Following the surprising concession by Donald Trump that President Barack Obama was indeed born in the United States of America (a fact embraced by most Americans during his two-term presidency) Trump … [Read more...]
I always think that,together, we can do bigger things than we can as separate individuals. I believe this is the core of my being. All ofmy professional choices have been made in this vein, with the … [Read more...]
During the political season, politicos and others wail and whine about low voter turnout among Mexican Americans. The same laments are made about Native Americans. The implication is that we, and the … [Read more...]
IS HISTORY MORE THAN JUST A MYTH AGREED UPON? Recent political chingazos about the teaching of history in our public schools got me to recalling a crazy comment a woman in Texas made a few years … [Read more...]
En estos tiempos difíciles, resulta grato encontrar congruencia entre lo que se quiere y lo que se puede; ese fenómeno evasivo cuando el hambre se junta con la necesidad, la persona y la idea con la … [Read more...]
I now have a little granddaughter and I’m thinking that when she’s old enough she just might ask, “What did you do in the Chicano Movement, grandpa?” I should live that long. She’s one year old. I’m … [Read more...]
My dream has not withered like a raisin in the sun, though at my age I wonder what my “future” would have been had I realized my dream of being a college or university president. It never … [Read more...]
RICKY LUV VIDEO 10.14.13 "RIDE" from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Ricardo Acuna is an author of several poetry collections and the graphic novel, The Realm. Here he sets us wondering about the purpose … [Read more...]
YOGA TALKS DEPRESSION from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Julie Carmen (juliecarmenactress.com/ ) is an accomplished actress, licensed family therapist and yoga therapist. Here, Julie discusses how yoga … [Read more...]
Puertorican Immigration Immigration has become a prominent topic, closely associated with the international economic situation and the conflicts in the Middle East; a phenomenon where … [Read more...]
RESTORING GERONIMO’S NAME AND PLACE IN THE ANNALS OF AMERICAN HISTORY Consciousness about my Apache Indian roots came to me late in my life not because I sought to occlude or exclude them but … [Read more...]
Lecciones de humanidad Hay quienes dejan un pedazo de su ser bajo nuestra piel que se anquilosa y late como una espina que ni se absorbe ni expulsa, que late bajo una fina … [Read more...]
Do what I tell you … or the Cucuy will get you! By now I figured I had said everything I wanted to say regarding the current presidential campaign. But then came the onslaught of emails, Facebook … [Read more...]
My late father, Salomón Chavez Huerta, first arrived in this country as an agricultural guest worker in the mid-1900s, during the Bracero Program. The Bracero Program represented a guest worker … [Read more...]
Puerto Rico esta de fiesta, con merecidísima razón. Mónica Puig se creció a la altura del oro en el tenis femenino en Rio de Janeiro, nada menos que un acontecimiento histórico y una gesta épica Es … [Read more...]
As an urban planning scholar and a son of Mexican immigrants, I implore all planning scholars, practitioners and students to stand up and take a position against Donald Trump—the Republican nominee … [Read more...]
Hard to believe I’ve made it to this milestone age of 90—more than half of those years teaching in higher education—still teaching. There were a number of years when I was a high school … [Read more...]
Sports have been a major presence in the lives of Mexican Americans since the early 20th century. This has been particularly true of Mexican Americans in the Midwest, where sports such as baseball … [Read more...]
