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Commentary & Opinion

Trump’s wealth transfer from the poor to the wealthy has unhinged cruelty-induced hardships for 40 million American citizens

By Carlos Valle Jr. | June 23, 2026

His demented behavior and faux Christian evangelism encourages oligarchic Republican politicians to gerrymander, intimidate, and mis-inform

Bread and circuses – panem et circenses

Thou Shalt Not!

Wag the Dog, redux: the Grifter-in-chief starts an unprovoked war to distract from damning evidence in the Epstein files

The Farm Worker Movement marches on

Commentary & Opinion

Ice melts.

By Dini McCullough Amozurrutia | February 11, 2026

Eventually.

Commentary & Opinion

Operation Big Bucks, Cola Larga: federal indictment nails Sheriff Martin Cuellar, assistant chief Alejandro Gutierrez, and former assistant chief and UISD trustee Ricardo Rodriguez for fraud and taxpayer-funded private venture for personal gain

By Justin O'Piñon | January 24, 2026

Three-way profits from COVID-19 era sanitizing scam
allegedly netted $175,000 each for Cuellar, Gutierrez, and Rodriguez

Commentary & Opinion

GTFOM

By Randy Koch | January 22, 2026

“That’s fine, dude, I’m not mad at you,” but…

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Congressional District 28 election promises a clown show: Trump pardons indicted seated candidate and endorses challenger

By Carlos Valle Jr. | January 21, 2026

“Truth is treason in an empire of lies.” ~ George Orwell

Commentary & Opinion

No more fat Generals and Admirals, No more Beardos!

By Justin O'Piñon | November 14, 2025

Hegseth’s comedic arrogance: In Vietnam he would have made a very ineffective platoon leader and kept in the rear

Commentary & Opinion

Unleash your voice: the power of public speaking

By Juan Livas | September 2, 2025

Toastmasters International is here to help!

Commentary & Opinion

César Chávez and immigrant farmworkers

By Rev. James C. Harrington | March 25, 2025

No one seriously doubts that the agriculture industry would crash were it not for the tens of thousands of immigrants working long days in the hot sun, bent over, and climbing rickety ladders to harvest the food we buy for our tables.

Commentary & Opinion

Martin Luther King and Immigrants

By Rev. James C. Harrington | January 17, 2025

We celebrate his continuous version of hope with the ugly realism of today

Commentary & Opinion

Impermanence is part of nature’s story

By Justicia O’Muerte | January 11, 2025

A hard rain’s a-gonna’ fall to reclaim those river lands, washing them free of Abbot’s alien Machiavellian iron metal cage

Commentary & Opinion

PAN Y AGUA: The $10 BWN “inconvenience” rebate
The People’s Mayor of the largest inland port that serves its citizenry Third World water: Let them eat pan!

By Maria Eugenia Guerra | December 12, 2024
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