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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 […]
Latina Students Fight Pesticides In California
And now for a great story out of California, where a group of young Latinas and other high school students organized to protect their families from a harmful pesticide, convincing […]
Get Your Norteño Out Of My Conjunto
By Saul Elbein, from the Texas Observer where this article was first published. Everything is going fine until Lupe Saenz sees the CDs. I’m paying my check at a run-down diner in […]
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 […]
The War On The Middle Class Is A War On Latino Families
If you haven’t seen the infographic from The Center for American Progress depicting the stark contrast between middle and working class program cuts and tax breaks for the wealthy, you […]
Effects Of The Proposed Federal Budget Cuts On Latinos
[Editor’s Note: The Latino Print Network recently sent out an email newsletter detailing the effects of the 2011 proposed federal budget cuts on Latinos, we reproduce that information here.] Cuts […]
Offensive Against Arizona-Type Laws Gains Momentum
Last week’s defeat of five stringent immigration bills in the Arizona legislature was no fluke. Ever since that state’s notorious SB1070 was signed into law, Arizona has become the focus […]
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: […]
César Chávez Holiday On Chopping Block In Texas
In Texas currently there is a César Chávez Day, an optional state holiday that public institutions may elect as one of the 12 they celebrate every year. Recently, the University […]
Report: Immigrant Women in the U.S. Food Industry
The Southern Poverty Law Center recently published a report called “Injustice on Our Plates: Immigrant Women in the U.S. Food Industry” that interviewed about 150 women working in the food […]