Bien Hecho: California Swears In First Latino Poet Laureate
Mary Mata
California Governor Jerry Brown swore in Juan Felipe Herrera as the state’s new Poet Laureate last week. Herrera currently serves as Chair in the Department of Creative Writing at the […]
The Racism In The Trayvon Martin Case, Voter ID Is The Same
Mary Mata
The recent shooting of Trayvon Martin in Florida led me to think more deeply about the issue of race in America today. I’m old enough to have remembered municipal buses […]
How A Florida Law Makes Trayvon Martin’s Death “Reasonable”
Mary Mata March 26, 2012
By Paul Adams On the 26 of February, a rainy night in Sanford, Florida, Trayvon Martin was walking through his neighborhood to get home to his father after buying Skittles candy […]
Jesus Javier, Spanish TV News Pioneer, QEPD
NewsTaco
The last time I spoke to Jesus Javier was about two months ago. It was one of those out of the blue calls that took me by surprise and sent […]