How East LA’s Bodie Street Lost Its Name

I grew up in a street filled with kids with little or no inhibitions. There were about six or seven of us, which by today’s standards would be a gang, but […]

I remember being a little girl on my tip toes peeking over to see what my mom was doing, making very methodical sounds, looking very concentrated, staring over a pile […]

Colorado Congressman Mike Coffman is calling for the rejection of portions of the federal Voting Rights Act calling for providing voters with ballots in more than one language. Coffman said he […]

By Cindy Casares STATE SEN. CHRIS HARRIS OF ARLINGTON recently made national headlines when he lambasted a witness during the legislative special session for testifying in Spanish (with an English-language interpreter) […]

So, I’m only 5′ 7″ (and change). For whatever reason, I grew neither as tall as my father or mother, who are about 5′ 8″ or 9″. I maintain that […]

By Victoria Cepeda Latina civil rights activist, Luisa Moreno, is better known for having found El Congreso del Pueblo de Habla Española or the The Spanish-Speaking Peoples Congress back in December 1938.  […]

So recently, and for some inexplicable reason, I seem to have some pretty strong pegue. For those of us not in the know, “pegue,” is the word used to describe […]

Latinos love nicknames, especially endearing ones, but I have to admit it’s probably due largely in part to the fact that Spanish is a language very amenable to nicknames. At […]

This just in: new arrivals in the U.S. are not generally welcomed with open arms.  Benjamin Franklin initially opposed German immigrants, because of fears that they would not assimilate.  (He used […]

Some people call them pulgas. Other people call it a tianguis. My family always called it swap meet. Whatever you choose to call it, it has always been an adventure. […]