Elenamary

My little sister Cristina Tzintzun, is the director of a Non-Profit, Workers Defense Project/ Proyecto Defensa Laboral, that recently teamed up with the University of Texas to do a study on working conditions for laborers in Austin.  Shortly after the study was published my sister recieved a call from an OSHA representative, that due to [...]

My very good friend, Miles Curtiss is running for University Area Commissioner.  Those living between High street to the train tracks, and from 5thAve to 16thAve, can vote for Miles Curtiss.  All you have to do is show up, this Saturday, with either your Buck-ID, or other photo ID, or mail at one of the [...]

I think, I really only know, approximately three things about George Tiller, he was a medical doctor who was willing to provide abortions, he went to church, he was assassinated.  I don’t know if George Tiller was a good or bad doctor.  I don’t know if he was a regular church goer.  I really know [...]

In sixth grade I remember checking out books on Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor and wanting to be like her when I grew-up.  I figured I could be President first and then a Supreme Court Justice.  Some point during high school I came to believe that Presidents really didn’t have as much power as [...]

I identify as Catholic.  I also identify as politically progressive.  These two are not mutually exclusive…in fact one should either have little to do with other or everything to do with it.
I believe in reproductive choice.  I believe that every baby born should be a wanted baby.   I believe that once a child is born [...]

During the debates I got angrier and angrier about Sarah Palin. When she was first announced as the VP Candidate I was annoyed but not surprised that a group of old white man thought this was their best plan. But as time has gone on, I am more and more insulted as an American, as [...]