Eva Luna
Why the Tampon Ban?
On Friday, my friend was protesting the hearings at the Texan Statehouse about the law to restrict abortion clinics—the same law that Wendy Davis famously filibustered for 13 hours against two weeks ago. According to her Facebook status update, she and her friend had their tampons confiscated upon entry into the Statehouse. My initial reaction was that I thought […]
Who Else Was on That Bus?
On Thursday night, January 10, 2013, prominent AZ-based DREAMer activist Erika Andiola sent out Facebook pleas to stop the detainment of her undocumented mother and brother. Working together, prominent DREAMers fired up an aggressive social media campaign to bring publicity to her situation. Her massive network of allies seeded a phone tree to find legal […]
Navarrette’s Latest DREAMer Piece Just Perpetuates Division and Ignorance
Publisher’s Note: I thought long and hard about giving CNN contributor Ruben Navarrette more attention on this page, since quite frankly, I have grown tired of his boorish social media behavior and the content of his columns. But maybe that is part of his master plan: to use his platform to become the Latino Rush […]