Latino arts, history and culture
The American literary canon are the authors and their works who have been deemed over time to be the best of American literature. With few exceptions the canon has historically excluded diverse … [Read more...]
In 1974, Chicano poets José Montoya and José Antonio Burciaga traveled to New York to meet with Puerto Rican poets of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. On a street corner in Loisaida (the Lower East Side of … [Read more...]
This month Mark Guerrero visits with George Ochoa, who was a member of The Slauson Brothers band and Cannibal and the Headhunters in the '60s and Olde Tyme Religion and Yaqui in the '70s. Although not … [Read more...]
Carmen Tafolla is an accomplished author of prose, poetry and chidlren's books and past Poet Laureate of the city of San Antonio, Texas. She is also President of the prestigious Texas Institute of … [Read more...]
Me enseña la experiencia que tanto tiene la vida de paradoja y congruencia, como de armonía y disonancia. Se suman a mis tribulaciones el acontecer reciente en torno al presente y el futuro de este … [Read more...]
Bienvenidos otra vez a La Voz Newspaper! In this issue of La Voz you will find a number of interesting stories and news items. Let us call to your attention our feature story on El Cinco de Mayo. … [Read more...]
"Safe" events don't create real change... It's the season to honor César E. Chávez and his legacy of labor activism on behalf of farm workers. However, many of the contemporary Chávez celebrations … [Read more...]
In this week's Chicano Music Chronicles, Mark Guerrero interviews legendary big band leader and musician DonTosti. Tosti was part of the pre-Rock and Roll big band generation. He started his music … [Read more...]
No voy a negarlo, desde que Donald Trump incidió formalmente en el escenario político norteamericano se convirtió en objeto de mi fascinación, pues es de esas figuras que no dejan de … [Read more...]
The National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies national conference is meeting this week, April 3-6, 2019, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The theme of the conference is "Indigenous Knowledge for … [Read more...]
I first learned about MEChA (Movimiento Estudiantil Chicana/o de Aztlán) during UCLA’s Freshman Summer Program (FSP) in 1985, as a 17-year-old freshman. Many moons later, when I became a member, I … [Read more...]
In 1966, Chicano activist Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzales created a community based civil rights organization called the Crusade for Justice. Corky was disillusioned by traditional government agencies that … [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...]
NOTES ON THE IRISH/MEXICAN FRONTIER by Ernest Hogan A lot of people have a hard enough time dealing with the complicated reality of Mexican Americans – when you add Irish to the mix, their … [Read more...]
Sanctuary cities-a civil initiative... A local activist coalition, Tucson Families Free and Together, has launched a petition drive to change our city's status from being an "immigrant-welcoming" … [Read more...]
Bienvenidos otra vez a La Voz Newspaper. Esperamos que todos se encuentran en buen salud porque como quien dice, your health is your wealth. In this issue of La Voz we wish to call to your … [Read more...]
CONTEXT: By the mid-1960s unrest was building in the Mexican American communities throughout the United States in response to decades of discrimination and abuse. The high school walk-outs in East … [Read more...]
March 27-31, 1969 PREAMBLE TO PLAN DE AZTLÁN PROGRAM OF EL PLAN DE AZTLÁN CONTEXT: In March of 1969, Chicano activist leader Rodolfo “Corky” Gonzales convened a National Youth Liberation … [Read more...]
Latinos and Latinas today take gender equality as a given. But in the early days of the Chicano Movement for Civil Rights of the1960s and 1970s, Chicana women activists were often the unrecognized … [Read more...]
Inconstitucional o no inconstitucional Ese es el dilema. El territorio de Puerto Rico se rige por un modelo de gobierno republicano, compuesto de las ramas ejecutiva, legislativa y judicial, … [Read more...]
