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Mandela, keep on soaring!
For Nelson—Leader, Tribal Person, Elder*By Ines Hernandez-AvilaWritten in summer 1988, on the occasion of Nelson Mandela's 70th birthday, when the South African government offered him a six-hour visit...
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From I to We to Us -- Poems from the Heart
Extracts from the collection of poems, The Color of My SkinBy Fernando IzaguirreLa PobrezaWhen I was a child I wore the same zapatosfor five years, shredded shoelaces eaten by my perro Chico.Most of...
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No (class)room at the top for Latinos in academia
Latino College Presidents: In their own WordsRESTRICTED AREAUNAUTHORIZED LATINOS KEEP OUTEdited by David J. Leon and Ruben O. MartinezReview by Roberto HaroDavid J. Leon and Ruben O. Martinez...
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From the days when we all got along
Ruben Llamas is the kid on the tricycle and the taller sailor boyExtract from Eye from the Edge, A Memoir of West Oakland, California: author, Ruben LlamasFrom Chapter One: Busy Boyhood…Danny and I...
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Forma-shifters: Latinos’ Own Diversity An Advantage in Big City Politics
Review of The Roots of Latino Urban Agency: Editors, Sharon A. Navarro and Rodolfo RosalesBy Sidney PlotkinThis is a fine collection on the rich promise of Latino urban activism. As the editors,...
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Two brains are better than one
Extract from The Bilingual BrainBy Arturo HernandezChapter 1 Antagonists, Parasites, and SymbiotesIt was at the age of 20 that I first encountered the paradox that would come to dominate my academic...
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Sueños en colores
By Davíd VelaBrown-haired blue-eyed ballet dancerI am dreaming of an anonymous flowerFrom a woman who never gave a manAny -- but who attracts with sapphire eyesAnd with unbridled laughter. I lay my...
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¡Saludos! You have entered the mouth of the Serpent
Extract from The Compassion of the Feathered Serpent : A Chicano WorldviewBy Ysidro MaciasIntroduction La Cabeza del Serpiente/The Head of the SerpentEl es Dios! There are two stories, two...
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“Now is the Time” for Un Partido Nuevo
Armando Navarro at labor union meetingin 1984, Victorville, CaliforniaBy Armando NavarroToday’s call for a third party is based upon the thesis that the timing is opportune and the demand becoming...
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When two (weird) minds get together
Extract from A Predatory Mind: author: Martin Hill OrtizChapter One"She's Olivia Sorrell, two Rs, two Ls," Jeff told the university guard who punched the name on his keyboard."Let me take a look," the...
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Super Myth Bowl Sunday: To the Farmworker in All of Us
A More Inclusive PerspectiveFrank V. Barajas, author's grandfather about 30 years of age, harvesting walnuts in Ventura County, late 1930sBy Frank P. BarajasWith the National Football League playoffs...
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Basketball in the Barrio: Scoring Points against Racism
Extract from When Mexicans Could Play Ball: Basketball, Race, and Identity in San Antonio, 1928-1945: author, Ignacio GarciaIntroduction : The Punch Heard ’round the BarrioIn the confusion of the...
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To memories, freedom and love: Three poems
Extracts from Alborada (Dawn): a poetic memoir across cultures: author, Nylda DieppaThe Element¡Qué elemento! my old aunt used to sayWhen a sharp-looking dandyWalked by her balconyAs she sat in her...
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Call for Essays to Expand Handbook of Texas Onlilne
History Professors Emilio Zamora, University of Texas, and Andrés Tijerina, Austin Community College, are co-directing a one-year project to increase the number of entries on Mexican American history...
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Breaking Barriers on the Basketball Court
William "Nemo" Herrera (seated center)starred on Brackenridge High School team that won Texas state championship in 1918; he went on to coach rival Sidney Lanier VoksReview of When Mexicans Could Play...
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A Chicano’s Saga: From Pomona to the Casa Blanca
Extract from A Chicano in the White House: author, Henry M. RamirezIn the late 1960s and early 1970s, the social action that became known as the Chicano Movement occurred. Actions taken by farmworkers,...
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Palaces …in a country of contradictions and revolution
Extract from The City of Palaces: author, Michael NavaChapter TwoSarmiento sat at a window table at the Café Royale watching a barefoot peladoherd a flock of turkeys down the center of Calle de los...
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Tres poemas dirigidas al amor : Three poems addressed to love
Extracts from Love When You Say LoveBy Odilia Rivera SantosPoem 114 We wait for nothing and vie for everything, scrambling to not be left with hands empty. An aspect of freefall overtakes our...
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Chronicle of a turning point for Mexico squandered
Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, D.F.Review of The City of Palaces: author, Michael NavaBy Roberto HaroWe are not safe in the United States, now and henceforth, without taking Mexico into account;...
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Words from a Wise Latina from the Bronx
By Idalie Muñoz MuñozWise 8 year-old Latina from the BronxSEATTLE, March 10, 2014—The air was thick with anticipation as last-minute stragglers looked for seats in Great Hall of Seattle’s historic Town...
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