Minorities Responsible For Violence On Minorities In Oakland

Minorities Responsible For Violence On Minorities In Oakland

Mary Mata October 26, 2011

It’s minorities who are most responsible for violence against minority Occupy Oakland protestors, according to a report about the violence at that action yesterday, which resulted in the arrest of […]

Immigration Agent: His Warrant Is His Genitalia

Mary Mata

Nashville, Tennessee residents were the victims of overzealous and perhaps unlawful policing when police there entered their homes to search without warrants. When asked for those warrants, one of the […]

When I Was Racially Profiled By LAPD Coming Home From School

Mary Mata October 12, 2011

It was not unusual for me to be enrolled in night school when I attended East Los Angeles College. Classes would go until 10 p.m. and the student body’s groans […]

Looking Past Mexican Violence Into The Future

Mary Mata September 25, 2011

By Zach Gonzalez & Arthur D. Soto-Vásquez A Mexican newspaper publisher of Grupo Reforma and professor at the University of Texas, Alejandro Junca De La Vega gave a speech Saturday titled, […]

Of Carne Asada, Crime And Family In East LA

Mary Mata September 21, 2011

The summer of 1988 was a memorable one in my neighborhood. We still lived in that yellow house on Bodie Street in East LA. The sun still managed to leave evidence […]

Rep. Luis Gutierrez Demands Apology From Governor

Mary Mata September 16, 2011

El Gallito Rebelde is at it again. IL Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez  addressed Congress on the Civil rights violation committed against the Puerto Rican people by the Puerto Rican police department. Rep. Gutierrez asked Congress to […]

Latino Kids Better Off In Prison. How Do We Get More In?

Mary Mata September 15, 2011

El Guapo prides himself on having low standards and a knack for hyperbole. With that said, read the following — the greatest thing ever written by a human being. So, […]

Las Ladies De Polanco: Drunk Women Vs. Mexico City Police

Mary Mata September 14, 2011

By Alejandra Garza de Gutierrez A little over two weeks ago, two very drunk, very belligerent women made national news here in Mexico. Out for a Saturday night on the town, […]

Police In Puerto Rico Violate Constitution, Other Laws

Mary Mata September 8, 2011

The police in Puerto Rico engage in a pattern of behavior that not only violates the U.S. Constitution, but other federal laws, according to a new report from the Justice […]

2,600 Activists Arrested Since Obama Took Office

Mary Mata August 23, 2011

An interesting report came out of Counterpunch.org earlier this year that documents the number of activists — from immigration activists to green activists — who have been arrested under the […]