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Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, and the day they abandoned me

Mary Mata April 25, 2012

By Oscar Barajas When I was about eight years old, my cousin changed my life. He introduced me to a telephone line that would connect me to Santa Claus. Santa […]

Commentary: A Collective Silence Is A License To Hate

Mary Mata April 24, 2012

Bien Hecho: Carmen Tafolla Is San Antonio’s First Poet Laureate

Mary Mata

A Latina Rite of Passage Story: Girl In Progress

Mary Mata April 23, 2012

By Laura Donnnelly Gonzalez According to mainstream press, the “sleeping giant,” Latinos, are awakening, inspiring the first Time magazine cover in Spanish.  But, despite such validating nods, mainstream television and film […]

The Emergence Of The Political Eva Longoria

Mary Mata

By Tony Castro, Voxxi When Eva Longoria was unveiled as one of co-chairs of President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign, the reaction among the national press corps was the usual rolling of the […]

Film Review: ‘The Lucky One’

Mary Mata April 20, 2012

By Gabrielle Bondi, The Young Folks Another year, another Nicholas Sparks film! Now, I will admit that while I tend to give Sparks a lot of flak, mostly because of this, […]

9 Latinos In TIME Magazine´s 100 Most Influential

Mary Mata

By Paloma Corredor, Voxxi  TIME Magazine has released its annual list of the100 most influential people, and for the first time, the majority of the list is non-white. And nine of the top 100 are […]