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BOBBI MURRAY’S REPORT FROM THE TRENCHES 12.11.25 UCLA PANEL HIGHLIGHTS RESPONSES TO ICE

In early November, the UCLA Center for Law and Immigration Policy convened a panel to assess the fightback efforts amid the current explosion of immigration raids and anti-immigrant public policy.  … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG Tagged With: Bobbi Murray, David Amador, Hiroshi Motomura, Jacob Soberoff, Mayra Joachim, UCLA Center for Law and Immigration Policy

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BOBBI MURRAY’S REPORT FROM THE TRENCHES 12.05.25 CARWASHEROS PRESENTE!

On the day before Thanksgiving, California labor leader David Huerta was in a downtown Los Angeles federal courtroom pleading not guilty to a misdemeanor charge of obstruction, resistance, or … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG Tagged With: Bobbi Murray, Carwasheros, David Huerta, Latinopia Guest Blog

December 5, 2025 by wpengine

LATINOPIA WORD ADELITA GRIJALVA AT NO KINGS DAY

Adelita Grijalva was elected to represent Arizona's 7th Congressional District on September 25th 2025. But Speaker of the House Mike Johnson has refused to swear her in. She has vowed to be the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA WORD Tagged With: Adelita Grijalva, Latinopia Word Adelita Grijalva, No Kings Day October 18 2025

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BOBBI MURRAY REPORT FROM THE TRENCHES 11.07.25 WHAA?! DODGERS PLAY BALL WITH ICE?

In LA, there IS crying in baseball How ‘bout those Dodgers? It’s been a few days since the LA team clinched their second World’s Series win in a row and we’re still talking about that here … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG Tagged With: Bobbi Murray, Report from the Trenches

November 7, 2025 by wpengine

LATINOPIA WORD ALEJANDRO MORALES THE PLACE OF WHITE HERONS

https://vimeo.com/1131058830?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci Alejandro Morales is a prolific author whose latest work is A Place of White Herons, an illusion to the mythical Aztlán, the original homeland of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA WORD, Literature Tagged With: Alejndro Morales, Place of White Herons

October 31, 2025 by wpengine

BOBBI MURRAY’S NEWS FROM THE TRENCHES 10.16.24 TWO WINS AND SOME HOPE

California seems to do something pretty frequently to annoy the White House. This week’s West Coast affront is the Street Vendor Protection Act, authored by Senator Maria Elena Durazo and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG Tagged With: Bobbi Murray, Report form the trenches

October 16, 2025 by wpengine

LATINOPIA WORD OLGA GARCÍA ECHEVERRÍA “LENGUALISTIC ALGO”

Olga García-Echeverría is a narrative writer and poet who was born and raised in East Los Angeles. Her book, "Falling Angels,"  is split in half between stories and poems, and features a bilingual … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA WORD, Literature Tagged With: Chicana poetry, code switching bilingual poetry, Latina Poetry, Olga García-Echeverría

June 22, 2013 by Tia Tenopia

BOBBI MURRAY’S REPORT FROM THE TRENCHES 10.03.25 NO GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN FOR THE ICEMAN

The federal government shutdown over the national budget happened this last week as promised and will probably continue to dominate every news cycle news for at least a week, different aspects of it … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG Tagged With: 2025 Government shutdown, Bobbi Murray, ICE

October 3, 2025 by wpengine

LATINOPIA WORD JOSÉ MONTOYA “EL LOUIE”

José Montoya is a renowned poet, artist and political activist. Here he reads from his celebrated bilingual poem, "El Louie," a reading that took place at Occidental College in Los Angeles, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA WORD, Literature Tagged With: Jose Montoya, Jose Montoya dead at 81, Passing of a Chicano icon

February 20, 2011 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA WORD IRE’NE LARA SILVA what i remembered yesterday

Ire'ne Lara Silva is a poet based in Texas whose latest collection of poems is titled Cuicatcalli House of Song. Along with fellow poets Luivette Resto and Angelina Saenz , she recently read at the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA WORD, Literature Tagged With: Cuicatcalli House of Song, Ire'ne Lara Silva

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LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG 8.29.25 BOBBI MURRAY ON STEPHEN MILLER MAGA-IN-CHIEF

If you look at immigration policy these days—and who can’t, what with the attendant virus of raids and racism—you must take a painful look at the present architect, one Mr. Stephen Miller. He … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG Tagged With: Bobbi Murray, Latinopia Guest Blog, Stephen Miller

August 29, 2025 by wpengine

LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG GILBERTO QUEZADA WHAT’S IN INITIALS FOR THE U.S.?

When Jo Emma and I watch the ten o'clock nightly news in Spanish on Telemundo, I have noticed that the news reporters when they refer to the United States, they say, "Estados Unidos," and on the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG Tagged With: Gilberto Quezada

August 16, 2025 by wpengine

LATINOPIA WORD ESMERALDA SANTIAGO ON LAS MADRES

Esmeralda Santiago is the Puerto Rican born author of a trilogy of novels that include When I was Puerto Rican, Almost a Woman, and The Turkish Lover. Her latest novel, Las Madres, examines the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA WORD, Literature

September 30, 2023 by wpengine

LATINOPIA WORD XOCHITL-JULISA BERMJEO reads from INCANTATION

Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo's latest collection of poems is title Incantation: Love Poems fro battle Sites. The poems cover a range of themes. Here she reads to poems from the collection, Battlefields and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA WORD, Literature Tagged With: Incantation: Love Poems for Battle Sites, Xochitl Julisa Bermejo

September 27, 2024 by wpengine

BOBBI MURRAY REPORT FROM THE TRENCHES 8.08.25 MORE LEGAL VICTORIES…BUT MORE ICE.

Report from the Bench Trenches It was a win for the rule of law when Federal agents (we’re looking at you, ICE) got legally blocked yet again from picking up raza (and/or others) in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG Tagged With: Bobbi Murray, ICE raids blocked, Latinopia Guest Blog

August 8, 2025 by wpengine

LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG 7.25.25 BOBBI MURRAY THE JUDICIAL BENCH STRIKES BACK

The Judicial Bench Strikes Back It’s not news that ICE troops have been very busy chasing down and sweeping up brown-skinned people at Home Depot, restaurants and carwashes. Pause for a minute … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG Tagged With: Abrego Garcia, Bobbi Murray, Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong, Latinopia Guest Blog, U.S. District Judge James Boasberg

July 25, 2025 by wpengine

LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG 7.25.25 GILBERTO QUEZADA ON LA CANÍCULA

While growing up in my beloved Barrio El Azteca in Laredo, Texas, during the 1940s and 1950s, I would often hear my paternal grandparents mention the term, "La Canícula," during the hot summer … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG Tagged With: Gilberto Quezada, Latinopia Guest Blog

July 25, 2025 by JT

LATINOPIA WORD CHRISTINE GRANADOS “FIGHT LIKE A MAN”

Christine Granados is a Texas author whose first book, Brides and Sinners in El Chuco won widespread recognition. In her latest book, Fight Like A Man and other Stories We Tell Our Children, she … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA WORD, Literature

July 15, 2017 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG GILBERTO QUEZADA 7.17.25 BASEBALL CARDS MORE THAN COLLECTIBLES

In the 1950s, growing up in Laredo’s Barrio del Azteca, I lived for baseball.  My grandfather, a former umpire in the Mexican League, took me to see the Laredo Apaches play at Washington Park.  The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG, Literature Tagged With: Americna baseball, Gilberto Quezada, Latino baseball heroes, Ted Williams

July 17, 2025 by wpengine

LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG 7.10.25 ANGELA VALENZUELA – ALLIGATOR ALCATRAZ: A MONUMENT TO CRUELTY

Alligator Alcatraz: A Monument to Cruelty in the Heart of the Everglades by Angela Valenzuela, Ph.D. It's time to resurrect the term necropolitics, meaning the politics of death wielded by … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG Tagged With: Alligator Alcatraz, Angela Valenzuela, Latinopia Guest Blog

July 10, 2025 by wpengine

LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG 07.10.25 BOBBI MURRAY ON THE PSYCHOLOGICAL DAMAGE OF TRUMP’S ICE RAIDS

Are You Out of Your Mind? Big doings in MacArthur Park in Los Angeles this past week--Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) showed up with military trucks and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG Tagged With: Bobbi Murray, ICE raids, Latinopia Guest Blog

July 10, 2025 by wpengine

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RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 2026 CHRISTMAS BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS

December 11, 2025 By wpengine

This week’s Tejano Report showcases five books recommended by Ricardo Romo as great books and also possible holiday gifts. ENJOY!    

MARK GUERRERO’S EAST L.A. MUSIC STORIES- SAL RODRIGUEZ

December 11, 2025 By wpengine

Mark Guerrero interviews drummer/percussionist Sal Rodriguez, who has been playing drums and percussion with War for the last 34 years. He was also a member of Tierra in the late 80s and has played, toured, and/or recorded with Eastside Connection, Little Joe Hernandez, El Chicano, Malo, Chuck Negron of Three Dog Night, Tom Jones, and […]

EL PROFE QUEZADA NOS DICE 12.11.25 THE ARAB LEGACY ON OUR SPANISH LANGUAGE

December 11, 2025 By wpengine

The Spanish language, like many tongues, is a tapestry woven from centuries of cultural encounters. One of the most profound influences came from the Arab world during the Middle Ages, when the Moors ruled much of the Iberian Peninsula for nearly 800 years.  This long coexistence left an indelible mark not only on architecture, science, […]

EL PROFE QUEZADA NOS DICE 11.27.25 THE FIRST THANKSGIVING IN NORTH AMERICA

November 27, 2025 By JT

The story of Thanksgiving in the United States is often tied to the Pilgrims of Plymouth in 1621, but history reveals that a similar celebration occurred decades earlier.  In 1598, Spanish explorer Juan de Oñate led an expedition into what was then New Spain, near present-day San Elizario, Texas, and held a thanksgiving ceremony to […]

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By Tia Tenopia on May 26, 2013

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