Mexico Is Having A Fight Over The Word ‘Mezcal’
Mexico Is Having A Fight Over The Word ‘Mezcal’
*It’s the same drink, produced a few miles from the official government cut-off line, but it can’t be called Mezcal. It’s not about taste and it’s not about geography, it’s […]
When These Latinos Tell Immigration Stories, They Push Beyond Fairy Tales
*This is good stuff to read. Real stories told with real, raw truth. VL By Leah Donnella, NPR Code Switch (7 minute read) It’s easy to believe in a definitive […]
Latino Entrepreneurs Step Up to Build Economic and Financial Growth
*From the article: Latinos entrepreneurs lack access to capital and financial know-how. Only about 1 percent of all Latino-owned businesses created between 2007 and 2012 received venture capital or angel investments. […]
Justice Sonia Sotomayor says she thought about hitting Antonin Scalia with baseball bat
*Justice Sotomayor: “If we’ve lost anything, it’s remembering that differences don’t stand, necessarily, on ill will. If you keep that in mind, you can resolve almost any issue, because you can […]
Why Donald Trump says “the” before “Latinos” and “African Americans”
*How Trump uses language to separate white voters from “others.” VL By Jenée Desmond-Harris, Vox (5 minute read) When Donald Trump talks about black and Latino people, he does something […]
Trump’s immigration whisperer
*Trump’s immigration policies aren’t his own. This is the guy who feeds him ideas and one-liners. VL By Glenn Thrush, Off Message (9 minute read) TOPEKA, Kan. — Kris Kobach […]
The Latino Workers Who Really ‘Run’ Washington
*OK, I’m a fan of Patricia Guadalupe’s reporting and writing. That said, impartially, this is a really good read. VL By Patricia Guadalupe, NBC News (4 minute read) WASHINGTON, D.C. […]
Wells Fargo Faces Angry Questions About Profiling Latinos
*This is a strange story. Wells Fargo is embroiled in a controversy about bank employees opening accounts and charging fees without customers’ consent. Further investigation has found that those employees […]
Central American gang’s tentacles reach deep into Texas
*This is a very good, very scary read. VL By Julián Aguilar, Texas Tribune (7 minute read) HOUSTON — It’s the savagery that most bothers veteran police officer George Rhyne. […]
Epic 80-Part Series on Celia Cruz Now Available on Netflix
*80 parts? That’s two-and-a-half day’s straight of binge-watching. VL By Sameer Rao, Colorlines (1 minute read) We wrote a year ago about “Celia,” the 80-episode Telemundo series about Afro-Cuban singer and […]
