Punjabi Sikh-Mexican American community fading into history

Punjabi Sikh-Mexican American community fading into history

NewsTaco March 4, 2015

*These things are true: Latinos are leading the American transformation to a multi-racial society. This is because Latinos are multi-racial to begin with, and because Latinos are marrying non-Latinos in […]

‘Forgotten’ Latino scholar may get Albuquerque school

NewsTaco February 13, 2015

*We posted a story a couple of months ago about a biography of George I. Sanchez. It had mixed reactions. Some people believe he was a champion of Latino education […]

Finding My Place Within the Texas Myth

NewsTaco January 29, 2015

*The Texas myth looms large. Latinos’ place in that myth has been consistently whitewashed. This is a good, heartfelt piece. VL By Michelle Garcia, Texas Observer As a kid I […]

Book details life of ‘forgotten’ US Latino scholar

NewsTaco December 29, 2014

*We need to tell more of these untold stories. It’s a vital part of the American narrative. VL By Russell Contreras, Associated Press/BND.com ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — George I. Sanchez regularly […]

‘Lemon Grove Incident’ Remembered 80 Years Later

NewsTaco July 18, 2014

*This post is several years old. I stumbled on it and realized how few U.S. Latinos have heard of this, and how that should change. There are young U.S. Latinos […]

Before ‘Brown V. Board,’ Mendez Fought California’s Segregated Schools

NewsTaco May 16, 2014

*There’s so much to take from this. Here are two things that stand out: first, that the Latino fight for civil rights isn’t new, it goes back for many decades; […]

‘Latino Americans’ recounts how Latinos helped shape the U.S.

Mary Mata September 16, 2013

By Griselda Nevarez, Voxxi Adriana Bosch said she feels that in the last few years — because of how the immigration reform debate has been framed — many Americans see […]

TX Legislators Would Cut Ethnic Studies in College Requirements

Mary Mata March 15, 2013

By Jacquellena Carrero, NBCLatino Students at public universities in Texas may no longer be able to take courses focusing on racial, ethnic or gender history to fulfill their core requirements for […]

Latino Civil War Veteran Given Military Honors

NewsTaco January 8, 2013

  By Fox News Latino Click on picture to read story. [Photo by Marion Doss]

The Quest To Save A Texas Civil Rights Treasure

Mary Mata October 20, 2011

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. […]