Opening The Pandora’s Box Of Mexican Family Secrets

After the piece I wrote about my cruel grandmother, there was a maelstrom on my mother’s side of the family. In short, I have been shunned. Let’s just say that […]

It shouldn’t have taken this long to figure out, but the angry anti-immigration rhetoric that’s been around since just after the arrival of the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria apparently […]

So ever since Rick Perry joined the circus that’s been the Republican presidential  candidate field, I’ve been so annoyed. All this talk about how Latinos love him and how great […]

When I was in sixth grade, there was a girl in school that decided I was someone she could pick on. My parents had moved my sisters and I to […]

Hey you! Marginalized and often misunderstood, perhaps slightly maladjusted as a result, member of society! How many times have you been at a party or some other kind of gathering, […]

Just a day after Alabama’s harsh immigration law went into effect, Latino students have apparently started to vanish from that state’s publish schools. Specifically, 200 in Montgomery County were absent, […]

Buenos días, bienvenidos al primer Día de Español. If you recall Jean Rockford Aguilar-Valdez  had the idea for the day as part of a movement to stand in “support and […]

By Salomón Baldenegro, Retired Asst. Dean of Students & Instructor at the University of Arizona Our fight to save ethnic studies (a misnomer: only the Mexican-American studies curriculum is under […]

So why do you care about this immigration law? I would say these should be your top reasons: If you’re Latino, this law means cops and other authorities can make […]

By Dustin Mendus There is an infamous saying, “Those who do not learn from history are destined to repeat it.” While it can be used in many contexts and stir […]