A few days back, Hillary Rodham Clinton accepted the nomination in the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia officially ending the US Primaries, and starting the campaign for the white house. Ahead are three months of all kinds of campaigning, mudslinging and message. I worked covering the primary elections of the Democratic party for the Portland Tribune, in the city of Portland, Oregon, a state situated between Washington State and California, which is often litera

An assignment for Street Roots last may, I had the chance to witness a US naturalization ceremony. Presented by the iconic Royal Rosarians of Portland Oregon, the event was part of the festivities of the Cinco De Mayo. The origins of the festivity is to celebrate the victory of the Mexican Army over the French army in the French Intervention War of 1862, it is celebrated in the Puebla region, even reenacted, but it has taken a hold in the US as a day to celebrate Mexican Heri