LatinaLista — According to journalist and educator Miguel Perez, 2013 is a very important year for the United States — it’s the 500th anniversary of the nation’s discovery. Not by Christopher Columbus nor British colonists but by a Spanish…
LatinaLista — The recent statehood vote in Puerto Rico, where the majority voted to become a US state, signifies a bittersweet paradox for Puerto Ricans serving in the military. Under its current commonwealth status, Puerto Ricans can enlist, and…
LatinaLista — Among the cool benefits of the Hispanic Heritage Month is that there is a heightened effort to bring the history of Latinos to the national forefront. Museums across the country incorporate local Latino contributions into their exhibits….
LatinaLista — Hispanic Heritage Month, September 15-October 15, is in full swing (pardon the pun) but too many think it can only be celebrated in the “Little Mexico” or “Little Havana” sections of a city or at a one-time…
By Claire O’Brien Eléctrica in the Desert I MET EDDIE MONTOYA WHERE I SEEM TO MEET MOST PEOPLE THESE DAYS: in front of a gas station. This one was in Williamsburg, New Mexico, which is atttached in the most…
LatinaLista — Latinos have a 400-year history of living, working and contributing to the culture and history of North America — but too many people think Latinos have only just arrived. What’s even sadder is that U.S.-born Latinos aren’t even…
LatinaLista — For many Latinos, cuban-born, Queen of Salsa Celia Cruz was an iconic cultural treasure and epitomized the classic immigrant story involving discrimination, talent, perseverance and rise to success. Her story not only resonated with her fellow Latinos…
LatinaLista — There is no other geographic location in North America that is as synonymous with violence and death as Juarez, Mexico. The weekly killing sprees, daily random shootings and continuous gruesome discoveries of mutilated bodies or shallow buried…
LatinaLista — Any good filmmaker knows that the more “buzz” that can be created before a movie is released, the better. Mexican-born filmmaker Raul Julia Levy is no exception. He attracted attention for his upcoming documentary when he simply…
LatinaLista — When Willie Velásquez died at the age of 44 in 1988 from cancer, the nation’s Latino community lost a role model, a defender of civil rights, an innovator, a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom and…
LatinaLista — From the beginning of time, the importance of water to our health and our survival has been known. Yet, a lot of the world is beginning to experience, if not already, a crisis in having enough water….
LatinaLista — There’s probably no other battle on US soil that has been as romanticized as the Battle of the Alamo. On the flipside, there’s probably no other US battle that has been so heavily influenced by Hollywood-invented stereotypes,…
LatinaLista — In 2013, PBS will broadcast a 3-hour documentary about the Women’s Movement and its impact over the last half century. Yet, in a move that is new for PBS, the public television network isn’t waiting for the…
LatinaLista — Wide open spaces and fresh air are pretty much foreign concepts to most Latino families who live in cramped urban areas or suburban neighborhoods with postage stamp-size yards, where pollution from car emissions or nearby factories are…
LatinaLista — On July 20, 1923, Mexican revolutionary leader, Pancho Villa, was assassinated in Chihuahua, Mexico. Though he was a murderer, a cattle rustler and bank robber, Villa was also a charismatic hero to the thousands of Mexico’s poor….
LatinaLista — It’s an old story. Report after report always shows that Latino immigrants make themselves “sick” assimilating into U.S. society by adopting fastfood habits, workaholic lifestyles, etc. Now comes news that there are some Latino immigrants who are…
Amigos805.com SANTA BARBARA — New research and scholarship that have altered the general understanding of the United Farm Workers (UFW) movement as well as that of labor and civil rights leader César Chávez will be the focus of a…
By Richard G. Santos La Voz de Austin I used to tell my students and now tell audiences when the occasion arises, that U. S. history is written and taught in black and white images from the East Coast…
LatinaLista — The debate over whether or not a child is better off learning in a bilingual environment has raged before the time when American educators forced thousands of Native American school children into English-speaking boarding schools or punished…
By Anna Consie Cronkite News Service PHOENIX – Pointing to a small room now filled with boxes and dust, Alfredo Gutierrez joked about the day César Chávez appropriated his office. It was 1972, and Chavez had picked the Santa…
La Voz de Austin He was not famous. He was not rich. But he was there. Richard Chavez, the younger brother of Cesar Chavez was always there. As children growing up near Yuma, Arizona, they caught fish, hunted rabbits…
LatinaLista — It’s estimated that 47 percent of today’s Latino population is foreign-born. It’s a statistic that isn’t all that surprising, though it’s important to note that the US Census attributes current growth in the Latino population from births,…
La Voz de Austin AUSTIN, TX — During World War II, military recruiters went to the high school in Hebbronville, Texas. They found a number of young men who were willing to answer the call for dutry including, a…
By Raymond Ruiz The Venture LOS ANGELES — As a fourth-generation Mexican-American, it was time for me to make my obligatory pilgrimage to Los Angeles. For those non-Chicanos that have no idea what I’m talking about, it’s required that…
LatinaLista — Not knowing American history has become an easy source of cheap laughs for late-night comics. For example, when comic Jay Leno, during one of his popular “Jaywalking” segments, asked a random woman on the street, who appeared…
