http://bothsides.humanbeams.com/index.php/bsn_guzman/ en Copyright 2008 2008-06-03T19:13:00-08:00 http://bothsides.humanbeams.com/index.php/bsn_guzman/comments/valedictorian_faces_deportation/ http://bothsides.humanbeams.com/index.php/bsn_guzman/comments/valedictorian_faces_deportation/#When:19:13:00Z This week, the Fresno-area high school senior with a 4.0 GPA should be focusing on final exams and his Valedictorian speech to his fellow graduates; instead, he and his mother are facing deportation while the father sits in a migrant worker concentration camp in Arizona. 2008-06-03T19:13:00-08:00 http://bothsides.humanbeams.com/index.php/bsn_guzman/comments/more_fertilizer_for_the_cacti/ http://bothsides.humanbeams.com/index.php/bsn_guzman/comments/more_fertilizer_for_the_cacti/#When:03:09:00Z 2007-12-18T03:09:00-08:00 http://bothsides.humanbeams.com/index.php/bsn_guzman/comments/they_say/ http://bothsides.humanbeams.com/index.php/bsn_guzman/comments/they_say/#When:22:48:01Z A new order must arise from the ashes of this violence-charred world. 2007-10-09T22:48:01-08:00 http://bothsides.humanbeams.com/index.php/bsn_guzman/comments/daily_show_hosts_bolivian_president_tonight/ http://bothsides.humanbeams.com/index.php/bsn_guzman/comments/daily_show_hosts_bolivian_president_tonight/#When:04:41:00Z Bolivia’s President, and first indigenous leader of that country (in its current form, that is), will be on the Daily Show tonight 2007-09-26T04:41:00-08:00 http://bothsides.humanbeams.com/index.php/bsn_guzman/comments/who_am_i/ http://bothsides.humanbeams.com/index.php/bsn_guzman/comments/who_am_i/#When:18:13:01Z I am… General 2007-07-17T18:13:01-08:00 http://bothsides.humanbeams.com/index.php/bsn_guzman/comments/the_sky_opened_and_the_clouds_wept/ http://bothsides.humanbeams.com/index.php/bsn_guzman/comments/the_sky_opened_and_the_clouds_wept/#When:18:01:01Z As I listen to the drops hit the ground around me, I can almost sense the earth taking a deep gulp of sustenance.  The air fills with the sweet kisses of the creosote, a scent of ancient gods and goddesses that call on all creation to respect, love and preserve all the beauty that surrounds us. 2007-07-06T18:01:01-08:00 http://bothsides.humanbeams.com/index.php/bsn_guzman/comments/path_to_citizenship_needs_inclusion_in_senate_bill/ http://bothsides.humanbeams.com/index.php/bsn_guzman/comments/path_to_citizenship_needs_inclusion_in_senate_bill/#When:02:23:00Z I can’t help but feel the sting of burning irony that Mr. Bush is seeing his approval ratings further erode now that he has royally pissed of his base for pushing his (flawed) immigration initiative through Congress. Immigration, VigilanteGroups, KrisKobach 2007-06-16T02:23:00-08:00 http://bothsides.humanbeams.com/index.php/bsn_guzman/comments/dia_internacional_de_la_mujer/ http://bothsides.humanbeams.com/index.php/bsn_guzman/comments/dia_internacional_de_la_mujer/#When:16:58:00Z Today is the International Women’s Day, commemorated in dozens of countries around this globe.  Commemoration is more appropriate than celebration, in my opinion, because there is still too much ground to cover in the area of gender equality. It has always been ironic to me as a Xicano, growing up in a machismo atmosphere, how much deference is paid to the father-based lineage of our families.  We track our histories through that line, usually in the form of naming children or when telling our stories - using that as our foundation.  Yet, it is todas las mujeres that hold our families together (usually). 2007-03-08T16:58:00-08:00 http://bothsides.humanbeams.com/index.php/bsn_guzman/comments/lessons_from_a_batch_of_tamales/ http://bothsides.humanbeams.com/index.php/bsn_guzman/comments/lessons_from_a_batch_of_tamales/#When:07:57:01Z ...all of these things are not something that the average American would consider American™, yet they are. 2006-12-14T07:57:01-08:00 http://bothsides.humanbeams.com/index.php/bsn_guzman/comments/restoring_the_conscience_of_a_nation/ http://bothsides.humanbeams.com/index.php/bsn_guzman/comments/restoring_the_conscience_of_a_nation/#When:15:07:00Z The political power may have shifted with this election, but there is much, much more work to be done to make the Constitution a living document for all people. 2006-11-09T15:07:00-08:00