Author: Hipolito Munoz

By Hipolito Munoz, Managing Editor/Publisher For a progressive humanist such as myself, it is very difficult to write about anything that would throw shade on our current president, Mr. Barack Obama. Having grown up in a black community in the 80’s I understand and appreciate the struggles he must have had to overcome just to have a successful career. I empathize with the struggle of the black community and I embrace its strength as one of the strongest voices in the struggle for human rights, for every one. So I am very disappointed and angry at his lack of disregard for the fate of the children that he is now targeting for deportation. These are children that come from environments that the US has created through its drug policies in South and Central America. Its also part of the situation created by just taking all undocumented criminals and sending them back to their country of origin without allowing those states to get ready for them. But, regardless of all that, at the end of the day, these are children and if we want to show the world what type of place the United States can be for folks looking for hope, this is not the way to do it. Wrapping oneself on the theory of the law is just foolish. The law has been used to subjugate and hurt...