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TALES OF TORRES “ADIOS TO TRUMP”

Adios to Trump, the Pendejo-in-Chief Our long national nightmare is over – well, ya mero. And ya era tiempo. And Latinos played a positive role in putting an end to a presidency that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Tales of Torres Tagged With: Election aftermath, Luis R.. Torres, Tales of Torres

November 14, 2020 by Tia Tenopia

TALES OF TORRES 6.20.20 “NOT JUST A FEW BAD APPLES”

This is not just a matter of “a few bad apples” in the police department The televised killing of George Floyd has slapped this country awake. It has forced this country, among other things, to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Tales of Torres Tagged With: Discrimination against Latinos, George Floyd, Luis R.. Torres, Tales of Torres

June 20, 2020 by Tia Tenopia

TALES OF TORRES 12.01.19 “THANKSGIVING LEFTOVERS”

Thanksgiving Day has come and gone, leaving lots of leftovers – both actual and metaphorical. Above the din of football game crowds emanating from the nonstop television in the next room, there were … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Tales of Torres Tagged With: Luis R.. Torres, Tales of Torres, Thanksgiving leftovers

December 1, 2019 by Tia Tenopia

TALES OF TORRES 9.07.19 REVIEW OF PLAY “ALWAYS RUNNING”

World Premiere of Play Based on Esteemed Memoir “Always Running” It got a standing ovation on opening night recently and it was well deserved. It just may keep pulling in satisfied audience by … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Tales of Torres Tagged With: Always Running, Luis R.. Torres, Tales of Torres

September 8, 2019 by Tia Tenopia

TALES OF TORRES 8.11.19 “EL PASO MASSACRE – CONNECTING THE DOTS”

Trump’s Racist Words and Actions Fan Flames of Mass Shootings It sounds like a bad Quentin Tarantino movie: “Massacre in El Paso.” That’s what newspaper headlines screamed and cable news network … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Tales of Torres Tagged With: El Paso Massacre, Luis R.. Torres, Tales of Torres

August 11, 2019 by Tia Tenopia

TALES OF TORRES 7.28.19 “STRAIGHT OUT OF BARRIO HOLLYWOOD”

I recently attended an event to honor peripatetic educator, journalist and broadcast executive Frank Cruz. The evening at downtown L.A.’s LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes (they insist on the upper case “A” … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Tales of Torres Tagged With: Frank Cruz, Luis R.. Torres, Tales of Torres

July 28, 2019 by Tia Tenopia

TALES OF TORRES 06.16.19 WOMEN HELPING WOMEN IN HOLLYWOOD: HOW ABOUT LATINOS HELPING LATINOS?

Women Helping Women in Hollywood: How about Latinos helping Latinos? Very recently there was a thought-provoking article in the Calendar section of the Los Angeles Times. Basically, it was a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Tales of Torres Tagged With: Emma Thompson, Latinos in Hollywood, Luis R.. Torres, Tales of Torres

June 16, 2019 by Tia Tenopia

TALES OF TORRES 4.07.19 “I WAS A TEENAGE ESSAY WHORE”

A bit like Claude Rains in “Casablanca,” I’m shocked. Shocked at news of the scandalous college admissions scandal. Wow! Stop the presses: it’s news that wealth, position and prestige confer … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Tales of Torres Tagged With: I was Teenage Essay Whore, Luis R.. Torres, Tales of Torres

April 7, 2019 by Tia Tenopia

TALES OF TORRES 11.03.18 “THE ROAD TO FASCISM IS PAVED WITH PERNICIOUS INTENTIONS”

“I am a nationalist.” That’s what Trump shouted at one of his bullshit rallies recently. All he needed was the brown-shirted “heil” salute. How much clearer could this be? We should understand his … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Tales of Torres Tagged With: Luis R.. Torres, Tales of Torres

November 3, 2018 by Tia Tenopia

TALES OF TORRES 6.24.18 “TRUMP’S MIGRANT CRISIS PERSISTS WITHOUT RESOLUTION”

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...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Tales of Torres Tagged With: child separations, Luis R.. Torres, Tales of Torres, zero tolereance fiasco

June 24, 2018 by Tia Tenopia

TALES OF TORRES 3.09.14 “LATINO BLACKS IN BASEBALL”

LATIN BLACKS IN BASEBALL BEFORE JACKIE ROBINSON.   The start of the Major League Baseball season is just around the corner and that seems like a good time to look back at some of the very early … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Tales of Torres Tagged With: Dolf Luque, Latino Blacks in baseball, Roberto Estalella, Silvio Garcia, Yasiel Puig

March 9, 2014 by Breht Burri

TALES OF TORRES 8.20.17 “LOSS OF MORAL AUTHORITY”

Trump Has Lost Any Semblance of Moral Authority By Luís Torres It’s time to call for Donald Trump to resign the presidency. Given the maniacally egotistic nihilistic that he is, it is of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Tales of Torres Tagged With: Charlottesvile controversy, Donald Trump presidency, Heather Heyer, Luis R.. Torres, Tales of Torres

August 20, 2017 by Tia Tenopia

TALES OF TORRES 2.02.17 “HOW TO SAY NO TO DONALD TRUMP”

How to say “No” to Donald Trump Cornel West has described Naomi Klein as “One of the few revolutionary public intellectuals of great integrity and vision.” And he is correct. Klein is also a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, LATINOPIA BOOK REVIEW, Tales of Torres Tagged With: Latinopia Book Review, Luis R.. Torres, Naomi Klein, Tales of Torres

July 2, 2017 by Tia Tenopia

TALES OF TORRES – 4.29.2017 AFTER THE RIOTS

It’s difficult to believe that it’s been twenty-five years since the L.A. Riots. Or Rebellion. Or Revolt. Or Uprising. Whatever you choose to call those events of late April and early May, 1992, the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Tales of Torres Tagged With: Los Angeles 1992 Riots, Luis R.. Torres, Rodney King, Tales of Torres

April 28, 2017 by Tia Tenopia

TALES OF TORRES 03.12.17 OBAMA MARRIES A GIRAFFE

Donald Trump on Twitter: “I have just learned that Barack Obama married a giraffe! What a bad (sick) guy. Sad.” Washington Daily Chronicle: (Dateline Washington, March 11, 2017) The White … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Tales of Torres Tagged With: Donald Trump Tweets, Latino Satire, Luis R.. Torres, Tales of Torres

March 12, 2017 by Tia Tenopia

TALES OF TORRES 12.11.16 “FAKE NEWS – REAL SCARINESS”

“Fake News” Causes Real Scariness in the Trump Election            More than a month after the shocking and horrifying election of snake oil salesman Donald Trump, lots of folks are shaking their … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Tales of Torres Tagged With: Fake News on the Intenet, Luis R.. Torres, Tales of Torres

December 11, 2016 by Tia Tenopia

REFLECTIONS ON FIDEL – TAKES OF TORRES 11.29.16

For the last few years it has seemed inevitable, but it was still a bit of a shock and certainly rather sad when it actually happened. The remarkable Fidel Castro died. He was 90. In a strange sense … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Tales of Torres Tagged With: Luis R.. Torres, Reflections on Fidel

November 28, 2016 by Tia Tenopia

TALES OF TORRES 8.18.16 “IS HISTORY MORE THAN AN AGREED UPON MYTH?”

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...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Tales of Torres Tagged With: Latino book banning, Luis R.. Torres, Tales of Torres

September 18, 2016 by Tia Tenopia

TALES OF TORRES 8.28.16 “THE CHICANO GENERATION”

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...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Tales of Torres Tagged With: Chicano Civil Rights Movement, Luis R.. Torres, Mario Garcia, Tales of Torres, The Chicano Generation

August 27, 2016 by Tia Tenopia

TALES OF TORRES 6.12.16 “DONALD TRUMP IS MAKING AMERICA GRATE AGAIN”

Scary. Dangerous. The ultimate pendejo is at it again, with probably his greatest pendejada so far. “He’s a Mexican, OK,” said Trump recently of the federal judge who is presiding over one of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Tales of Torres Tagged With: Donald Trump, Luis R.. Torres, Tales of Torres, Trump Curiel Controversy

June 12, 2016 by Tia Tenopia

TALES OF TORRES 5.08.16 “DIA DE LAS MADRES”

DIA DE LAS MADRES           Mothers’ Day is upon us. In the United States this year it will be May 8 (observed on the second Sunday in May), while in Mexico it will be observed – as always – on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Tales of Torres Tagged With: Luis R.. Torres, Mother's Day, Tales of Torres

May 8, 2016 by Tia Tenopia

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RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 3.06.21 “EMMA TENAYUCA – WARRIOR FOR WORKING WOMEN

March 6, 2021 By Tia Tenopia

Emma Tenayuca: A Warrior for Working Women In 1933, Emma Tenayuca, a seventeen year old high school honor student, a member of the debate team, and star player in both basketball and baseball at Brackenridge High in San Antonio, joined striking women on the picket line at H.W, Finck Cigar Company of San Antonio. The […]

BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO 3.06.21

March 6, 2021 By Tia Tenopia

Burundanga de Zocotroco Pensión Digna El asunto de una pensión digna para los servidores públicos se ha hecho tema central en el debate sobre el presente y futuro de Puerto Rico.  Un asunto crucial que amenaza el bienestar de 167,000 exempleados de gobierno, entre los que me encuentro inevitablemente aludido. Un asunto que induce a […]

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 2.27.21 “DIANA MOLINA – THE ART OF THE BORDERLANDS””

February 27, 2021 By Tia Tenopia

Diana Molina: The Art of the Borderlands Diana Molina’s 2020 book, Icons & Symbols of the Borderlands, is a rich compilation of more than 100 contemporary art images and photographs of the U.S.-Mexico border. She notes that the artists, all members of the Juntos Art Association, “explore the region’s animal and plant ecosystem, food and […]

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 2.20.21 “LESSONS FROM THE GREAT DEPRESSION”

February 20, 2021 By Tia Tenopia

Lessons of the Great Depression: A Latino Perspective By Ricardo Romo, PhD A New York Times front page article on Sunday [Feb. 7, 2021] titled “As Jobs Dry Up, Renters Pack in and Fall Behind” got my attention. When talking about today’s job losses, poverty, homelessness, and hunger, many commentators often cite statistics from the […]

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