Carlos Menchaca’s primary victory lifts Mexican New Yorkers’ political hopes
By Albor Ruiz, New York Daily News Sunset Park played host to history on Tuesday as a young political upstart vanquished an entrenched incumbent City Councilwoman. But this primary victory […]
Carlos Santana, Martina Arroyo to receive Kennedy Center Honors
By Brett Zonger, Associated Press/Seattle Post Intelligencer WASHINGTON (AP) — Acclaimed actress Shirley MacLaine and four musicians spanning rock, jazz and opera — Billy Joel, Carlos Santana, Herbie Hancockand Martina Arroyo — will receive this year’s Kennedy Center […]
September 11 Changed Me
By María de la Luz Reyes, Hispanic Link When I was a little girl the mere sound of a fire truck or a police car would elicit an automatic knee-jerk […]
Chicanos movement revisited changes that helped all
By Eduardo Stanley, Voxxi “My birth certificate of 1943 says my race is ‘Mexican’!,” explains amused Dr. Jorge Garcia, a veteran of the Chicano Movement in California’s Central Valley. “In 1965, […]