Is That Any Way to Attract Gringos?
Is That Any Way to Attract Gringos?
*Texas Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer publicly quipped that GOP stands for Gringos Otros Pendejos. So much to unpack here: I’ve never thought of the word “Gringo” as derogatory. Much like […]
Pablo Escobar’s hippos are wreaking havoc in Colombia
*Seriously. Hippos multiplying in Colombia. Taken there by Drug Kingpin Pablo Escobar. Wonderfully strange story. VL By Sarah Larimer, Washington Post This story has everything: a drug lord, a once-grand […]
First Lady Of Guatemala Visits Child Migrants In Arizona
*Guatemalan First Lady visits immigrant children, says they’re being treated well, calls the situation at the U.S. border a humanitarian crisis. VL By Kate Sheehy, Fronteras NOGALES, Ariz. — The […]
The issue with unaccompanied minors proposal? Failure of compassion
By Al Dia Editorial Staff President Obama anounced June 30 that he is “providing the DHS Secretary additional authority to exercise discretion in processing the return and removal of unaccompanied minor children from […]
Happy Birthday VRA!
By Dr. Henry Flores, NewsTaco It seems like only yesterday when the Voting Rights Act (VRA) was passed but this week we mark the fiftieth anniversary of its passage and […]
Immigrant Children, Not In My Backyard
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco When a large group of angry protesters in Murrieta, California, blocked the path of a bus carrying immigrant children this week, the frequency and volume of the reports, […]
Playwright’s “Ghosts” Reflect a Spirit of Santa Ana
*This is wonderful. We could fill so many pages and so many stages with the stories we remember. VL By Paloma Esquivel, Los Angeles Times In Jose Cruz Gonzalez’s mind, […]
‘A Most Imperfect Union,’ a retelling of U.S. history by Ilan Stavans and Lalo Alcaraz
*Brilliant! Toss out the pale-male history texts, here’s a truer narrative from a “red, non-white and blue perspective.” This is what Stavans wrote about this work: “a single, controlling leitmotif: the […]
Immigrant Advocates Call on Obama to Be Brave and Swift
*Good report. It draws a straight line from what President Obama said he would do regarding immigration, to what his options are, and what some activists want him to do. […]
Hispandering Is Not a Dirty Word
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco We’ve come a long way from the days when politicians remembered the Latino community only around election time. In deep South Texas they threw parties on […]
