U.S. Students Made To Recite Mexican Pledge Of Allegiance

I went to school in Mexico, from the third grade through to the ninth, and I don’t remember reciting the pledge of allegiance to the Mexican flag, ever. So I was curious about a controversy that broke out when a […]

If this hasn’t happened to you, I’d be surprised, but with my two accents it sure seems to happen a lot to me. You know, you meet someone and you […]

Buenos días, bienvenidos al primer Día de Español. If you recall Jean Rockford Aguilar-Valdez  had the idea for the day as part of a movement to stand in “support and […]

By Zach Gonzalez & Arthur D. Soto-Vásquez Addressing the question of why the U.S. and Mexico need each other, former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Tony Garza opened his remarks this morning […]

By David Tapia, fundi2.com San Bernardino, California — On September 18, 1810, Chile declared it’s Independence from Spain. This year,2011, marks the 201st  Anniversary of this South American country. In […]

Of course this week was the start of Hispanic Heritage Month, so we had a few posts on that, including: Census data, a story about loving and leaving Mexico, trying […]

In September 1968, Congress authorized President Lyndon B. Johnson to proclaim National Hispanic Heritage Week, which was observed during the week that included Sept. 15 and Sept. 16. The observance […]

Last week I posted on Facebook that, sometimes, people are frustrated by my Spanglish speaking ways. But, that’s the way I think — so ni modo. I got some interesting […]

Although an estimated 2.7 million Facebook users in the U.S. speak Spanish, and 1.6 million use the site en español, not all of the millions and millions of friends of […]

By Richard G. Santos I used to tell my students and now tell audiences when the occasion arises, that U. S. history is written and taught in black and white […]