Latino arts, history and culture
DEMOGRAPHY AND DESTINY: AMERICAN HISPANICS IN THE 21ST CENTURY--IMPLICATIONS OF MINORITY TO MAJORITY SHIFTS IN SELECT GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS As part of the process of keeping my college … [Read more...]
Uno a Uno es la realización más reciente de Noel Quiñones. Ello presenta la ineludible realidad que abordar en primer término; Noel es mi amigo. Lo es desde el momento en que llegó a los antiguos … [Read more...]
Efemérides y Pleitos El 25 de julio es un día importante en Puerto Rico, es la fecha en que se conmemora la firma de la Constitución del 1952. Visto que es uso y costumbre llamarlo día de las … [Read more...]
If you swim in the sewer… “He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with … [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...]
Boricuas pa que tu lo sepas Mucho me lamenta repetir lo bien sabido; los tiempos están dificiles. Quizá por ello se colma mejor el orgullo ante las dos Boricuas que han acaparado ésta semana … [Read more...]
Parte III Comparaciones, Impresiones y Recomendaciones Cuando abordamos el desarrollo humano en el pasado siglo, los factores que inciden para que se pueda llevar una vida digna, con … [Read more...]
Just when you think El Mero Pendejo Trump can’t do anything more insidious and evil than he’s already done, he proves you wrong. We are in the midst of his latest pernicious pendejada: the separating … [Read more...]
Parte II Informe sobre el Desarrollo Humano: Puerto Rico 2016 Población De acuerdo con el Censo de 2010, Puerto Rico tenía una población de 3,725,789 habitantes a esa fecha, lo que … [Read more...]
Informe sobre el Desarrollo Humano Parte I El lunes 14 de mayo ese presentó a la comunidad el Informe sobre el Desarrollo Humano: Puerto Rico 2016, el producto de una iniciativa de un grupo … [Read more...]
Spanish is a lovely tongue... Some recent incidents involving the use of Spanish (more on these below) brought to mind an essay entitled “Saints and sinners all agree…” I wrote several years ago. I … [Read more...]
During our various road trips--Librotraficantes, Interviews of Rudolfo Anaya, Paul Hutton and Rudy Anaya again--Jesus Treviño and I discussed the music of Hamilton, the joys of writing, the glories of … [Read more...]
De que la ignorancia es osada mi vida es prueba. Heme aquí, lejos de solfeos y pentagramas , lanzándome a la música. Visto que la cultura es una encomienda amplia y diversa, me aventuro a comentar un … [Read more...]
I was surprised by the American Legion Magazine interview on the GI Bill with Henry Kissinger and Hank Greenberg (June 2017). These are two public figures whom I’ve long admired despite … [Read more...]
Spine of Califas - Morning Crossing Morning, north over there. You’re the driver bringing five señoras to work, with tourist visas, $10 round trip. You’re the driver coming back from La … [Read more...]
WW II GENERATION GETS IT DONE! It is beyond ironic that teaching young people about the patriotism of the Mexican American community—e.g., that Mexican Americans/Latinos have earned more … [Read more...]
President Donald J. Trump represents an existential threat to immigrants in the United States. Trump’s immigration rhetoric and policies consist of racist, xenophobic, enforcement-only and … [Read more...]
Vine a Los Angeles The eagle perched on the cactus called me to Los Angeles. The Templo Mayor lays buried here. In my city, Mexico City, jaguar heads … [Read more...]
Bienvenidos otra vez a La Voz Newspaper! Tengo mucho que platicarte, pero no se si voy a tener suficiente espacio en este página. Pero hay les voy! Quiero empezar llamando a su atención la carrera … [Read more...]
The Republican party, aka Trumpian cult... I’ve written on this topic before, but I’m not being repetitious mindlessly. I believe that every time the phenomenon I discuss here emerges we need to … [Read more...]
It seems to be a truism of history that significant events begin inauspiciously. Or at least if one is attuned to the significance of the moment, its augury for the future … [Read more...]
