49 dumped in Mexico Drug War Edgardo No one yet has been able to make any sense to me of American Foreign policy. A few people die halfway around the world, and we bomb them and invade. The same country then kills thousands of Black Africans, Hillary Clinton doesn’t even peep. Mexico has well over 50,000 dead working on 100,000, and Homeland Security could care less. The United States is the retail outlet for every cartel member in Mexico. Cartel Members include politicians, army officers, police, either actively, or tacitly involved . Their huge retail outlet is the United States. So don’t think the be-headers and killers are not here…they are. Remember, the criminals that do the best and make the most money are the ... Continue reading →

As Supreme Court Debates SB-1070, Brooklyn-based activist punkers discuss new album, "Todos Somos Ilegales," and not boycotting Arizona. April 25, 2012 | Outernational's "Todo Somos Ilegales" Photo Credit: Outernational.me LIKE THIS ARTICLE ? Join our mailing list: Sign up to stay up to date on the latest headlines via email. Earlier this year, the Brooklyn-based rock ensemble Outernational released Todos Somos Ilegales (We Are All Illegals) as a political treatise on US-Mexican border politics and how they harm individuals on both sides of the line. Told in narrative form about an immigrant from the Southernmost tip of Central America as well as including reimaginings of Juarez tragedy and good, rabble-rousing fight songs, the album combines rock and radical politics, with Latino styles like banda, mariachi ... Continue reading →

The international community of trans activists is one in which we are not only a close knit bunch, we tend to form friendships for life as we get to know each other. When we're not busy e-mailing and chatting with each other trading strategy, tactics and information as to what has worked and what hasn't in our struggles in our various nations to advance trans human rights coverage, we'll quickly shit to what's happening in our personal lives or give each other the moral and emotional support we'll need to continue to do a job we all know can be a tough one. We are also painfully aware that in some nations, being an out, proud and open trans human rights activist takes tremendous courage ... Continue reading →

What Fashion's "Ethnic" Prints Are Really Called By Connie Wang You've seen them crowding the racks at stores and draping the bodies of some of the most well-dressed ladies around… but, what do you actually call them? You know what you shouldn't call them: the hyper-general African print, the offensive "tribal" print, the catch-all "ethnic" print...not okay. Lumping all similar prints into one group or referring to them by a descriptor rather than their real names is just as silly as calling jeans "blue pants," or a Le Smoking a "black suit." So, we're here to provide a little vocabulary lesson. From ubiquitous Dutch Wax prints to the traditional, striated Ganado print, we've got the real names and stories behind these historic prints. Read on ... Continue reading →