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Latino Diaspora Merits Reporting
I’m not sure if anybody out in the Inter-webs is reporting on the US Latino diaspora as such – a diaspora. I find it fascinating. For reasons having to do […]
Crossing the Snake, David Montejano and the Chicano Movement
by David Montejano from the Texas Observer, where this story was first published. My two major works—Anglos and Mexicans in the Making of Texas, 1936-1986 and its sequel, Quixote’s Soldiers: […]
NewsTaco To Go: Foreclosures, Toyota, PATRIOT Act, Roosters and Catholics
There’s some heavy stuff in your NewsTaco To Go this morning — foreclosures are up, cockfighting and the PATRIOT Act — then there’s a Catholic app and relief that Toyota’s […]
NewsTaco To Go: Super Bowl, Jobs, Layoffs, E.Coli And Babies
The Green Bay Packers won the Super Bowl, beating the Pittsburg Steelers 31-25. President Barack Obama is trying to increase job growth and help mend the economy by reaching out […]
New Latino Christians Could Swing Latino Vote For GOP
[Editor’s Note: This story was written by the Texas Observer’s Michael May and published Dec. 20, 2010 and is reproduced here as part of our partnership with the magazine.] Praying […]
Video Update – Immigration: Issues, State Laws and Challenges
Republicans want a return to workplace immigration raids US steps up illegal workers crackdown Bills Denying Birthright Citizenship to be Introduced in Arizona California Republicans Split Over Push to Create […]
Latinos Hitting Political “Stride”
I’ve been having very interesting conversations/exchanges over the interwebs recently, having to do mostly with Latinos and political power. Maybe it’s the anticipation of the drilled-down Census numbers that are […]
Missing Carlos Guerra Part 4
[Editor’s Note: Roberto R. Calderón is my father and a professor of history at the University of North Texas. He was a fan and a friend of Carlos Guerra and […]
Book Review: Quixote’s Soldiers And The Chicano Movement
By Vincent Bosquez Call it cosmic faith, or a poignant buena suerte, but a few hours before I learned of San Antonio icon Carlos Guerra’s death last week, I had […]
Hunger Strike, Student Government, New Laws and the Constitution: A day in the Life of Immigration Reform
Education, politics, a hunger strike, constitutional law, the cost of sb1070 and a surprising revelation are all part of immigration news across the country. Let me put it in some […]