Diversity Is A Privilege
Diversity Is A Privilege
I consider myself lucky to have grown up in Los Angeles and so many people from so many places. At the time, I thought it was normal to live next-door […]
Latino US Postage Stamps On Sale
U.S. stamps honoring Tito Puente, Celia Cruz, Carmen Miranda, Selena and Carlos Cardel go on sale today. Will you be supporting the recognition and contribution of our people in America?
Little Joe Speaks Truth To Power
As I headed out last night to catch Austin’s psych-rock warriors the Black Angels at La Zona Rosa, I decided to take the hike and bike trail across town from […]
Should English Be The Official Language Of The US?
Every time I write a column about immigration I’ll get the email or phone call du jour telling me about how their grandmother came to this country with only the clothes on […]
The Glories And Disappointments Of Cockfighting
My father grew up in a small municipality by the name of La Rivera, Jalisco. At the time, there was nothing to do there, and there is nothing to do […]
Checa LA Movie: “The Lincoln Lawyer” Features Latinos
En esta atrapante película de suspenso titulada “The Lincoln Lawyer,” Matthew McConaughey encarna el personaje de Michael “Mick” Haller, un carismático e inteligente abogado criminal de Los Angeles que tiene […]
Latinos Identifying By Race More Than A Decade Ago
An analysis of 2010 Census data by USA Today revealed that Hispanics in states with some of the largest Hispanic populations categorized themselves by race more often than in the […]
Top 5 Latino Words For “Butt”
If there’s one neat thing about the Spanish language, it’s that it’s a very creative language, at least in my experience with it. Whether you’re talking about jokes with double […]
The Economics Of Deciding In An Uncertain World
[Editor’s Note: The following was written by economist Robert Cavazos] How do people make decisions? How do we make sense of the world? Per our policymakers, grounded upon the whispers […]
Latinos – Believe it or Not – Are Thriving in Tuscaloosa
Toosca-donde? Talk about a Latino population boom! (more like a bang, but we won’t go there, for obvious reasons). The number of Latinos in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, has almost tripled in the last […]