latino heritage
Is “Newt’s World” Selling Snake Oil?
I was wondering what he was up to. It’s just my natural journalist’s reaction, you can call it cynicism, I won’t debate the point. But when Newt Gingrich launched his […]
Who is GenYLA?
They’re being called GenYLA, as in generation Young Latino Americans, an offshoot of US marketers penchant for labeling swaths of consumers according to age and distinct behavioral tendencies: GenX, GenY, […]
Was First Latina Governor Ignored?
The folks over at Fox News, not Fox News Latino-which is the same thing only different, like another hat or the servants’ entrance-have come to the defense of a Latina. […]
En Torno a La Propuesta de Ley HB 505: ¡César Chávez Presente!
[Editor’s Note: The following is a commentary from Professor Roberto R. Calderón, Ph.D. from the Department of History at the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas. We wrote about the proposal to […]
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 […]
BlackBerry Hates My Spanglish
I’m a pocha, loud and proud, and part of my pocha heritage is that I comunicate in Spanglish. Everywhere. In letters, in conversation, in emails, in cards and, most recently, […]
UT-El Paso’s Chicano Studies Program Turns 40
Well this is an exciting milestone. The University of El Paso’s Chicano Studies program just turned 40 this year. What an amazing accomplishment, especially in these trying times, when places […]
Siendo Güera, Or, Being A White Mexican
Recently, I wrote a post about Shadeism, or, the importance of skin color in the Latino community. Several of you commented that it was, or was not, important in your […]