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Mexican American History Is A Patriotic History

Mary Mata October 7, 2011

By Salomón Baldenegro In Tea Party Republican Arizona, teaching Mexican American history is illegal because that history is purportedly “un-American” and foments the “overthrow of the government.” The shamelessness of […]

Rise In Suicides And Other Mental Health Problems For Veterans

Mary Mata

Latino Students More Likely Than Whites To Be Suspended

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Shakira Is Going To Save Latino Students From Dropping Out?

Mary Mata October 6, 2011

By Dustin Mendus Education has come to the forefront as a Latino issue in the past few weeks due to disappearing Latino students in Alabama. It’s raised eyebrows. The concerns […]

Immigration Law Puts Alabama Teachers Out Of Work

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It’s been a full week since the state of Alabama’s new immigration law went into effect. In that time anyone with half an opinion on the matter, including me and […]

Houston Law Professor Honored As “Texas Primera”

Mary Mata October 5, 2011

The first Latina tenured law professor in Texas, Sandra Guerra Thompson, was honored last month by the Hispanic National Bar Association.  Thompson is a University of Houston Law Foundation Professor of […]

How My Mother Saved Me From My Mexican Kindergarten Bully

Mary Mata

I had a horrible time in Mexican Kindergarten. Much of it had it can be blamed on me. I had not developed any kind of social instincts at the age […]