La Prensa San Diego

Editorial: For football fans this is a great weekend. The Super Bowl, in all its glory, features the New England Patriots versus the New York Giants. We continue to lament the fact that our San Diego Chargers didn’t even make the playoffs. But wait till next year! For political junkies the Republican presidential primaries have [...]

Commentary: By Darryl Lorenzo Wellington  Welcome to Black History Month. The idea originated with historian Carter G. Woodson, best remembered for having published “The Mis-Education of the Negro” in 1933. In it, Woodson argued, “The so-called modern education does others so much more good than it does the Negro, because it has been worked out [...]

  Commentary: By Juan Cartagena During the very first week of the new year of 2012 came news of the loss of Robert Carter and Gordon Hirabayashi, two giants in this country’s civil rights movement and two beacons of light for the Latino community. They died only one day apart. Gordon Hirabayashi is one of [...]

 Commentary: By Rodolfo F. Acuña Teresa Wiltz in America’s Wire writes that despite claims of increased educational opportunities for minorities that the performance of black and Latino teenagers remains the same or lower than 30 years ago. In fact, the math and reading performance of black and Latino high school seniors equal that of 13-year-old [...]

Comentario: Por Israel Ortega  Ha sido dicho anteriormente, pero tiene que repetirse. Los hispanos no son votantes preocupados por un solo tema. Esto, a pesar de la narrativa que la prensa hispana y el lobby hispano propagan. Los hispanos están preocupados por temas más allá del asunto migratorio. Esto fue recientemente confirmado en una encuesta [...]

Guest Editorial: By Arun Ramanathan New America Media  OAKLAND— Around this time every year, millions of parents in California are working through the school enrollment process. Unfortunately, while many don’t have a choice regarding what school their child will attend, those who do often find their options bewildering. My wife and I are both educators [...]

  Commentary: By Andrew Kordik For readers of history, it was not shocking when the Arizona Department of Education decided to close Tucson’s Mexican-American Studies program. In a debate on the popular news program Democracy Now!, Superintendent John Huppenthal defended his position, saying, “I want to make sure these students aren’t being indoctrinated . . [...]

Commentary: By Maria Cardona If you missed the press conference after the State Department announcement that the Keystone XL pipeline had been canceled, you missed a heck of a show. House Speaker John Boehner was mad. And the Republican lawmakers behind him were furious. Over and over, Boehner and the gang asked angrily “What happened?” [...]

Comentario: Por Maribel Hastings America’s Voice  MIAMI – Ambas campañas prometieron una lucha cuerpo a cuerpo y sin perder tiempo, los precandidatos a la nominación presidencial republicana, Newt Gingrich y Mitt Romney, se lanzaron dardos en su búsqueda del voto latino o más bien cubanoamericano de cara a las primarias republicanas del 31 de enero [...]

Accountability is a buzz word we hear all the time. That is why the voters passed a law that held politicians accountable when it comes to passing a real budget. Seems they don’t like that so they are suing so that next time they pass a crappy budget the State Controller won’t dock their pay… [...]

San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders gave his final State of the City last Thursday. Thursday is when this paper goes to print, which means we didn’t have an opportunity to comment in a timely fashion. For those who saw or heard his speech, his opening video montage played to the music of “Hells Bells” (a [...]

Commentary: By Rodolfo F. Acuña What is missing in the media’s coverage of the elimination of the Tucson Unified School District Mexican American Studies program is that students were learning and they wanted to go to school. I take this shutdown personal. One of the reasons I have stayed in education for over fifty-five years [...]

Comentario: Por Maribel Hastings America’s Voice  Con la primaria republicana de Florida en puerta, la primera que manifiesta ampliamente el cortejo del voto hispano del estado del Sol, no deja de sorprender que republicanos como Mitt Romney sigan pensando que la estrategia que aplican para apelar al voto cubanoamericano del Sur floridano es la estrategia [...]

Commentary: By Raoul Lowery Contreras Howls of laughter bounce off the walls in California’s capitol, Sacramento with the revelation of an exciting new criminal defense that follows the creative “Twinkie Defense” in San Francisco a generation ago that justified murder. The “tumor” defense of Democratic legislator Mary Hayashi bamboozled a judge enough to lower her [...]

TOT not fair to hotel owners Three years ago, the motel & hotel owners in Chula Vista voted to approve an amendment to the Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) of 2 1/2% (on top of the existing 10%) that persons staying in our motels/hotels would have to pay. It’s purpose was to “put more heads in [...]

 Opinion: By Yolanda Selene Walther-Meade, Ambassador of Our Greater San Diego Vision  Now through January 31 San Diegans have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to plan for the region’s future. Together, we can create a 50- to 100-year strategic vision and action plan for San Diego by weighing in on our priorities, hopes and concerns for this [...]

  Guest Editorial: By Randy Jurado Ertll If the Occupy movement is to succeed this year, it needs to become more diverse. The movement is predominantly composed of white low-income and middle-class individuals who are protesting to denounce corporate greed. Feeling frustrated due to the inequities in our economic system, activists have led months of [...]