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Sinvergüenza Spotlight: Mexicans & McCain
It was inevitable. John McCain and company have figured it all out. And now they have called out Mexicans for their dastardly, mustache-twirling ways. In a recent press conference, McCain […]
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 […]
The American Connection To Cinco De Mayo
By Dan Arellano On May 5th 1862 in the city of Puebla the invading forces of Napoleon III, Maximilliano the Archduke of Austria, his puppet Emperor, would encounter a force […]
Alaska Police Officer Discovered To Be Undocumented
Go figure. I’m not sure what to file this story under. A cop in Anchorage, Alaska, the state’s largest city, has been discovered to have been living under a false identity. […]
How Accurately Do Police Sketches Depict Latinos?
Years ago, when I anchored television news for a living, I would read the description of a criminal suspect-Latino male, mid-thirties, medium build, mustache-and think, “holy crap, that’s me!”…me and […]
Dispatch From the DF: What Mexicans think of the US
by Alejandra Garza de Gutierrez I hope most people who have a sibling will understand me on this one. There is a new study released by the Pew Research Center’s […]
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 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 […]
Latinos Are Georgia Politico’s “Favorite” Aliens
Sigh. Big sigh. Georgia Congressman Phil Gingrey, a Republican, recently visited the border on a fact-finding mission (to make sure it’s there, or what?) with other politicos to check out […]
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 […]