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A Conversation with Presidential Inaugural Poet Richard Blanco: “One Today,” One Year Later

Mary Mata January 13, 2014

By Gregg Barrios, Los Angeles Review of Books AN UNEXPECTED CALL in December 2012 changed Richard Blanco’s life: he was asked to write an original poem for President Barack Obama’s […]

Life on the border should be the best of both worlds, not one or the other

Mary Mata

The teachings of Abuela Margarita on love, sex, joy and femininity

Mary Mata

Artist Ramiro Gomez Shakes Up Luxury Ads With a Dose of Reality

Mary Mata January 10, 2014

By Jorge Rivas, Fusion The images of housekeepers and gardeners that artist Ramiro Gomez creates are deeply personal to him. Ramiro’s grandmother was a nanny, and in 2009 Ramiro himself took a […]

Is calling something “White” an insult?

Mary Mata January 9, 2014

By Daniel Cubias, Being Latino I was at a wedding reception when I saw her — a blonde woman trying in vain to get down with Kool & the Gang’s Jungle Boogie. […]

Library of Congress honors Náhuatl scholar with Living Legend Award

Mary Mata January 8, 2014

By Elaine Ayala, San Antonio Express News Miguel León-Portilla, professor emeritus of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and the world’s foremost scholar on Náhuatl language and culture, was awarded […]

Epiphany In The Snow: Latinos Across U.S. Do Their Best To Celebrate Three Kings Day

Mary Mata January 6, 2014

By Fox News Latino On the Christian calendar, January 6 is the Feast of the Epiphany, the day that the three kings are supposed to have presented the infant Jesus […]