AltWeeklies Wire
Claims of Sexual Abuse by Former Priest Results in Calls to Stay Executionnew
The church of St. Clare’s in San Antonio, a symbol of faith and piety for some, has become an icon of the fear and shame others here have kept buried for decades.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
06-15-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Mexican Journalists Chronicle Lives of Two Who Died at San Fernando Slaughternew
The small town of San Fernando, situated just 90 miles south of Brownsville in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas, emerged as a symbol of the ferocious drug war gripping Mexico in late August 2010 when authorities stumbled upon the bodies of 72 South- and Central-American immigrants who had been bound, blindfolded, and methodically executed by gunmen on the outskirts of an abandoned ranch.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
06-09-2011 |
Movies
Worst of the Worst?new
It’s commonly assumed that juvenile offenders thrown into the adult court and prison system are the worst of the worst, beyond rehabilitation. But a new report released today paints an altogether different picture.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
03-25-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Cruelest Cutsnew
Plans to gut mental health spending in Texas will not only destroy lives, but overwhelm jails, emergency rooms, and taxpayers’ wallets.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
03-25-2011 |
Homelessness
After the DREAMnew
Students fighting for a path to citizenship still looking for reliable allies.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
03-04-2011 |
Immigration
Tags: Rick Perry, DREAM Act
Groups urge U.S. Department of Homeland Security to end new prison contract with GEOnew
Over a dozen Texas civil and immigrant rights groups this week sent a letter to U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano protesting the new privately-run immigration detention center slated for construction in Karnes County, Texas.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
02-28-2011 |
Immigration
The Elephant in the Womb: Planned Parenthood Attackednew
Ideological strike on women’s health care to further cripple Texas' budget.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
02-24-2011 |
The War on Women
Prisons for Profitnew
Deaths, lawsuits don’t stop expansion of GEO immigration prisons
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
02-18-2011 |
Immigration
