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Remembering JFK; Latinos recall a relationship cut short
By Suzanne Gamboa, NBCLatino Al Maldonado has been planning since last year to bring back together people who were at the Rice Hotel the night before John F. Kennedy was killed. […]
Chicanos movement revisited changes that helped all
By Eduardo Stanley, Voxxi “My birth certificate of 1943 says my race is ‘Mexican’!,” explains amused Dr. Jorge Garcia, a veteran of the Chicano Movement in California’s Central Valley. “In 1965, […]
Give Us Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Huddled Masses—We Have Private Prisons to Fill
By Forrest Wilder, Texas Observer When Jose Rios walked into a Bank of America branch last year, he hoped to open an account for the car repair shop he owned. He didn’t […]
Cesar Chávez, Mi Líder y Defensor
Armando García Todos los pueblos han tenido un lider que ha luchado por que la justicia llegue a los más necesitados, a los parias, a los desamparados, a los que con […]
Smithsonian And The Evolution of Mexican Food in America
PRESS RELEASE Programs Examine Origins of Mexican Food and Latino Contributions to Food Production The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History and the Smithsonian Latino Center will present two programs […]
Latino Presence Is Felt At Sundance
By Michael Lopez, Huffington Post Latino Voices Forget Hollywood and New York, right now the world’s greatest film mecca is Park City, Utah. From now until the end of the […]
Undocumented Law School Grads and Students Prepare Lobby
By Leslie Layton, Chico Sol/New America Media An organization calling itself the DREAM Bar Association (DBA) is launching a national campaign on behalf of undocumented immigrants who want licenses to […]
Binders Full of Voters: Activating the Texas Electorate
By Peter Malof, Public News Service HOUSTON, Texas – Some are retired, some are students. Some are paid, others volunteer. Yet they all share a single goal. For weeks, a wide […]
Latino Voters to Say ‘Adiós’ to Sheriff Joe Arpaio
By Griselda Nevarez, Voxxi Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is facing his toughest re-election race in his 20-year tenure and a group of young Latinos in Arizona are working to ensure he […]
Phoenix City Council Considering Local ID for Undocumented Immigrants
By Valeria Fernández, New America Media PHOENIX, ARIZ.–A member of the Phoenix City Council is exploring the possibility that the local government could create a form of identification care to help […]