COMPTON: In SoCal, the best stories come from smallest towns

COMPTON: In SoCal, the best stories come from smallest towns

Mary Mata June 4, 2013

By  Sam Quiñones, A Reporter’s Blog I’ve long thought that in Southern California, the best stories come from the small suburbs — particularly those just to the southeast of Los Angeles, […]

Pablo Neruda Death Investigation Risks Going Off Track

Mary Mata

  By Marianela Jarroud and Michael Warren, Associated Press/Huffington Post Latino Voices SANTIAGO, Chile — U.S. experts on Chile’s dictatorship-era human rights violations said Monday that a judicial investigation into […]

Beer makers, don’t exploit Latinos

Mary Mata June 3, 2013

By Esther Cepeda, Washington Post Writers Group In matters of Latino unity, the prevailing stereotype is that Mexicans, South Americans and Puerto Ricans don’t get along. But if ever there […]

Jazz de México

NewsTaco May 31, 2013

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco Auspicious, this Friday is. Not only is it the end of a work week, it’s also the end of a the month. Bring on June! Let’s […]

Two Border Villages Reunite For One Day

Mary Mata

By Lorne Matalon, Fronteras IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RIO GRANDE — In the rural border areas of Texas, seven so-called ‘informal crossings’ were shut down following Sept. 11. These were […]

Puerto Rican Flag on Beer Can Has a Short Shelf Life

Mary Mata

By Winnie Hu, New York Times The special cans of Coors Light beer started popping up in New York City in recent weeks ahead of the coming parade. The vitriol […]

When Billy met Gabo- Que Cute!

Mary Mata May 30, 2013

From the textmex obsessed imagination of Daphne Strassmann The new and improved Guanabee has gotten all vamped up like her brothers and sisters’ sites of the Gawker Media Group. So while we were checking […]

How Media Portrays Latinos Supports Negative Stereotypes

Mary Mata May 29, 2013

By LIN@R Negative portrayals of Latinos and immigrants are pervasive in news and entertainment media. Consequently, non-Latinos commonly believe that many media-promoted negative stereotypes about these groups are true. Conservative talk […]

Voices From the Past: Cherrie Moraga

Mary Mata

By Patricia Munoz, LIN@R “Xicana, writer.” Cherrie Moraga said. “I am a Xicana writer.” On the matters of personal identity, many people tend to choose the most important title: Ph. […]

Two Latinos Take Home Top Awards At 2013 Cannes Film Festival

Mary Mata

By Stefan Lopez, Latinos Post Sunday was a proud day for the Hispanic film community, as two of their own took home top prizes at the Cannes Film Festival. Awards for […]