Lalo Alcaraz -- award-winning editorial cartoonist and Latino journalist -- captures the essence of the country’s changing cultural and political landscape. Alcaraz has produced editorial cartoons for LA Weekly since 1992 and also creates cartoons in Spanish for La Opinion, the United States’ oldest Spanish-language newspaper. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Village Voice, Los Angeles Times, Variety, Hispanic Magazine, Latina magazine, La Jornada in Mexico City, BUNTE, (Germany’s People magazine) and many other publications. Add instant variety to your Web site’s news and opinion offerings with Alcaraz’s intelligent, youthful and thought-provoking perspective.
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Fourcrows said, 2 days ago
Once again, teachers are heroes. Until they ask to be paid the same as anyone else with a degree and a skill set…
jerry6665 said, 2 days ago
teachers are our unsung daily heroes. but, in drastic events like this, they are in the forefront of heroism. so many reasons to thank teachers exist but the lives the teachers saved in OK – wow! how CAN you thank someone for risking their lives to save others!
cjr53 said, 2 days ago
@Jerry6665
Thank them, make sure they are paid well, make sure their classrooms are in good repair, make they have the supplies and materials they need to do their job. That is a start. Also, make sure the community has a rewards program for the most excellent teachers.
kato1979 said, 2 days ago
Nice sentiment, however the rethuglodytes will replace all public schools with FOR PROFIT schools within 10 years. If you think teachers are underpaid now, wait until we profit-ize even elementary schools.
Genome Project said, 2 days ago
@kato1979
Republicans…“will replace all public schools”
Because their school voucher programs are working so well….so well that they are over 30 points behind their peers in Louisiana. Click link
dtroutma
said, 2 days ago
Whether in a classroom threatened by a gunman, or a tornado, teachers have proven their love for children. It would be interesting to see some of our politicians and anti-tax folks do the same.
comicsssfan said, 1 day ago
@Genome Project
There should be vouchers in every state! I wish I could have gone to a good middle and high school. Mine were junk!
THEVIC IOUSDOUG MARTIG said, 1 day ago
The odds that voucher education is going to work is as good a socialized medicine! The incentive for profit will truncate any results that could make any difference, for as long as they (The for profit operators) see a way to squeeze more $$ from the contracts they get the more fractured the education will result, just wait and see for ur self
DrCanuck said, 1 day ago
I seek to understand Americans: Can someone explain to me how conservatives can praise teachers for hard work and self sacrifice with one breath and then damn them for turning students into liberals and demanding homeschooling and vouchers with the next?
dannysixpack said, about 22 hours ago
^the teachers union must be broken. They should be paid minimum wage with no benefits. that’s what makes good teachers!
rtool48 said, about 20 hours ago
As a Republican, I know for fact many republicans hates teachers. The problem with many republicans, there are too many illiterate specailly in the south.
My father is PhD holder at the university and mom is a high school teacher.
Harry Neuman said, about 15 hours ago
@Genome Project
Might want to look at the administrators…. they direct the teachers
DrCanuck said, about 14 hours ago
@rtool48
rtool48 said, “As a Republican, I know for fact [sic] many republicans [sic] hates [sic] teachers. The problem with many republicans [sic], there are too many illiterate specailly [sic] in the south.”
From the South, are you then?