He’s Been In 100 Hollywood Films, But Adrian Martinez Is Now Making IPhone Movies With His Friends
He’s Been In 100 Hollywood Films, But Adrian Martinez Is Now Making IPhone Movies With His Friends
*My first reaction? Yeah, I’ve seen that guy in movies! After that … what a great story! VL By Andrew S. Vargas,Remezcla From Michelangelo to Mozart, the history of Western […]
The True Story of the Latino Kids Who Beat MIT’s Best Robots, Coming Soon to Theaters
*An uplifting Friday morning read. I’m anxious to see this. VL By WIRED Ten years ago, contributing editor Joshua Davis received a press release that gave him pause. Clumsily formatted […]
Aztec manuscript under the microscope
*Some experts believe the codex dates back to 1507. Studies have begun in France to find if it’s a genuine pre-hispanic artifact. VL By The Guardian It was May 1826 […]
Can Ethnic Studies Improve Student Achievement? Researcher Says Yes
*As if more evidence and studies were needed … But it’s good to have validation like this. VL By Juan Castillo, NBC News A new study linking Mexican American Studies […]
Latino Support for Hillary in 2016 Depends on Her Stance on Executive Action on Immigration
*Interesting. Yesterday USA Today ran a story about Latino fundraisers and their support for Hillary. This poll seems to support the idea that Latinos are waiting to hear from Hillary […]
Chris Rock on Being Mexican in Hollywood: “There’s a Slave State in L.A.”
*This is a conversation we’ve been having for a long time. What’s new about this Chris Rock essay is that Chris Rock wrote it. By that I mean the incisive, blunt, […]
In the Texas borderlands, ‘a new vision of America is being born’
*This piece speaks to me. I’m a borderland brat, and there’s so much the borderland experience can teach us in these days of searching for identity. If you’re from the […]
A Deportee’s Story
*We lose so much human context when we argue about immigration only in terms of politics. This is a short piece, but it’s filled with humanity. VL By Sam Quiñones, […]
House may vote to undo Obama immigration order
*The GOP is set to launch it’s first test of the limits of the President’s authority. I’m sure there will be many more to come. VL By Associated Press/Washington Post […]
“Crucial” climate summit begins in Peru
*The problem for U.S. politics is that much of the data discussed at the summit rely heavily on science. You could expect many of the agreements reached in Peru to face […]
