Ode To A Surrogate Grandpa

By Oscar Barajas I never knew what it was like to grow up with a grandfather. I had two tough as nails grandmothers, but they were both widows by the […]

By Daniel Cubias, Being Latino A year ago, I wrote about how the Great Recession hit Latinos hard. At the time, I was hopeful that the worst was behind us. Perhaps that […]

By Esther J. Cepeda, Voxxi If you live in an affluent community with a high performing school district and are familiar with the pressure-cooker environment of endless test-prepping, extracurricular overload […]

By Maitri Pamo, Being Latino It fears that a liberal, secular society is eroding the international Catholic community by infusing the U.S. church with ideas that do not conform to […]

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco Editor The U.S. Justice Department slammed their hammer soundly against one of the nation’s largest banks today for discriminating against Latinos and blacks. The announcement, reported in the Washington Post,  was made early this […]

By Hope Gillette, Voxxi For decades, the presence of teachers representing minority groups has been sorely lacking in the education system in the United States. That’s the conclusion offered by […]

From the textmex obsessed imagination of Memo Nericcio Thanks to ‘chicano rembrandt,’ izel vargas, for tipping me to this bizarre (but utterly honest, i think) interview!!! This post first appeared in […]

Thursday July 12, 2012 Mitt Romney NAACP Speech Shows He Failed To Learn Father’s Civil Rights Lessons, Black Caucus Says (Huffington Post):  Prominent members of the Congressional Black Caucus gave […]

By Maria Purísima, Pocho Ñews Service (PNS reporting from WASHINGTON, D.C.) The Mexican-American Chamber of Commerce and the U.S. Labor Department are launching a campaign to promote Hispanic workers. The Mexicans Work Better campaign encourages […]

By Oscar Brajas Believe it or not, there was one point where I was the most popular kid in school. Both adults and children hung on my every word. The […]