by Nick Patricca | Jan 7, 2015
The grand jury ‘no bill’ decisions in the cases of the death of Eric Garner ( Staten Island, New York, July 17, 2014 ) and the death of Michael Brown ( Ferguson, Missouri, Aug. 9, 2014 ) through police actions—two unarmed Black men killed by white police...
by Nick Patricca | Dec 3, 2014
Our English word ‘citizen’ comes from the Latin word ‘civitas’ which means ‘city.’ A citizen, in Latin ‘civis,’ is someone who lives in a city. Such persons are said to be civil and civilized because they have evolved to...
by Nick Patricca | Nov 5, 2014
We actually know how to reform our immigration policy. We have known what to do for some time. Even George Bush the 2nd knew what to do. But, 9/11 ruined whatever deals then-president Vicente Fox of Mexico and Bush were contemplating before that evil attack on our...
by Nick Patricca | Aug 6, 2014
The Beast ( La Bestia ) is a network of freight trains that connects Mexico’s southern border with Guatemala and Belize to its northern border with the USA—about 1,500 miles. These trains move slowly, like fat caterpillars, as they haul the types of cargo you...
by Nick Patricca | Jul 9, 2014
The grandchildren of the mostly white Americans who lived the reality of this great solid middle-class dream inherited a very different world from the one their grandparents enjoyed or anticipated. The grandchildren of the mostly white Americans who lived the reality...
