Tag Archives: Chicano

Terror on the Border

Posted on April 18, 2012 by

This Friday (April 20, 2012), the PBS affiliate in San Diego will air the latest episode of “Need to Know” featuring a report on the 2010 homicide of Anastacio Hernandez Rojas. The story will present never-before-seen video suggesting what many … Continue reading →

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A New School Year

Posted on August 30, 2011 by

Today I begin my 30th semester as a teacher in higher education.  With any luck, it will also be my last as an untenured, assistant professor. A new school year always brings with it a mix of emotions and stresses. … Continue reading →

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MONDAY BLUES (08.19.11)

Posted on August 29, 2011 by

Forty-one years ago today, more than 20,000 Chicanos in East Los Angeles–women, men, and children–protested the war in Vietnam and violent effects it had begun to wield within their community.  You see, though Chicanos represented only about 11% of the … Continue reading →

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The NY Times nos da Asco

Posted on August 28, 2011 by

I can’t tell you what a sublime and historic moment it is for the NY Times to have a full-length article on the Chicano artistic troupe “Asco.” Founded in 1972, in the era of the Chicano Youth Movement, Asco were … Continue reading →

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What is Cinco de Mayo?

Posted on May 5, 2011 by

If you didn’t know any better, you would agree with the idiot who recently appeared on a late night show and described Cinco de Mayo as a holiday invented in the US “to celebrate our neighbors to the South, by … Continue reading →

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Latinifornia

Posted on March 9, 2011 by

The US Census released the California population data from the 2010 Census today. Here are some of the more interesting figures: California’s total population is 37,253,957 About 37.6% of those people are Latino (14,013,719) Some 4.8 million Californians (13%) are … Continue reading →

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JFK’s Last Night Alive

Posted on February 23, 2011 by

JFK spent his last night alive with a room full of Mexican Americans! The above photo was taken at the Rice Hotel, in Houston, on the evening of November 21, 1963.  JFK and LBJ and their wives were the guests … Continue reading →

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What is a movement?

Posted on February 22, 2011 by

On September 16, 1965, the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA) voted to join a strike of grape pickers begun by the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC). AWOC and the NFWA were distinct organizations–the constituency of the first were primarily Filipinos … Continue reading →

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Monday Blues (01.10.11)

Posted on January 10, 2011 by

Here’s a little Texas blues, Chicano style.  Los Lonely Boys performing “Cottonfields & Crossroads” from their 2006 documentary and concert performance of the same name.

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DREAM Act: the silver lining

Posted on December 18, 2010 by

UPDATE: The DREAM Act did fail cloiture, 55 votes for and 41 against. The DREAM Act goes up for a cloture vote in about an hour from now. It will not meet the 60 vote threshold to move to the … Continue reading →

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