Latino Civil Rights Figures: Rubén Salazar

Rubén Salazar was born in 1928 in Ciudad Juárez,, Mexico. Through his journalism career in El Paso and later Los Angeles, Salazar became the first Mexican-American to cover the Chicano community […]

La Raza Unida Party was established in Crystal City, Texas in 1970 by a group of youth, including José Ángel Gutiérrez and Mario Compean, both organizers for the Mexican American Youth Organization. […]

Albuquerque, New Mexico — Walking into the Torreon at the National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC) in here is an unexpected, yet awe inspiring experience. From your first steps into the […]

By Renato Ramirez, Vice President of the Tejano Monument Board of Directors Given the more than 500 year history of Tejanos in America, a single decade doesn’t seem like a big […]

Here’s a cool piece of trivia to mention at your office Christmas party: Did you know that the famous gun slinger Billy the Kid was killed because he refused to […]

The Immigrant Archive Project was started to preserve the stories of immigrants in the U.S. and lets people tell their own tales of struggle and triumph in a new country. […]

By Dustin Mendus Flags are remarkably simple things. They are pieces of colored fabric occasionally with symbols adorning them, generally in a rectangular shape — sans the few odd flags […]

On Saturday, October 29 in Phoenix, Arizona the First Annual Lloronathon will be held at South Mountain Community College.  Organizer Joe Ray told NewsTaco that the premise was to celebrate what […]

LatinoJustice PRLDEF is a New York-based civil rights organization that was formed in 1972 to change and fight against discriminatory practices using advocacy and litigation. Previously known as the Puerto […]

By Richard G. Santos These last ten years since moving to South Texas, I have learned to look beyond the surface and have discovered the rich historical, cultural, genealogical and […]