So much has happened since the day I first contacted Veronica De La Cruz. May 13, 2009 seems like yesterday and like a million years ago. As of today, it’s been over five months since Eric De La Cruz died and health care reform is close at hand. It’s time for me to tell how I became involved.
We’ve come so far these past few months on the road to health care reform.
With mounting medical bills, Monique Zimmerman-Stein is ceasing treatment so she can help daughters preserve their sight. Monique and her daughters have a rare genetic condition called Sticker Syndrome.
We need to turn up the heat and contact our senators and tell them we want the public option. Even if they are not on the Finance committee, they need to know where we stand.
Call Your Senator and be heard, via Health Care for America Now
Senator Barack Obama has been elected President of the USA. This is an historic moment because he his the first African-American. But I have never seen him as an African-American candidate. And this campaign was never about Obama. It was always about us. To me, Obama is the embodiment of the Zen aesthetic. He is …
There is long-standing homophobia in the Latino community. Latinos have grown up believing that Macho is the only way to be. In a country where we have often been relegated to second class status, we cling to those things that we can control, our sense of who we are, our personal space, and our religion. …
A few non-verbal tidbits that stuck out in my head during tonight's debate… At the beginning of the debate, McCain immediately started scribbling notes and the debate had not even started. What did he write? As McCain had the mic and made points, Obama was loose and would sometimes smile, relishing his chance to rebut. …
Senator Hillary R. Clinton had a commanding advantage over Obama when it came down to the Latino vote. Will Obama’s pick of Senator Joe Biden as running mate help or hurt to make up lost ground with this crucial demographic? PROS==== Values Sen. Biden puts values before politics. Latinos love that. We want to know …
When I heard about John Edwards’ infidelity and realized that meant he would be out of VP contention, it made me angry. It made me angry for all the male politicians that have gone before that couldn’t keep their codpiece in their pants. I went so far as to create a photoshopped version of the …
Today I jumped back into the political arena with a tiny act of defiance. As Twittering Republican congressmember John Culberson staged a makeshift post session sit-in on the House floor, I sent him a single tweet asking him to look for sensible and sustainable energy solutions instead of harmful ones. Since I was on a …
