The Unknown History of Latino Lynchings

*Research on Latino lynchings is new. This is a summary of a Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review article that draws a direct line form 19th and early 20th century Latino […]

*Suggestions for your summer reading. VL By Reed Johnson, Los Angeles Times Aside from their proximity in age, and the fulsome praise they got for their debut novels, Salvador Plascencia […]

By CNN Washington (CNN) – During an awards ceremony at the White House, President Barack Obama whispered in the ear of superstar musician Linda Ronstadt that he once had a crush […]

*A very good narrative of the political tensions and the winds of change in Escondido, California. The town has reached a tipping point where the entrenched establishment pushes-back against a growing […]

*The timing of an eventual executive move on immigration isn’t certain, but the speculation is that  it’ll come after congress goes into its summer recess. VL By Associated Press WASHINGTON […]

*It’s taken a while for reason to surface through the muck and misunderstanding flowing around this child immigrant story.  I think there is a crisis, but it’s a crisis in […]

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco There’s still time left this summer, before the kids go back to school, to travel to some of the Latino Heritage sites across the U.S. If […]

*Important, lest we forget. Timely as well, given the influx of immigrant children at the border. The cherry picking of immigrants “we want and don’t want” began with the Bracero […]

By Dr. Henry Flores, Newstaco Did you know that July 30th is International Friendship Day celebrated globally?  On Sunday, July 20th, Día del Amigo was celebrated in Argentina.  Every restaurant […]

*I came very close to not publishing these pictures. They’re self-promoting – the “militia” provided the photos to the San Antonio Express News. They’re not new – the last time […]