Should National Origin Be Added To Census Forms?
Should National Origin Be Added To Census Forms?
I’m all for shaking up the snow globe, kicking up some dust, creating some chaos. Sure, it makes things a little messy for the moment, but thing’s always get messy […]
Sheriff Arpaio’s Prosecutor: Disbarred For Abuse Of Power
By Jonathan Higuera, Voxxi Last week’s extraordinary decision to disbar former Maricopa County AttorneyAndrew Thomasand his puppet henchwoman Lisa Aubuchon from practicing law in Arizona should leave Maricopa County Sheriff […]
The State Of Communities Of Color In The U.S. Economy
By Christian E. Weller, Julie Ajinkya, Jane Farrell, Center for American Progress We are currently in the third year of economic recovery following the Great Recession and the financial crisis […]
Latinos Use More Social Media, But With Limits
According to the most recent research Latinos are all over social media; we love it, more than any other ethnic, racial or cultural group in the U.S. NewsTaco has reported on […]
Quinceañera Dress To Be Part Of Smithsonian Exhibit
Who would have thought it? This is the lead paragraph of an Associated Press story that ran in the Chicago Sun-Times: She was just a regular kid. Now, the dress […]
U.S. Has A Frijol-Based Economy
Your handsome and humble servant- El Guapo El Guapo writes The Daily Refried, and is, without question, the foremost authority on all things sinvergüenza. Follow him on Facebook or Twitter @TheDailyRefried. [Photo by eliazar]
Two Immigrants Gunned Down in Arizona
By Dustin Mendus A truck carrying twenty “Illegal aliens” was intercepted Sunday, April 8th, by “individuals in camouflage uniforms brandishing rifles” in Pima, Arizona. Two people in the truck were […]
Apathy is perhaps the biggest crisis confronting Latinos
By Duke Machado Apathy may be our undoing. In the political world, everyone’s talking about Hispanics. Are we really going to make the difference? Will we actually show up and vote? Are […]
What Does “Go Back To Mexico” Really Mean?
For the past 20 years I’ve written a weekly opinion column for the San Antonio Express-News (technically, I started writing for the San Antonio Light, but it closed not too […]
Surnames In English And Spanish: What’s In A Name?
By D.C. Basset To name everything, to name it all, is the endless task humankind has endeavored to accomplish since the beginning of language. Flora, fauna, activities, qualities, science, the divine, the […]