Latino arts, history and culture
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...]
“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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
“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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
As a writer of non-fiction, you’re always looking for “a good story.” I made a career of searching for good stories, and often catching ‘em and reeling ‘em in. It starts with a good idea and then … [Read more...]
In L.A. in recent days a couple of stories are bouncing around in the news. One is the fact that – oh what a surprise and a shock! – the Academy Awards have overlooked actors and actresses … [Read more...]
The Latest Pendejada from Donald Trump Donald Trompa is at it again. This time his pendejada has to do with a moronic plan to round up immigrants and ship them out of the country. In a typically … [Read more...]
The Chicanada and the Day of the Dead The Day of the Dead is upon us. Millions of people in Mexico and many Mexican Americans/Chicanos in the United States will be observing the day, an … [Read more...]
Ya Era Tiempo: Chicano Art at the Museum of Latin American Art A new exhibition has opened at the Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach, California. And it signals a shift in the … [Read more...]
MAKING SURE POLICE ACTUALLY “PROTECT AND SERVE” It’s been a year since the killing of Michael Brown by a cop in Ferguson, Missouri set off a firestorm of rage and demonstrations. It gave rise to … [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...]
