When Politicians Speak, What Do We Hear?

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There’s a battle of historic proportions brewing around the issue of voting rights and the constitutional idea of one person, one vote. And I don’t exaggerate when I say that it’s of historic proportions. […]

What’s happening in Alabama that has experts and educators scratching their heads about Latinos and what was expected of them? Pretty much everyone who thought they knew what would happen […]

Six percent of the nation’s K-12 teachers are Latino, compared to 20% of the Latino student population in public schools – that’s according to reports by the National Center for […]

By a show of hands, how many of you have had “the talk” with your children or remember “the talk” with your parents? I thought so; it’s not something we Latinos do […]

On paper Rick Perry looks like the Republican Party’s best bet for 2012. He’s the Governor of Texas, a state that has managed to grow its economy and add jobs through the […]

According to Fox News Latino, The battle for Hispanics’ hearts has begun in earnest. The Merced Sun Star had a slightly different perspective on the same story: A Republican group formed last […]

Okay, so now I’m confused – and a little worried. It used to be, in the good ole days, that all I had to keep in mind was the possibility […]

I was walking with my father down the long corridor that leads to his apartment (he insists on independent living) when he stopped and turned to look at me with a wry […]

Here’s some navel-gazing to start off your week: How do you self-identify? Latino, Hispanic, Mexican-American, Puerto Rican…? In the interest of full disclosure I’ll admit that I’ve long lost interest […]