world war II
George Lopez, Edward James Olmos And Jackie Cruz On The First Latino They Saw On TV
*This is kinda’ cool, like a game. Who was the first Latino I saw on TV? It was Desi Arnaz, on I Love Lucy. On a U.S.-made film it was […]
This L.A. Delivery Man Amassed One of the World’s Largest Collections of Chicano Art
*Wow! Six-thousand six-hundred pieces of Chicano art, kept in a two bedroom apartment in Whittier, California. Seventy-four year-old Enrique Serrato has been collecting since he was 16. VL By Emily […]
96-Year-Old WWII Vet Alfonso Gonzales Is On Track To Become USC’s Oldest Grad
*He transferred to USC in 1947 and was one class short of graduating. He’s back this semester, 96 years old, to complete that one class where he’ll write his life’s […]
Jon Stewart and the legacy of the left
*Aaron Sanchez gives us a poignant view of Jon Stewart’s followers – the remnants of the new left. He says that Stewart, for all his popularity and legacy, “leaves his […]
The Secret History Of How Mexico Pushed Baseball Toward Racial Integration
*This wins Thursday’s prize for “must read” of the day: “There were more than 150 black U.S.players that came to Mexico from 1937 to 1946, looking for better salaries and […]
VE Day Latino Veterans: 14 Things To Know About Hispanic Soldiers That Liberated Europe In World War 2
*Tomorrow is the anniversary of VE Day. Thousands of Latinos fought and gave their lives in the WWII battles to liberate Europe. Of the 61 Medals of Honor awarded to […]
Long overdue Medals of Honor to be awarded to 17 Hispanics
By Grace Flores-Hughes, Voxxi President Barack Obama will be honoring a total of 17 Hispanics (15 posthumous and 2 alive) with the Medal of Honor on March 18th, reminding us that […]
Cancer Survivor And One-Legged Skier Augusto Pérez Pushes Toward Olympic Glory
By Andrew O’Reilly, Fox News Latino The soft, late December sunlight filters through the trees in upstate New York’s Winona State Forest as Augusto “Goose” Pérez pushes up a snowy incline, […]
Mexican American Honored as WWII Vet and Holocaust Survivor
By Vanessa A. Alvarez, NBCLatino Anthony Acevedo is one of the World War II veterans being honored today at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s 20th Anniversary Tribute in Washington, D.C. But unlike his fellow honorees, […]
Film Review: MEN IN BLACK III
By Gabrielle Bondi, The Young Folks One of my all-time favorite movies as a kid was Men in Black. My brother and I would watch it almost every day. We loved […]