By Erika Lopez Borderzine EL PASO – Josie Jimarez Howard imagined herself surrounded by artifacts from fascinating distant epochs as she pursued her passion for history tending to treasures in a museum after earning a degree in history from…
BILINGUAL WEEKLY San Joaquin County — “We are slaves in the U.S.” said Jose Garcia, a resident of Stockton, during a general meeting with United Farm Workers Union (UFW) at the Comisión Honorifica Mexicana (Honorific Mexican Commission) on Wednesday,…
By José Villa, Senior Editor Hawaii Hispanic News HONOLULU, Hawaii — Well-known Hispanic community leader Jesús Puerto owns Soul De Cuba (SDC) Honolulu as well as the Soul De Cuba New Haven in Connecticut. The Honolulu restaurant opened in…
Amigos805.com VENTURA COUNTY — Local Latino journalist/photojournalist Jess Gutierrez this weekend announced that he is seeking donations of books to benefit students of cultural studies program in Arizona. “Friends, I need your help,” Gutierrez stated in a media release….
By Jennifer Boes Rumbo News FRYEBURG, Maine – Good grades and good citizenship enabled two Lawrence sisters to earn significant four-year financial awards to Fryeburg Academy, a town academy in Fryeburg, Maine that educates students from around the world….
By Juan Miret Hispano de Tulsa TULSA — To have extracted “Las Meninas” by Diego Velazquez from the Prado Museum in Madrid, Spain, is undoubtedly the most precious gifts that the Venezuelan artist Wladimir Zabaleta, 67, has given the…
By Christina E. Rodriguez Extra News CHICAGO — A community is what the residents make of it and it is a place designed by those who live there. This is the idea that Professor Jose Lopez talks about when…
By Dustin Volz Cronkite News Service WASHINGTON – Citing the high number of cross–border tunnels that pop up in Arizona and California, a House committee Tuesday passed a bill toughening laws against the use of tunnels for smuggling underneath…
By John Newton La Voz Latina GEORGIA — It’s no secret that young Hispanics living in the United States today are under a great deal of stress as they try to assimilate into US culture. Many of them turn…
By Victoria A. Perez Borderzine EL PASO – Sitting on the cold hard cement the man was able to remove part of his blindfold and focusing his sight, the dim light revealed a small dirty room covered in blood….
La Costa Latina FORT WALTON BEACH, FL — Gloria Rodriguez, a Zumba instructor from Fort Walton Beach and owner of Gloria’s DanZFit Studio came up with an idea to bring a new dancing venue to the community where the…
By Steve Taylor Rio Grande Guardian SAN JUAN, TX — The head of homeland security in the United States says it is “unfortunate” that immigrants who have not committed a criminal act get separated from their families by ICE…
La Prensa San Diego SAN DIEGO — In 2004, the University of California, San Diego Libraries acquired one of the region’s most significant archives — the papers of Chicano activist Herman Baca — documenting the struggles and achievements of…
By Ray Ruiz The Venture US Citizenship and Immigration Services announced that Self Check, a free online service of E-Verify that allows workers to check their own employment eligibility status, is now available in all 50 states, Washington, D.C.,…
By Dennis M. Ayotte, Jr. La Prensa San Antonio.- Richard Rosen has quite the résumé— his film credits include writing and co-producing the documentary “The Heart of the City,” he’s created and produced artistic profiles of Degas for the…
By Luisa Cristini, PhD. Hawaii Hispanic News HONOULU, Hawaii — Water is life. The development of both animal species and human society worldwide has always followed water resources. We need water for our fundamental needs and to maintain high…
Amigos805.com SANTA BARBARA — Sixty years ago, a group of students from the University of Dhaka in Bangladesh (then known as East Pakistan) were killed as they participated in the Bengali Language Movement protests. The student activists were seeking…
By Dalia Diaz RUMBO This is a different kind of corruption, but corruption nevertheless. A few weeks ago, I wrote about 97 tickets to see Disney on Ice on February 23 that were available through the Recreation Department at…
By Juan Miret Hispano de Tulsa Eleven. Yes, since 2007 I have written 11 editorials on this subject. However, there is always a single-neuron being that loses his bearings and is intent on labeling undocumented immigrants as “illegals.” Forget…
By Robert Brown Borderzine EL PASO – The North American Free Trade Agreement, (NAFTA) created 18 years ago spawned millions of jobs in Mexico, sending $160 billion in business south of the border. “Never did we expect during the…
By Dustin Volz Cronkite News Service WASHINGTON – Lawmakers pressed Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano about border security and deportation policies in two House hearings that lasted much of the day Wednesday. Napolitano’s appearance before a House Appropriations subcommittee…
Bilingual Weekly Modesto, CA — Mexican romantic group Los Dandys, along with La Sonora Santanera, will rally support for Jose Hernandez’s congressional race the evening of April 14th at the Modesto Banquet Hall. The 1950s quartet, Los Dandys, was…
By Adam Gettinger-Brizuela La Prensa San Diego There is someone very important missing from the lives of tens of thousands of Latino children in San Diego County: their father. Although Latinos are not the majority in San Diego County,…
By Arturo ‘Treto’ Garza Rio Grande Guardian HARLINGEN — A while back some of the leaders of America’s Last Patrol Post 3 were criticized when they made public that at a San Antonio Veterans Affairs meeting, they were told…
By Raymond Ruiz The Venture HOUSTON — Evident Empire has gained a reputation as a socially-conscience media service agency in the Houston area. The multimedia marketing company was founded by Jessica Bolaños, an aspiring filmmaker, and her fiance in 2009….
