Pepe Lozano

Chicagoan Pepe Lozano was a staff writer with the People's World through 2014. He comes from an activist family and has lived on the city's southwest side in a predominantly Mexican-American community his whole life. Lozano now works as a union organizer.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Pepe Lozano

U.S.

Stewart vs. Colbert: who will be on top?
September 17, 2010 By Pepe Lozano
Comedy Central talk-show hosts Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert duel for rally supremacy!
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U.S.

DREAM Act vote nears in Senate
September 16, 2010 By Pepe Lozano
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and congressional Democrats plan to add legislation creating a pathway to citizenship for undocumented youth in college or the military, as part of the $725 billion defense authorization bill.
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World

Celebrating Mexico’s bicentennial is bittersweet
September 15, 2010 By Pepe Lozano
On Sept. 16, Mexico will celebrate its bicentennial and honor the heroes that first declared the nation's independence from Spain in 1810.
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Labor

Thousands nationwide to rally for jobs
September 14, 2010 By Pepe Lozano
CHICAGO - Hundreds of activists will rally downtown at GOP headquarters here Sept. 15 for a federal jobs bill and against senatorial candidate Mark Kirk, an Illinois congressman who has opposed numerous job creation bills.
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Labor

Women soccer players score union recognition
September 10, 2010 By Pepe Lozano
U.S. professional women soccer players scored a goal this week after the Women's Professional Soccer Players Union won recognition through a majority sign-up, certified by an arbitrator with the Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) league.
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U.S.

Rich Cho becomes NBA’s first Asian American GM
September 9, 2010 By Pepe Lozano
Rich Cho, 45, made basketball history last month after becoming the first Asian American general manager of an NBA team, the Portland Trail Blazers.
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U.S.

After Mayor Daley: activists look for coalition builder
September 9, 2010 By Pepe Lozano
Longtime Chicago independent political and labor activists weigh in on the recent announcement that Mayor Richard M. Daley will not seek his seventh term next year.
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Opinion

‘Machete’ is dead on, immigrants are heroes
September 7, 2010 By Pepe Lozano
After seeing the movie "Machete," I thought this could quite possibly be the worst film ever or it could be one of those timely political satires perhaps on the verge of pure genius.
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