UPDATE: All San Anto DREAMers Released

UPDATE: All San Anto DREAMers Released

Mary Mata November 30, 2010

UPDATE: All the DREAMers from San Anto, but for Rev. Lorenza Andrade Smith who continues her protest in jail, have been released. Everyone else has been charged with Class B […]

UPDATED: 16 San Anto DREAMers Arrested

Mary Mata November 29, 2010

UPDATED: Sixteen DREAM Act protesters were arrested at Republican Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison’s offices tonight after a six-hour sit-in. Apparently, the Washington, D.C. offices of Sen. Hutchison did not want the […]

Mexitarianism in Action: ‘Cheese’ Enchiladas

Mary Mata October 27, 2010

Perhaps you recall my post about being a Mexitarian — that is that I refrain from meat except when guilted into it by my relatives — well, there’s another dimension […]

Young Latino Filmmaker Sees the Power of Movies

Mary Mata October 26, 2010

Ralph Lopez will tell you that he — wanted to be in the movie business since he was in the third grade — as the guy who blew stuff up. […]

Saying Latinos live longer than whites or blacks is like telling the miserable that the meek will inherit the earth. They may feel better but it doesn’t change their reality.

Mary Mata October 14, 2010

It is well established that Latinos are the population group most likely to get inadequate health care and suffer from chronic maladies like diabetes and coronary afflictions. A recent government […]

Famoso Sausage

Mary Mata September 26, 2010

Funny sign spotted at a recent Jazz festival in San Antonio, Texas: “Famoso Sausage en taco or kebob.” [Photo via]

My Journey Towards Mexitarianism

Mary Mata August 29, 2010

Sara Inés Calderón writes of her back-and-forth battle with becoming a vegetarian and continuing to embrace her Mexican culture and home city of San Antonio, Texas.