A Video Report Of The Librotraficante Banned Book Caravan

A Video Report Of The Librotraficante Banned Book Caravan

Mary Mata March 29, 2012

By Tia Tenopia In 2011, the Arizona State Legislature passed HB 2281, a law which prohibits schools from offering courses at any grade level that advocate ethnic solidarity, promote overthrow […]

Fight For Mexican American Studies About The Future, Our Children

Mary Mata February 28, 2012

By Matt Mendez, Librotraficante.com I am waiting for Marjorie Ann — my wife, Marlo, is seven months pregnant with her. Our soon-to-arrive daughter is named after her grandmother, my wife’s […]

Texas Group Aims To “Smuggle” Latino Literature Back Into AZ

Mary Mata January 25, 2012

The video shows a man hanging out in front of the trunk of a car filled with books you may recognize, books about Latinos, books written by Latinos. He says […]

Tucson Students Walk Out Over Mexican American Studies Ban

Mary Mata January 24, 2012

High school students in Tucson, Arizona walked out of their classrooms Monday in protest over the ban on Mexican American studies in the Tucson Unified School District (TUSD) recently. NewsTaco […]

University Of AZ Announces PhD In Mexican American Studies

Mary Mata December 27, 2011

The University of Arizona in Tucson has announced a doctoral program in Mexican American Studies —  only the third of its kind in the country.  The University will begin accepting […]

Arizona’s Ethnic Studies Fight Is Simply About Hate

Mary Mata September 29, 2011

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 […]