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Pro-Democracy Movement Needed—In America

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December 19, 2020

by Emil Guillermo I will remember 2020 for COVID-19, of course. But I will remember it mostly as the last ugly chapter of the Trump [Read More…]

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Leading Up to Pearl Harbor; Trump’s Bawl Game; Ruth Silos and The White Ethnic Press

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December 5, 2020

by Emil Guillermo Before we start this column, Dec. 7th is Pearl Harbor Day. Usually there’s something else in the news that gets in the [Read More…]

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Getting out of the Trump hole; Plus, A Filipina Buried Alive

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November 21, 2020

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Evan Vucci/AP/Shutterstock (10434333bm) Donald Trump, Sauli Niinisto. President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Finnish President Sauli Niinisto in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington Trump, Washington, USA - 02 Oct 2019

by Emil Guillermo Americans are buried in a Trump hole. It’s time to get out of it. The idea of America buried under the dysfunction [Read More…]

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Does Trump Want to Be Marcos?

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November 8, 2020

By Emil Guillermo The barricades were going up all around the White House before the election It reminds me of the Black Lives Matter rally, [Read More…]

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Fighting hypocrisy with Aloha

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October 16, 2020

By Emil Guillermo Sen. Mazie Hirono was probably speaking for you when she looked at Judge Amy Coney Barrett and said, “Aloha.” But there was [Read More…]

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Will Trump Overstay His Welcome?

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October 2, 2020

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump walk from Marine One helicopter to board Air Force One, Thursday, April 18, 2019, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. President Trump is traveling to his Mar-a-Lago estate to spend the Easter weekend in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

By Emil Guillermo Existential worries abound for America. COVID-19, SCOTUS, and the concomitant worries of living under a president who just doesn’t care about anything [Read More…]

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The Democrats and Republicans Convene, Now What?

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September 18, 2020

BY EMIL GUILLERMO I didn’t wait to hear Donald Trump formally speak on the last night of the Republican National Convention. Would there be any [Read More…]

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A Filipina For Life—Remembering Dolores Velasco, The Nun Who Became The Activist And The Wife Of UFW Leader Pete Velasco

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September 4, 2020

By Emil Guillermo When I found out the widow of United Farm Workers (UFW) labor leader Pete Velasco was in a hospital battling COVID-19 back [Read More…]

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Desperate and Troubled, Trump Sounds His Own Alarm

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August 14, 2020

By Emil Guillermo U.S. Congressman John Lewis, a man of non-violence and love, who made an impact on human rights and civil rights throughout the [Read More…]

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