Alone…Afraid…Anxious…Nervous…Confused…Lost… By CELESTE MOLINA Those are all the feelings one might experience when navigating the unfamiliar journey of higher education. For first-generation and migrant students, college can feel like stepping into a world designed for someone else, a world of unspoken rules, invisible barriers, and few people who understand your background or your struggles. As… Continue reading Navigating higher-ed
Category: Opinión
This section is where editorials, columns, and letters to the editor appear. Letters to the editor can be submitted here or mailed to Letters to the Editor, 6 Merritt Court, Pueblo, CO 81001.
Data centers take, not give
By DEBORAH MARTINEZ MARTINEZ In Southern Colorado, climate pollution is affecting the way people perceive the push to put large data centers in their communities. Data centers can consume as much electricity as 175,000 homes and there is concern for scarce water supplies. Also, the promise of jobs is a false one, according to a… Continue reading Data centers take, not give
When They Come…
Guest Editorial By AARO KARJALA This isn’t new. I’ll grant you that federal agents shooting middle-class white people in the face is a bit novel, but on the whole, this isn’t new. I would argue that this is about as American as it gets. America is no stranger to state or federal agents terrorizing cities.… Continue reading When They Come…
Bravo!
Bad Bunny represents us all By MAGADALENO ‘LENO’ AVILA — Guest Columnist The sixtieth playing of the Super Bowl featured the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots — Seattle won by a score of 29-13. And then there was the halftime show with Bad Bunny. “They don’t even have to learn Spanish. Better they… Continue reading Bravo!
Cold as Ice
Guest Column By Joseph Alan SanchezSpecial to La Cucharacha News Most Americans recognize the name ICE and the images of masked military men that dominated the major media in recent weeks. Despite the inescapable familiarity of the federal agency, many don’t know what the acronym spells out. It is the office of Immigration Customs Enforcement. … Continue reading Cold as Ice
Racial Profiling & ICE
A modern echo of old injustice By NATASHA GUTIERREZ — GUEST COLUMNIST PUEBLO — Fear and injustice doesn’t always arrive with flashing lights. Sometimes it shows up in quiet ways — like when a family chooses not to leave home for groceries because they’re afraid the color of their skin will make them a target. … Continue reading Racial Profiling & ICE
IS BAD BUNNY BAD FOR FOOTBALL?
Guest Column By Magdaleno “Len” Rose-Avila It seems that his selection as half time entertainment has gotten to Trump and his MAGA movement. BB Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio has irritated the racist base of the right white wing of America. First they were screaming that he was not American. Yet there have been many non-Americans… Continue reading IS BAD BUNNY BAD FOR FOOTBALL?
When the collateral damage is your Mom
By JASON MUNOZ-DeLEON Losing my mother to an apparent stray bullet was easily the worst thing I’ve ever experienced. I hear someone say something like… “Now this is just one of these all-too-common tragedies that our society writes off as another tick on the collateral damage counter.” I simply can’t discount this tragedy because it… Continue reading When the collateral damage is your Mom
What goes around comes around
Stories from La Cucaracha’s first edition By DEBORAH MARTINEZ MARTINEZ Nearly 50 years ago, in 1976, La Cucaracha appeared in the Pueblo/Southern Colorado community declaring the new newspaper dedicated to creating an alternative to the existing radio, television, and newspapers in Pueblo. “We feel these established information outlets are not adequately serving all of the… Continue reading What goes around comes around
Pueblo organizations give participants a voice
P.M.GRAN.TE in partnership with El Movimiento Sigue and the Transforming Justice Project is entering its third year providing events and resources focusing on community-based wellness and mutual aid for People of Marginalized Genders locally in Pueblo, CO. We offer an ongoing free resource closet stocked with women’s clothing, hygiene items, sexual/reproductive health supplies, and advocacy… Continue reading Pueblo organizations give participants a voice