What’s LA County Sheriff Lee Baca Hiding In Rubén Salazar Case?

After more than 15 years of asking to see the records pertaining to the killing of Rubén Salazar, Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca has agreed to let reporters see […]

The woman who organized the robbery that ultimately left 9 year-old Brisenia Flores dead has been sentenced to death by an Arizona jury. She had previously been found guilty, for […]

Latinos now outnumber Native Americans in Oklahoma, a state that has marketed if not truly valued its Native American heritage. The Native American Times (via AP) reports that, with recent […]

A 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck New Zealand Tuesday; the quake is centered around Christchurch and at least 65 people have died. Protestors in Libya have been killed and their bodies are […]

Rubén Salazar was a journalist critical of the powers that be in Los Angeles when he was hit in the head with a gas canister fired by a Los Angeles […]

[Editor’s Note: This is a repost from Pa’lante Latino and was written by Victoria Cepeda] It was 1966 when Mexican-American civil rights activist Jesús Salas et. al. founded “Obreros Unidos”, an independent […]

I love to tan. Don’t get me wrong, I am somewhat light-complected, so I can’t really tan. What I have to do is lather on SPF 30, then go out […]

There is little known about the origin of the national Chicano movement – where it started, how it started, what brought about the discontent that resulted in the creation of […]

There’s already controversy surrounding the 2010 Census, even though it hasn’t even been fully released. Along the U.S.-Mexico border, where Latinos are concentrated, poor neighborhoods known as colonias were severely […]

Data released by the Centers for Disease Control show that 3.1 million Latinos in the U.S. suffer from arthritis, prompting them to limit themselves in 1/5 of these cases. The […]