividades artísticas totalmente gratuitas en [...]

Por Enrique Davis Mazlum
 Ya pasaron 199 años desde que inició el movimiento por la Independencia de nuestro país. Desde que somos bebés todos hemos celebrado el día de la Independencia o Grito – como también es conocido – el día 15 de Septiembre de cada año. ¿Pero sabemos por qué? En realidad creo que muchos [...]

By Kent Paterson
Frontera NorteSur
On the front line of the so-called drug war, the border city of El Paso will be the site of what could be a lively, timely exchange of opinion and analysis of four decades of narcotics control strategies in the Americas.
Convened by faculty from the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), [...]

Por Enrique Davis Mazlum
Muchos estarán escribiendo y comentando sobre el paquete económico y las cuatro medidas del Presidente Felipe Calderón para solucionar la crisis económica que enfrenta nuestro país. Yo haré lo mismo pero de una forma muy sencilla, de bote pronto y sin rollos.
 La primera medida es la eliminación de tres secretarías y sus [...]

By Augie Bareño

 My mother, in her New Mexico wisdom, would always have a saying (dicho) that could succinctly describe the human condition. They ranged from “Dime con quién andas y te diré quién eres,” which means, tell me who your friends are and I can figure you out,” to the infamous “Lámpara de la calle, [...]

Pearl Quiñones to be honored by Denver Latina Chamber of Commerce
 The Denver Latina Chamber of Commerce has named Sweetwater Union High School District Board Member Pearl Quiñones a Latina Trail Blazer in education.
 Each year, the Latina Chamber Foundation, State Farm Insurance and the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce pay tribute to women who have paved [...]

 Step back in time and explore the history of youth culture with researcher, author and lecturer Luis Alvarez at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 18, with a unique Evening with the Experts presentation at San Diego Miramar College.
  Alvarez, an associate history professor at the University of California San Diego, has focused extraordinary research and [...]

Statewide small business stimulus program returns to San Diego County
 On Sept. 29 Escondido will be the sixth stop in a 15-city, California tour aimed at increasing small business readiness to access stimulus-funded contracts through President Obama’s Economic Recovery Plan.
 The program, Stimulus Opportunities for Small Business, is free for participants and will be presented by California [...]

 Small business ownership is becoming a very attractive option for employment in this rough job market. And at the Southwestern College Center for International Trade Development (CITD) we have developed a free online training program for people aged 14-27 to help them explore the opportunities of owning their own business. It is called the Young [...]

 
Members of the San Diego Girl Scouts joined Safeway’s Bright Green Clean Team on September 12 and spent a few hours at the Westfield Horton Plaza in an effort to help spruce up the popular mall.
 The scouts used the BRIGHT GREEN all-purpose cleaner on railings, benches, trash receptacles, signage and other items that get a [...]

LA COLUMNA VERTEBRAL
El Soporte Informativo Para Millones de Hispanos
Por Luisa Fernanda Montero
 Bien dice el viejo refrán que más vale prevenir que lamentar, por eso, aunque todo parece indicar que la vacuna contra la gripa H1N1 estará a disposición del público estadounidense en octubre, es indispensable tomar las precauciones del caso.
 La gripa, que amenaza con propagarse [...]

By Pablo Jaime Sáinz
 When Francisco Urtasun holds a can of tuna in his hands, it takes him back to his childhood, growing up as the son of cannery workers.
 As he reflected back to those early years he said he is really grateful for all the work he knows went into putting that tuna into that [...]

By David E. Hayes-Bautista
New America Media
 Celebrating Mexican Independence Day on Sept. 16 is an old American tradition, one that stretches back nearly two centuries, including during the American Civil War. During that terrible period, two sister republics—Mexico and the United States—were fighting for their very survival. The idea of a democratic government, one that derived [...]

Después de diez años se culminó con éxito el proyecto de expansión de ocho millones de dólares, para que familias de bajos recursos cuenten con renovada y moderna clínica comunitaria que atenderá más de 40 mil pacientes  al año.
Por America Barceló Feldman
 Más de mil líderes comunitarios, patrocinadores y mandatarios de San Diego se preparan junto [...]

After ten years, the expansion project costing eight million dollars for a new modern community clinic was successfully completed, and will now serve more than 40 thousand patients a year.
By America Barceló Feldman
 Over one thousand community leaders, sponsors, San Diego dignitaries and numerous Family Health Centers of San Diego are preparing to celebrate the completion [...]

Congressman Bob Filner recently presented an American flag to Castle Park High School students, teachers, and administrators in Chula Vista in honor of the school’s pursuit of academic excellence. Pictured here with the Congressman is Castle Park Principal, Diego Ochoa, and students from teacher Casey Pakingan’s AP Government class.