Latino arts, history and culture
Five Hundred Years of Latina Role Models By Irma Orozco Growing up, every girl needs a role model she can admire. Albert Bandura substantiated this in his book Self-Efficacy: The Exercise of … [Read more...]
Ode to the No Crisis of Moral Conviction By Jorge “Coqui” H. Rodriguez ____________________________ There is an ode to wonder about What is The No … [Read more...]
Centering Survivors, Not Symbols: Dolores Huerta and the Meaning of This Moment by Angela Valenzuela, Ph.D. March 18, 2026 There are moments when the stories we inherit ask something … [Read more...]
Debunking the Myths of the Alamo About 6 or 7 years ago the Texas State Historical Association was having its annual event at the Menger Hotel next door to the Alamo in downtown San Antonio. I … [Read more...]
Dr. Ernesto Galarza was one of the most significant labor organizer, diplomat, social activist, labor organizer, educator and author of the Twentieth Century. If he were alive today, he … [Read more...]
UT Austin's Elimination of Mexican American and Latina/o Studies is a Betrayal of Texas By Alfonso Ayala III, Doctoral Student, Mexican American & Latina/o Studies, The University of Texas at … [Read more...]
Fascism, the New U.S. Reality by Rogelio Sáenz Many Americans use the term fascism to describe nations headed by rogue dictators. Never here! But, one year into Donald Trump’s second term as … [Read more...]
The Kind Act of Solidarity By Jorge “Coqui”H Rodriguez Renee Nicole Good was the act of kindness all Americans need to follow Renee Nicole Good was a brave soul who’s … [Read more...]
For Americans focused on the latest football or basketball game scores, the latest with Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce and the pressing return and exchange of Christmas gifts, the ouster of Venezuelan … [Read more...]
Happy New Year! We dogs figure time in terms of regular meals, so every meal is a "Happy New Meal" to me. But I’ll tell you that the park visits and hamburger meals this past year were … [Read more...]
"The Vision of the Vanquished": Knowledge Europe Destroyed—and that the U.S. Power Structure Still Fears by Angela Valenzuela, Ph.D. December 24, 2025 You may view and listen to this blog … [Read more...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
