La Prensa San Diego

Commentary: By Raoul Lowery Contreras Not since the armies of the United States and Mexico chased Apache hero Geronimo all over Arizona and Northern Mexico has the United States paid much attention to Arizona until a car bomb killed a reporter who was investigating deep corruption of Arizona Republican politicians who were bought and paid [...]

Commentary: By Earl Ofari Hutchinson New America Media There was never much doubt that if the Supreme Court ever got a chance to decide the constitutionality of the health care reform law that it would be in for rough sledding from the court’s five conservatives. The three days of court questioning on the law more [...]

Commentary: By Rodolfo F. Acuña It has always been difficult to convince Anglo-Americans that they should know more about Latinos. It did not seem to matter to Anglos that their ignorance spawned stereotypes that damaged Mexican American children. Even after World War II and the Korean Wars when Mexican American proportionately received more Medal of [...]

Commentary: By Carmen Miranda On a little corner northeast of Escondido, behind the Escondido Humane Society, near East Valley Parkway, sits 1.5 acres of land leased by the Charros de Escondido equestrian group from the City of Escondido. Local Mexican-American cowboys have gathered there for over 40 years to practice and enjoy charreadas (Mexican rodeos), [...]

Commentary: By Marian Wright Edelman Thousands of people across the country have poured into the streets—from New York to Sanford, Florida—to demand justice for Trayvon Martin. Hundreds of thousands more stepped up to protest online. In response to the public outcry, the Sanford Chief of Police has temporarily stepped down and the state prosecutor has [...]

The Latino Vote Will Not Be Blindly Cast Commentary: By Sylvia Puente As Latinos are projected to make up nearly nine percent of the electorate in November —a 26 percent increase over the 2008 figure, according to NALEO-the buzz around the power of the Latino vote is warranted. There is the notion that the Latino [...]

Commentary: By Roberta Guise With March being Women’s History Month, now is the perfect time to celebrate and be guided by women thinkers whose ideas show us different ways of viewing and interacting with the world. As it is now, only 13.5 percent of guests on the influential Sunday morning TV network talk shows are [...]

Consolidated Water announces plans for a system serving Tijuana and the US Commentary: By Jose Lopez President, Otay Water District Board of Directors Water desalination is closer to becoming a reality for Otay Water District customers, and is a technology whose time has come. Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. (Consolidated), a company that develops and operates [...]

Perspective: By Ernie McCray I was sitting at a table at the Barrio Station, in San Diego’s Barrio Logan, next to a Chicana friend of mine, having a good time sipping the tastiest of whiskey sours while she nursed a smooth white wine. In the background the music that was being sung and played was [...]

Commentary: By Raoul Lowery Contreras This iconic chant was first heard in August, 1984, on the first night of the International Olympics in Los Angeles. I was 130 miles south sitting in Qualcomm Stadium watching the National League Champions-To-Be San Diego Padres pummel the Houston Astros. The chant started when fans looked up at the [...]

Commentary: By Marian Wright Edelman Every American citizen must have an equal right to vote. There is no reason which can excuse the denial of that right. There is no duty which weighs more heavily on us than the duty we have to ensure that right… The command of the Constitution is plain. There is [...]

Commentary: By Raoul Lowery Contreras The Mexican Presidential election of 2012 is this July. Mexican Josefina Vasquez Mota, the first woman nominated by a major political party for President of any country in North America dropped in on a reception in her honor the other day, I was there. Ms Mota is the fifty-something candidate [...]

Commentary: By Jessica Arons and Lucy Panza On Friday, February 10 the Obama administration released its final regulation implementing the preventive care provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Heeding the nonpartisan recommendations of the Institute of Medicine, the regulation will require all group and employer health plans, with the exception of some [...]

Commentary: By Wade Henderson This week’s 47th commemoration of the Bloody Sunday March of 1965 marks a new phase in the civil rights movement. It represents a turning point for people from all backgrounds, who are joining together, not only to remember our shared past, but also to fight for a shared future. It’s a [...]

Editor’s Note: In February, 2012, former San Diego City council person and judge, Larry Stirling wrote a commentary about Chicano Park, the US debt, and the political left, that was published in the San Diego Daily Transcript. After reading this commentary I felt offended by the mischaracterization and the lack of understanding of what Chicano [...]

By Gail Perez In the current climate of vicious political rhetoric, where women who testify in congress are “sluts,” and presidential candidates encourage us to bring back child labor, I suppose Larry Stirling’s red-baiting tirade against the restoration of the Chicano Park murals should come as no surprise. On a positive note, he challenges us [...]

By Maria Curry This is a very offensive attack to the Mexican-American community history and culture as well as to Mexico as a nation. History shows us that every time there is an economic crisis someone is blamed for it and in many instances minorities, migrants and other nations are the target. There is also [...]