Texas Gov. Perry Gets Cold Reception At NALEO Conference

There was a point during Texas Governor Rick Perry’s speech to a packed lunch crowd at this year’s National Association of  Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) conference that I […]

Hispanic? Latino? Mexicano? Chicano? Does It Matter? John McCain: Arizona Wildfires Caused By Immigrants Floating On The Border

By Belinda Acosta My father was born in Xilitla, a speck near another speck in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. To hear him talk, Xilitla is heaven on earth. The women […]

Here’s a rough sketch of me: I was born in San Antonio, Texas, reared on the border – Laredo and Nuevo Laredo. I studied in both US and Mexican schools. My father is […]

This story hit close to home and caught me a little off guard. I first heard about it through a niece’s FaceBook update: En Laredo Tx Quitaron Del 35 Los […]

By Saul Elbein, from the Texas Observer where this article was first published. Everything is going fine until Lupe Saenz sees the CDs. I’m paying my check at a run-down diner in […]

I grew up 2 blocks from the US-Mexico border, on the Mexican side. True story, I was born in Texas so I’m a US citizen, but I lived in Mexico […]

Exactly how many Latinos are there in the US? Let’s make it easier, how many are there in Texas? It’s not that easy, at least not according to The Mexican American […]

By Dan Arellano On May 5th 1862 in the city of Puebla the invading forces of Napoleon III, Maximilliano the Archduke of Austria, his puppet Emperor, would encounter a force […]

By Henry Flores, Ph.D This past week I had the privilege of sitting on a panel on San Antonio Politics headlined by San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro and former Secretary […]