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"THE ONLY THING NECESSARY FOR THE TRIUMPH OF EVIL IS FOR GOOD MEN TO DO NOTHING"
--Burke

Wednesday, June 6, 2007

MEXICAN AMERICAN WOMEN THROUGH FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHY

LENSES INTO THE PAST: RECOVERING THE HISTORY OF
MEXICAN AMERICAN WOMEN THROUGH FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHY
SMELTERTOWN, TX 1915-1950

Monica Perales
Summerlee Foundation Research Fellow for the Study of Texas History, 2006-2007


Smelter Vocational School students, ca. late 1920s.
Luz and Lorenzo Personal Photograph Collection, in the possession of the family, El Paso, TX

http://www.smu.edu/SWcenter/PeralesBB.htm

Tuesday, June 5, 2007

The U.S. Department of Justice demanded Monday that mining company Asarco LLC...

Portfolio Media, New York (June 5, 2007)--The U.S. Department of Justice demanded Monday that mining company Asarco LLC, which filed for Chapter 11 in 2005, address pollution at a group of its mines in California as a condition of its reorganization.

The DOJ's brief, filed on behalf of the acting
Assistant Attorney General for environment and natural resource, added that the costs associated with compliance ought to be given administrative priority in Asarco's reorganization plan, which is due in...

http://energy.law360.com/Members/ViewArticlePortion.aspx?Id=26121&ReturnUrl=..%2fsecure%2fViewArticle.aspx%3fId%3d26121