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Latinos slowly making inroads into literary world

Mary Mata July 22, 2013

By Julio Morales, Imperial Valley Press The first time Esperanza Zendejas had some of her writing published was when she was in the eighth-grade. Her father knew a newspaper editor […]

Needed: Latinas to help change lives

Mary Mata

My Ode to La Guarachera de Cuba y Del Mundo

Mary Mata July 19, 2013

Imagine an All Latino Baseball All-Star Game

Mary Mata July 15, 2013

By Julio Pabon, Huffington Post Latino Voices  As we get closer to this years MLB baseball All Star game here in New York City many Latino fans wonder how many […]

Is the Spanish language white? The immigration debate raises vexing issues about how people see race and language

Mary Mata

By Gayle Rogers, Pittsburgh Post Gazette As the immigration reform bill hangs in the balance in Congress, it is worth considering the history — rather, the long histories — of […]

Latinos Carry On New York’s Stickball Tradition

Mary Mata

By Associated Press New York –  They run with a little less speed, hit with a little less power and worry less about shattering nearby windows, but a graying crew […]

Obama’s humanities and arts medals: inspiring but also a bit vanilla

Mary Mata July 12, 2013

By James Warren, New York Daily News New Yorker Camilo Jose Vergara, a path-breaking writer-photographer-documentarian, is a singular figure. And that was very much the case Wednesday when President Obama […]