Recipe: Corn Tortilla; flavor, texture, aroma

*Tortillas: part history, part cultural heritage, part politics of agriculture – and a recipe. VL By Adan Medrano, Adan’s Blog The tortilla. Think of it as, well, not a wrap.  Not […]

*The late Molly Ivins called him “Governor Good Hair,” it was her way of pointing out Rick Perry’s postcard politician character. This week Perry reminded me why Ivins held him […]

*Republican lawmakers stalled and obstructed a vote on immigration this year, now they want quick legislative action. What a difference 59 thousand children make. VL By Jim Kuhnhenn, Associated Press/Star […]

*The story of a group of DREAMers who built a robot and beat an MIT team in competition. Years later the teams reunite, the MIT kids had gone on to […]

*The recession is over … but the news hasn’t reached most Latinos. VL By Matt Barreto, Latino Decisions A new poll of Latino registered voters finds that over half of […]

*Interesting read from the Department of Sociology at the University of Minnesota. It draws a comparative line between the unaccompanied-minor crisis at the border and the Israel/Gaza crisis in the Middle East. At […]

By Adam Isacson, Washington Office on Latin America This week, the U.S. Border Patrol released statistics about its activities in 2013, including its apprehensions of migrants along the U.S.-Mexico border. This allowed WOLA to update […]

*Great find by Latino Rebels. What the White House should have known before the unaccompanied minor situation became a crisis. VL By Latino Rebels For all those who think the […]

*The Texas governor isn’t saying that the deployed guard would protect Texas against undocumented children. In fact, he’s said this is a reaction to an ignored request to help fight […]

* This is good news. VL By José Morales, Being Latino The international book market has long been dominated by American (i.e. Stephen King) or British (J.K. Rowling) authors. But according […]