GOP: We’re Listening To Latinos
GOP: We’re Listening To Latinos
By Reince Priebus, RNC Latinos are the fastest growing demographic group in the United States. This year alone, 500,000 Latinos will turn 18, making them eligible to vote. And after […]
Are Your Tastes Latino Enough?
By Ulisses Sanchez, Our Tiempo Recently, I found myself working out of a local coffee shop in Downtown Los Angeles. That is something that I do quite often, as I […]
Border Patrol: When Work Is A Family Matter
By Esther J. Cepeda, Voxxi Last week, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security sent out an unusually cheerful press release: “Border Patrol Academy Graduates 1,000th Class.” Forty-five newbies got through the Border […]
The Latino Paradox: Tradition vs Identity
It’s not surprising to me to see disconnects in political rhetoric. What is surprising is to see how readily they’re accepted and go unquestioned. Take for instance the idea that Latinos are […]
Quinceañera Dress To Be Part Of Smithsonian Exhibit
Who would have thought it? This is the lead paragraph of an Associated Press story that ran in the Chicago Sun-Times: She was just a regular kid. Now, the dress […]
The Undocumented And Taxation Without Representation
By Matias Ramos, Other Words Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to be free. I’ll give them some taxation without representation. With apologies to Emma Lazarus, […]
Is “Bootstrapping” the Same As Personal Responsibility?
By Reyna Jacqueline Peña, Gozamos In a recent blog piece, I reflected on my upbringing in Little Village and my beliefs regarding some of the factors that contribute to violence in the community. I […]
America’s War With Aliens And Their Families
By Hector Luis Alamo, Being Latino In the time it takes you to read this article, alien parents will be torn away from their children by armed men (possibly in […]
What Does “Go Back To Mexico” Really Mean?
For the past 20 years I’ve written a weekly opinion column for the San Antonio Express-News (technically, I started writing for the San Antonio Light, but it closed not too […]
Surnames In English And Spanish: What’s In A Name?
By D.C. Basset To name everything, to name it all, is the endless task humankind has endeavored to accomplish since the beginning of language. Flora, fauna, activities, qualities, science, the divine, the […]
