Is The NBA’s Noche Latina “Latino Enough?”
Is The NBA’s Noche Latina “Latino Enough?”
The NBA will be celebrating Noche Latina with seven nationally televised games. The events will take place in Los Angeles, Miami, Orlando, Phoenix, San Antonio, Chicago and New York. NBA Vice President of Hispanic Marketing Saskia Sorrosa stated, “The Noche Latina program is the perfect example of the […]
Revisiting History On The Anniversary Of The Battle At The Alamo
By Richard G. Santos When it comes to writing the history of the Battle at the Alamo, personal exaggerations, self role embellishments, political-social-religious-ethnic-racial factors created a larger than life and […]
A Visual Guide: Where Texas Redistricting Goes From Here
By now most of you are frustrated by the goings on in the Texas Redistricting Telenovela and I don’t blame you. Although it’s frustrating to me to keep retelling the […]
U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett Shifts Emphasis To Latino Voters
U.S. Rep. Lloyd Dogget (D-Austin) has been serving the people of the State of Texas in some capacity or another for most of his life. As a congressman since 1995, […]
Tony Romo, San Antonio Have Much To Prove To The NFL
By Robert Crowe San Antonio, Texas — The Tony Romo-versus-Eli Manning match-up for the NFC East crown is getting a lot of play in San Antonio, which, I’m convinced, has more […]
U.S. College Completion Cannot Grow Without Latino Success
By Justin Rodriguez, Candidate for State Representative District 125, San Antonio, Texas San Antonio, Texas — Recent legislative cuts to K-12 public education in Texas total approximately $4 billion in […]
Joaquin Castro’s San Antonio Strategy
San Antonio, Texas — Congressional Candidate Joaquín Castro has had a busy week. Just a few days ago he was campaigning in the newly created 35th congressional district, hoping a […]
Gonzalez’s Retirement Makes Room For Younger Latino Politicos
The last two times I spoke to congressman Charlie Gonzalez I noticed a sense of futility in his demeanor. It wasn’t a fatalism that you’d attribute to someone who’d given […]
Sandra Cisneros Leaving Texas For New Mexico
By Roberto Ontiveros Celebrated author and benefactor of Latino/Latina writers, Sandra Cisneros plans to leave Texas. Cisneros, who lives in San Antonio, says she wants to spend more time pursuing her […]
DOJ Finds Latino Politico Disenfranchised Latino Voters
By Rebecca Acuña, Dep. Political Director for Base Outreach for the Texas Democratic Party Republican State Representative John Garza rejected the inclusion of politically organized Hispanics in his district. That […]
