By Andrea Estrada Amgios805 The Chicano movement of the late 1960s and 1970s was the largest and most widespread civil rights and empowerment movement by Mexican-Americans in U.S. history. But without strong and dedicated leadership, it might not have…
By David Avalos La Prensa San Diego the bipartisan group of Senators known as the “Gang of Eight” put their plan for “comprehensive immigration reform” before the USAmerican public, and once again served the Chicana/o community a Mexican Combo…
By Rita Sanchez La Prensa San Diego Editor’s Note: In this article Rita Sanchez proudly recognizes the women who have contributed to the Parque and its murals. She features women who have designed, supervised and painted murals since 1973,…
By Dr. Juhem Navarro-Rivera Demos Latinos are the largest ethnic minority in the United States. In recent years, our cultural and political profile has grown along with our population numbers. The current notability of Latinos leads to the…
By Kristal Bivona, Sandra Ruiz, and Daniel Ward Language Magazine Kristal Bivona, Sandra Ruiz, and Daniel Ward discuss the movements and histories that made Spanish such an important language for activism El pueblo unido jamás será vencido… U.S.-based activists,…
By Daniel Ronan PreservationNation “Morally, there needs to be a defense of public art,” says Hector Duarte, an accomplished Mexican-American muralist and painter sitting in his Chicago home and studio of fifteen years. Pilsen, his neighborhood, has been squarely…
By Amanda Lozano La Prensa San Antonio, Texas — People en Español held an advanced screening of their newest Latino documentary series called “Habla.” The newest installment of “Habla” is called “Habla Men”, which features male Hispanic role models…
By Gabriel Thompson La Voz de Austin On June 9, 1952, Fred Ross knocked on the door of a modest house on San Jose’s eastside. The house belonged to Cesar Chavez, then an anonymous 25-year-old struggling to support his…
By Herman Baca LatinaLista After viewing the movie, “Cesar Chavez: An American Hero,” and reading reviews about it, many have asked me; what I thought about the movie? First, some of the reviews already written about the movie are…
By Pablo J. Sáinz La Prensa San Diego Sonia Lopez remembers that since being a young girl growing up in rural Imperial Valley she has had to endure discrimination for being a woman. But she never let that stop…
By Rodolfo F. Acuña LatinaLista The National Committee for Protection of Foreign Born Workers was established in 1923 in reaction to the virulent xenophobia of a Republican Congress and President toward immigrant workers, and their right to organize and…
By Elia Esparza Latinowood/Latin Heat In the final analysis it doesn’t really matter what the political system is…We don’t need a perfect political system; we need perfect participation. -Cesar Chavez Clearing The Latino Political Palate On November 6th, Latino…
By Rodolfo F. Acuña LatinaLista Writing books and writing blogs are similar.They should be truth. If they were not, the author loses credibility and his/her ability to convince suffers. This is how it should be. But Arizona is testing…
By Rodolfo F. Acuña LatinaLista Instead of the usual 16th of September celebrated in most Mexican American communities, MEChA students at California State University at Northridge hold an “Endependence Day.” The event has the blaring of the mariachis, the…
By James Rodriguez La Voz de Austin They don’t teach about La Raza Unida Party in high school. At least not at my high school, a public institution which prides itself in preparing young students for the future that…
By Teresa Palomo Acosta La Voz de Austin AUSTIN — The Raza Unida Party (RUP) was established on January 17, 1970, at a meeting of 300 Mexican Americans at Campestre Hall in Crystal City, Texas. José Ángel Gutiérrez and Mario…
By Rodolfo F. Acuña LatinaLista (Editor’s Note: The following is a presentation Prof. Acuña gave at California State University East Bay on May 16, 2012 at its Third Annual Diversity Day.) It is only the second time I have…
By Rodolfo F. Acuña LatinaLista Since the trailers appeared “For Greater Glory” – a movie about the Mexican Cristero Movement of the 1920s – I have been receiving emails urging me to take a stand because one of the…
The Venture HOUSTON — A New Organization is forming with the hopes of transforming how Latino voters cast their ballots and conceptualize the voting process in Harris County. The group’s name tells a great deal about their concept; the…
LatinaLista — Jesus Salvador Treviño (no relation to Latina Lista btw) is well known in Hollywood for being a trailblazing Latino filmmaker — he was one of the first to document the Chicano movement in Los Angeles in the…
By Drs. Jessica Lavariega-Monforti & Adam McGlynn LatinaLista — On May 11, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed into law a bill targeting the teaching of ethnic studies. Under the new law, any school district will lose ten percent of…
