Will Latino Veterans Be Excluded From Vietnam War Documentary?

Will Latino Veterans Be Excluded From Vietnam War Documentary?

Mary Mata April 21, 2011

In case you never heard about Ken Burns, “The War,” and the resulting controversy, let me try to break it down quickly. Ken Burns created this massive documentary about World […]

The Pain Of Losing A Son In Iraq, One Latino’s Story

Mary Mata March 1, 2011

[Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in The Texas Observer and was written by Eugene Richards.] Carlos Arredondo: I remember the war in Nicaragua in the 1980s, the Contra scandal, […]

News Taco To Go: WWI, HPV, Wisconsin, Budget And Libya

Mary Mata

The last WWI veteran died Sunday. Frank W. Buckles was 110 when he died but only 16 when he lied to enlist in the Army to fight in WWI. Half […]

Latino State Of The Union

Mary Mata December 17, 2010

[Editor’s Note: The following is an edited version of a blog from LatinoPoliticsBlog.com blogger Seneca. Re-posted with permission.] The “state of the union” of the Latino community appears to be […]

Latin American Support For Palestine Grows

Mary Mata December 10, 2010

I think a good modern name for this would be “Monroe Doctrine FAIL!” The United States has been woefully ignoring Mexico, Central and South American politics since at least September […]