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Mexican & Mexican American Are Not The Same Thing
You know what really gets my goat? When I either hear or read or receive comments equating Latinos with Mexico. Or when something I write about my experience as a […]
César Chávez’s Died 18 Years Ago, Now UFW Is Struggling
Eighteen years ago Saturday, César Chávez died. That was 1993. Chávez was originally born in Arizona, but his family later became migrant workers in California, and went on to be […]
Pesticide Exposure Tied To Lower IQs
A University of California at Berkeley study found that prenatal exposure to pesticides leads to lower IQs in babies. The study found that the use of popular organophosphate pesticides leads to […]
Cinematic Fantasy, Economic Reality Collide On Whitter Blvd.
One of the first places I used to go to upon declaring my conditional independence from my parents’ household was Commerce Theater out by Goodrich and Whittier Blvd. I still […]
Tea Party Brings Birthright Citizenship House Floor
So while the President and the leaders of congress were working to avert a government shutdown in the past few days the Tea Party was launching an assault on the […]
The Problem With Latin America’s Aging Population
[Editor’s Note: The following was published by The World Bank] Report advises Latin American countries to prepare for a ‘greying revolution’; rapid aging no longer a rich country phenomenon. Region’s […]
The Mystique of Cholo Fatalism
I was riding on the bus today, on my way to work, when I was accosted by the weirdest solicitor of all time. He was a young man, about 17 […]
Actual Anchor Baby Operation Found In LA
An actual “anchor baby” operation was recently shut down outside of Los Angeles, California involving pregnant Chinese women who paid to receive pre- and post-natal care and have their babies […]
Few Immigrants Cross Border to Give Birth
A quick but significant note. Not to belabor the immigration issue, but I found this interesting in its logic, or lack of it. The Chicago Sun Times reports: The vast […]
How To Respond To Anti-Latino Racists
[Editor’s Note: This is the first of periodic re-posts from the blog Pa’lante Latino. The following was authored by Christina Saenz & Albert Downing.] Have you ever needed the best […]