America’s War With Aliens And Their Families
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 […]
Two Immigrants Gunned Down in Arizona
By Dustin Mendus A truck carrying twenty “Illegal aliens” was intercepted Sunday, April 8th, by “individuals in camouflage uniforms brandishing rifles” in Pima, Arizona. Two people in the truck were […]
Texas Sen. Carlos Truan, A Living Legacy
If you venture too far from South Texas or the mired halls of Texas’ state capitol politics you may not not run into too many people who’ve heard of Carlos Truan. But […]
Eating Together with Chef Aaron Sanchez (meet and greet event)
Not everyday you wake up and head to an event in one of the most amazing places in NYC: Tribeca, to meet a celebrity chef and ask all the questions […]
Santorum’s Exit: What it Means For Latinos
That haze you see on the GOP side of the political aisle is the heavy dust settling after Rick Santorum’s announcement that he’s suspending his presidential campaign. It’s also the […]
Don’t Mess With My Hair
By Lorraine C. Ladish I write about self-improvement and empowerment. I believe inner beauty trumps good looks. I know that a positive attitude is more empowering than wearing makeup. And yet, […]
Apathy is perhaps the biggest crisis confronting Latinos
By Duke Machado Apathy may be our undoing. In the political world, everyone’s talking about Hispanics. Are we really going to make the difference? Will we actually show up and vote? Are […]
Is Your State Prepared: Water Threats to Economy, Health?
WASHINGTON – Only nine states have taken comprehensive steps to address their vulnerabilities to the water-related impacts of climate change, while 29 states are unprepared for growing water threats to […]
Benedetti: The Well Loved Poet The U.S. Should Come to Know
The Uruguayan poet Mario Benedetti is relatively unknown in the United States, but in Latin America the name Benedetti is synonymous with Poetry. Even though the work of Chilean poet […]
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 […]
