On Halloween, Oscar The Grouch Almost Got Beat Up By Gandhi

I started celebrating Halloween a little early this year. I went to a party dressed as Oscar The Grouch, he of “Sesame Street” fame. I was expecting to fly under […]

I remember the exact moment I became a feminist. Imagine a chubby, 12 year-old Oh Hells Nah bored at church. I was daydreaming (probably about food, as I often did) […]

I grew up on a street with prostitutes on the corner. The Cove Motel on Cicero Ave. teemed with ragged-looking women and unctuous, terrifying men. At the time, I had […]

Bachelor parties are social institutions that have been around since the first caveman hunted down the first wooly mammoth and decided it would be nice if someone decided to get […]

It seems like every time you turn around in Texas these days, there’s another young, educated Latino professional with political aspirations who’s either running for office — or just won […]

One day my cat ran into the house and dropped a dying, bleeding field mouse at my feet. I screamed and jumped back as this half-dead creature spilled its guts […]

You know, sometimes it’s hard being Latino. You wake up, go about your day, do your business, and then people ask you where your donkey is, or whether your family […]

By Christina Rodriguez One of the things I’ve learned from my relationship with my African-American boyfriend is that there are people who: are truly accepting of others’ choices think it’s […]

Recently I was at an event when an elderly white gentleman approached me and began a conversation. After we got over the whole “It’s Sara, not Sarah,” part of my […]

By studying at the undergraduate level, and then pursuing a graduate degree, Latinos may gain influence in the highest levels of our society. Every year I work to create opportunities to […]