When The Hobbit Took Back Aztlán: A Latino Nerd Reads Tolkien
Mary Mata January 11, 2012
By Eres Nerd Mi ‘apa is a nerd. Specifically, a history nerd, por eso, the chances that I would turn out a nerd when I was born were very high. Our […]
Bien Hecho: Eva Longoria Helps Teens With Special Needs
Mary Mata
The first time I heard about Eva’s Heroes was from Eva Longoria herself, who told the story of how growing up with a special-needs sister changed her perspective and her […]
Tucson’s Ethnic Studies Program Officially Shut Down
Mary Mata
The Tucson Unified School District’s governing board shut down the ethnic studies program — or Mexican American studies — in a meeting Tuesday night. Only one of the five board […]
Latino Civil Rights Figures: Rubén Salazar
Mary Mata January 9, 2012
Rubén Salazar was born in 1928 in Ciudad Juárez,, Mexico. Through his journalism career in El Paso and later Los Angeles, Salazar became the first Mexican-American to cover the Chicano community […]