James E. Garcia
James E. Garcia is a Phoenix-based journalist, playwright and communications consultant. He writes commentary for AZMirror.com. He also is the editor and publisher of VanguardiaArizona.com, which covers Latino news statewide. As a journalist, he has worked as a reporter, columnist, editor and foreign correspondent. He was the first Latino Affairs correspondent for KJZZ, and the first Latino editor of major progressive news weekly in the U.S., The San Antonio Current. James teaches writing, ethnic studies, theater and Latino politics at ASU. He is the producing artistic director of New Carpa Theater Co. and the author of more than 30 plays. Email Garcia at jegcolumn@gmail.com.
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Opinion: Native Americans could be decisive factor in presidential election
In swing states like Arizona, Nevada and others, Native American voters could be decisive factor in picking our next president.Comments -
Opinion: ‘Tell him not to come here’
Veronica Escobar said someone wounded in El Paso took her by the arm during a hospital visit and said, referring to Donald Trump, “Tell him not to come here.” -
Opinion: Puerto Rican lives matter
James Garcia explains why he thinks Americans should care about the resignation of the Puerto Rican governor and the protests leading up to it. -
Opinion: Torture by any other name
The horrifying and sickening treatment of child migrants and their families at the U.S.-Mexico border at the hands of at least some federal immigration and customs officials has been called “state-sanctioned child abuse.” -
Opinion: Could Trump drown someone on the border and still keep votes?
President Trump’s increasingly hardline immigration agenda is to blame for the deaths of Oscar Alberto Martinez Ramirez and his 2-year-old daughter, Valeria. -
Opinion: Trump’s tariff threat is a dumb way to extort Mexico
President Donald Trump’s tariff threat is a dumb way to extort Mexico and violate the sovereignty of one of America's closest allies. -
Opinion: Arizona’s Latino political surge evokes history lesson
The growing trend in recent years of Latinos in Arizona and nationwide getting elected to public office may not be la reconquista, but it's a start.
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