By Juan Miret Hispano de Tulsa TULSA, Oklahoma – About 90 years ago and close to downtown Tulsa there once flourished a vibrant community, so prosperous that it was defined as the Black Wall Street. It was the Greenwood…
By Valerie Godines Fitzgerald La Prensa SAN ANTONIO — City Council members have decided that Durango Boulevard between South Hackberry Street on the east and 36th Street on the west will be renamed César E. Chávez Boulevard — a…
LatinaLista — The Navy’s recent goodwill gesture of offering to name a cargo ship after the iconic Latino civil rights leader Cesar Chavez is drawing fire from some people. It wasn’t unexpected. It wasn’t unexpected that far right-wingers, for…
La Voz de Austin Three Questions: What is Cinco de Mayo? Why do we celebrate it here in the United Status of America? Why should Black Americans celebrate this holiday? In a nutshell, Cinco de Mayo is about an…
LatinaLista — Cinco de Mayo may be rooted in Mexican history — it commemorates the 1862 underdog victory of the Mexican army’s defeat of the well-armed French forces occupying the country — but it’s totally an American-made celebration. In…
LatinaLista — If César Chavez were still alive, he would have been 84-years-old today. Long after his death, his words — “Si se puede” — live on; his mission of standing up for Latino farmworkers endures; and his legacy…
By Mariana Llamas-Cendon Amigos805.com VENTURA COUNTY — The Bracero Program had a profoundly personal impact on the life of Jose Alamillo. His father, grandfather and other family members left their homes in Mexico and joined more than five million…
By Angie Washington Latina Lista COCHABAMBA, BOLIVIA — How heavy is a grudge? The burden of loss passed down through generations weighs heavy on loyal hearts. At Bolivia’s birth as a nation, the people enjoyed a coast line. Trouble…
LatinaLista — While Washington still debates, surveys and sets up exploratory committees on the viability of establishing a national Latino museum, Los Angeles has wasted no time in creating a museum that honors the first Latinos to make a…
LatinaLista — For some people, the first realization that today was Veteran’s Day may have been when they went to the post office and found it closed, or tried to cash a check and discovered it was dark at…
By Luis Cantu LatinaLista On this Veteran’s Day across the nation, while parades marched down the Main Streets of cities and small towns and parties were thrown honoring today’s enlisted military personnelI, there were other observances happening as well…
LatinaLista — One of the most shameful chapters in modern American history occurred in a small Texas town by the name of Three Rivers. It was in that town, sixty years ago, where the only funeral home refused to…
LatinaLista — In the laid-back East Texas town of Tyler, total population less than 100,000, there was a strange sign of how even small towns in one of the reddest states in the Union aren’t immune to demographic changes….
By Alicia Conde La Prensa de San Antonio SAN ANTONIO — Hauntings in San Antonio are not limited to the boundaries of the historical Alamo where many defenders and Mexican soldiers died, and they travel far beyond the notorious…
By COLTON SHONE Cronkite Borderlands Initiative LUKACHUKAI – For more than 80 years of his life, William Yazzie didn’t know what it was like to flick a switch in his own home and have light flood the room. While…
LatinaLista: “I was born in Ciudad Juarez. I have lived here for many years. It is not a city of thugs; it is a city of hospitable people, hardworking men and women able to leave sweat and breathe every…
LatinaLista — Winston Churchill got it right when he famously said, “History is written by the victors.” That statement has never been more true than on Columbus Day. Far from the idyllic school poem describing Columbus’ journey, there has…
LatinaLista — There are several words that can be used to define culture: food, traditions or language. In any of these examples, an explanation or translation is a must to be understood. Yet, one of the most popular forms…
LatinaLista — If there is one thing that Latinas can credit the blogosphere, it’s the newfound awareness of who we are, what we are about and where we are going. The first indication of this is when Latinas across…
LatinaLista — The evolution of the Latino community in New York City is a vibrant and colorful history that deserves to be known. The only trouble is that the Big Apple’s Hispanic community has a rainbow of sub-communities, each…
By Martha R. Alonso Hernandez LatinaLista Puerto Rico native Emilio Navarro doesn’t like to sit still. Even at the age of 104, Navarro starts his daily routine with a session of calisthenics, which he happily demonstrates to visitors. His…
LatinaLista — The phrase “Si se puede” has been used so much in the last couple of years that it has become almost a cliche. Though most know the term originated with Cesar Chavez, most people have forgotten how…
LatinaLista — On Memorial Day, we remember all people who lost their lives in service to our country. Their contributions and sacrifices should be honored and remembered by us all. Yet, due to past prejudices that existed in this…
LatinaLista — On the heels of Arizona abolishing ethnic studies curriculum for their students, the final phase of the next most controversial action against ethnic contributions to state and national history is about to take place. On Wednesday, May 19,…
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…
