Resumen Noticiero: Giffords, Congress, Salud and King

It’s been a crazy week, but 2011 is just getting started. We wanted to wrap up what was so that we can get down to the business of what will […]

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 […]

I had the opportunity recently not only to meet the great Lalo Alcaraz, but also to see some hilarious Latino comedians in LA. My favorite was Rick Izquieta, who was […]

A hard core telenovela story comes to us from Hollywood. We wrote previously about Latina author Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez, who is currently embroiled in a battle with NBC and George Lopez’s […]

Currently, I am sojourning in my native land, Los Angeles. I can tell you it’s great to be back! But since I’ve moved ever closer to become a Tejana it’s always interesting to […]

The Los Angeles Times wrote an interesting story this week about a Latino who’s been trying like heck to get himself elected to pubic office in Compton, an area that […]

An interesting analysis of the Latino vote in California, published by Ganett, points out that the strength of the Latino vote is in state-wide races. Erin Kelly writes: “While Republicans […]

Latino students make up 51% of California’s school students, that’s 3.1 million kids, making Latinos the majority in this state’s school system. At the same time, 25% of Latino students […]

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 […]

By José Luis Aguirre It’s common to see images of Our Lady of Guadalupe on T-shirts, watches, bracelets, key chains, paintings, murals and even tattoos. Devotion to the patron saint of […]