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"A broken health system... An unjust war... Hope not Fear... " Sen. Barack Obama visits San Antonio, Texas for his "AlamoBama Rally" See how espiBlog.org joins RadioVentana.com, espiMedia.com & LunaHost.com in a history making grassroots community journalism effort: A LIVE webcast from San Antonio, Texas. Here's one of several clips of the live event. You can watch all of them at espiBlog's YouTube page: www.youtube.com/espiblog

It's the "AlamoBama" live with Sem. Barack Obama from San Antonio, Texas.

President Bush wants it, Republican Senators are holding it back ,and Democrats, with the power to bring it back, won't, they say, until the GOP comes to a consensus. Patricio Espinoza reports the latest on Immigration Reform. (Spanish)

Listen NPR-Radio Bilingüe Report: President Bush wants it, Republican Senators are holding it back ,and Democrats, with the power to bring it back, won't, they say, until the GOP comes to a consensus. Patricio Espinoza reports the latest on Immigration Reform. (Spanish)

Listen NPR-Radio Bilingüe Report: President Bush wants it, Republican Senators are holding it back ,and Democrats, with the power to bring it back, won't, they say, until the GOP comes to a consensus. Patricio Espinoza reports the latest on Immigration Reform. (Spanish)

President Bush wants it, Republican Senators are holding it back ,and Democrats, with the power to bring it back, won't, they say, until the GOP comes to a consensus. Patricio Espinoza reports the latest on Immigration Reform. (Spanish)

In 1990 one of Texas's Levis Strauss factories closed leaving behind hundreds of workers, mostly women, without their livelihood. To many, it was the only job they ever had. From their loss a support group was born. A group that later became a center to empower women in San Antonio, Texas through education, social work and community activism. These are "The Women of Fuerza Unida" Ford & Lincoln Mercury 2007 "Salute to Education" Honorees.

Texas tornado kills least 10 people, injured more than 80 and left

hundreds homeless last week when it struck along the US-Mexico border

overnight.

Seven people were killed when 160mph winds ripped through Eagle Pass,

Texas, and three people died in Piedras Negras, Mexico. Patricio

Espinoza was there with an ABC Network News crew. Here's a clip of

what took place and aired in Good Morning America.

As immigration reforms fast approaches and "for and anti" immigrant sentiment grows Congressman Rubén Hinojosa (D-TX) opens a proposed educational path to help adults and immigrants in particular, to learn English and Civics. Patricio Espinoza talks to Hinojosa for NPR "Radio Bilingue" (Spanish)