When Arizona’s State School Superintendent, Tom Horn, made it his mission to shut down Tucson’s Mexican American studies program, it triggered an outcry among Latino communities nationwide. The filmmakers of the film, Precious Knowledge, traveled to Tucson to chronicle an entire school year to document disenfranchised youth becoming engaged, informed and active Chicanos in a [...]

Chilean Alberto Almarza is a world reknown “virtuoso flutist” who is a resident artist and member of the faculty at The Jeanne Baxtresser International Master Class at the Juilliard School in New York. In this appearance at a TEDx event in Pittsburgh, Almarza shares a flute composition that had its inspiration from ancient Japanese music. [...]

Jose Angel Garcia, founder of the professional Mexican basketball team, Huracanes Tampico, explains to a TEDx audience in San Antonio how sports is helping to solve two problems in his country — child obesity and violence. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOTorl8SWT8[/youtube]

From Cuban Americans to Puerto Ricans, S. Florida Latinos’ viewpoints about the GOP candidates are highlighted in this Associated Press video report. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jCr9z3MY3I[/youtube]