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Tracing the U.S. / Mexico Border Wall

Mary Mata August 6, 2013

This article was suggested by Taquista Ito Romo. By Hillary Mushkin, kcet.org Last November, a group of artists, art historians, students, a U.S. veteran, and others gathered to sketch, walk along […]

Baseball’s suspensions — all Latinos

Mary Mata

Soy Musulmana: Latina Islam converts on the rise

Mary Mata August 5, 2013

The power of a party: The American (Anglo) Quinceañera

Mary Mata August 1, 2013

By The Econoimist The teenagers of San Antonio give a foretaste of America’s Hispanic future THE ghosts of Texas past, present and future will swirl around Madison Metroka, a teenager […]

Latinos, Blacks More Optimistic Than Whites

Mary Mata

By Jennifer Agiesta, Associated Press/NPR WASHINGTON (AP) — Growing up as a black teen, John Harris III says he wasn’t always sure about what he wanted to do with his life. But […]

Yet Another Chapter in the History of American Representations of the “Mexican”: “Pancho Villa”

Mary Mata July 31, 2013

Comic Book Style, From Avon Comics, 1950 {via Steve Lopez’s Blog} From the textmex obsessed imagination of Memo Nericcio Click the cover for the link to the full-color story… This article […]

Breaking the Teen Mom Tradition

Mary Mata July 30, 2013

By Karla Martinez, Coachella Unincorporated/New America Media While there are many family traditions I hope to pass down to my children one day, there is one tradition I hope ends with […]