The Rise & Fall Of East LA’s Best Unknown Band, The Mexicats

Sometimes the stars that burn the brightest, also burn the fastest. Such was not the case with The Mexicats, a band some friends and I started back in the 1990s. […]

After an outcry from American farmers over a shortage of migrant workers in their fields, Republican lawmaker Lamar Smith recently introduced a plan to overhaul the current H-2A program which forces […]

To this day, I cannot repress, suppress or otherwise erase the image of the first man I ever saw die. Even now my mind performs an odd ritual of vivisection. […]

By Kristin Eberhard Moments ago the Air Resources Board voted 9-0 to re-adopt and move ahead with the AB32 Scoping Plan — California’s blueprint for transitioning to a clean energy […]

“ASCO: Elite of the Obscure” is a new exhibit slated to start on September 4 at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, representing a watershed moment in the history […]

To chat with Franco Mondini-Ruiz is to be sucked into his world — art museums, New York City, Mexican mothers, San Antonio art society, gay parties, baroque wedding cakes, 18th […]

The second part of what is known as the California DREAM Act passed the state senate yesterday, giving undocumented students access to public financial aid. Now the legislation goes back […]

The words Mexican wrestling conjure up images of masked burly men, performing acrobatic-like stunts, taking down their opponents in the most theatrical of styles while unabashedly flaunting their masculinity. Take […]

Earlier this month, “The Harvest,” a film about underage farmworkers debuted in theaters in New York and Los Angeles. Following three workers ages 12-16, the film documents their daily lives […]

Today a mural in San Francisco, CA was set to be unveiled that addresses the plight of immigrants in general, and their children often caught in the middle as the […]