Puerto Ricans: Thoroughbreds or Mutts?

By Izzy Sanabria, for the National Institute for Latino Policy History has taught us that conquerors plundered, raped, killed and destroyed cultures. As conquerors go, the Spaniards were one of the […]

By Sylvia Gonzalez-Hohenshelt, Manager of Public Programs at Villa Finale My fascination with the life and works of American G.I. Forum founder and Latino civil rights leader Dr. Hector P. […]

Part of what has been called the “Greatest Generation,” 87-year-old Texas native Abelardo R. Navarrette was inducted into the 35th Infantry Division Hall of Fame in Kansas City, Missouri earlier […]

Héctor Pérez García was born in Mexico and immigrated to south Texas during the Mexican Revolution. His hard won education — he had to hitchhike 30 miles each way to […]

By Sarah Joseph, otherwords.org Many of us will never forget that famous elementary school rhyme: “In fourteen hundred ninety-two / Columbus sailed the ocean blue.” At the time, it’s not […]

By Salomón Baldenegro In Tea Party Republican Arizona, teaching Mexican American history is illegal because that history is purportedly “un-American” and foments the “overthrow of the government.” The shamelessness of […]

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 […]

There are many subtle categories on the Latino continuum, and we here at The Daily Refried offices recognize that El Guapo is the face, voice, and mind of all shades […]

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 […]

In a time when ethnic studies in Arizona is facing fierce opposition, South Texas College in McAllen, Texas is offering the first Mexican-American Studies degree that may be earned entirely […]