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What Americans don’t know about Latino history could fill a museum
By STEPHEN PITTI, LOS ANGELES TIMES ~ DEC. 16, 2020 On Thursday, Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) blocked a bipartisan congressional effort to establish a new Smithsonian National Museum of the American Latino, declaring that “the last thing we need is to further divide an already divided nation with an array of segregated, ... -
L.A. Times Letters to the Editor regarding ‘Latinx’: sounds inauthentic, what’s wrong with being Mexican?
Los Angeles Times Op-Ed – Dec. 3, 2020 To the editor: Thank you for Benjamin Francis-Fallon’s op-ed article on the emergence of the word “Latinx” to identify those of us who have roots in Spanish-speaking countries. While I am skeptical of the “Latinx,” I believe Francis-Fallon’s article is important because ... -
The political fight between Latinos over ‘Latinx’
BY: BENJAMIN FRANCIS-FALLON, LOS ANGELES TIMES – NOV. 29, 2020 When asked how Democrats might translate their success among Arizona’s Latinx community in the latest presidential election, U.S. Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) tweeted a sharp reply: “First start by not using the term Latinx.” Though presented as a personal objection, ... -
"Growing in the Shadows", a Latinos Are Essential Short Film Made by Dreamers
On Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020, the Latino Public Broadcasting announced the launch of a new series of short films called “Latinos Are Essential,” which chronicles the stories of Latinos during the COVID-19 pandemic and showcases the work of dedicated “essential workers” (health care providers, teachers, food service workers, retail clerks ... -
The Mayas built the first water filtration system in the Americas
By Katherine Kornei, Science Magazine – Nov. 5, 2020 The Maya city of Tikal is famous for its soaring palaces and temples. But something far more humble kept Tikal functioning: its water filtration system, the earliest known of its kind. Researchers recently discovered a volcanic mineral that captures microbes and ... -
The complicated relationship between Mexican Americans and the L.A. Dodgers
A new Smithsonian book and an upcoming exhibition, ‘¡Pleibol!,’ recounts the singular importance of baseball in Latino history and culture. By Priscilla Leiva, SMITHSONIANMAG – OCTOBER 22, 2020 Since the 1970s, Los Desterrados, meaning “The Uprooted,” have annually convened at their childhood stomping grounds right outside of the gates of ... -
The Long History of Blaming Immigrants in Times of Sickness
BY: Tara Wu, SMITHSONIANMAG.COM –OCTOBER 19, 2020 On a chilly morning in February, about a thousand Chinese immigrants, Chinese Americans and others filled the streets of San Francisco’s historic Chinatown. They marched down Grant Avenue led by a bright red banner emblazoned with the words “Fight the Virus, NOT the ... -
La vida en México de una familia después de la deportación
Por: Araceli Martínez Ortega, La Opinión – 17 de Octubre 2020 Cuando a Candice @Laguerita70, una estadounidense nacida en el estado de Utah, le presentaron a Fidel, un inmigrante mexicano, nunca imaginó que por ese hombre dejaría todo para irse a vivir con él a México cuando fue deportado. “México ... -
Indigenous Peoples Day: Gaia’s Lament, A Call to Awaken
By: Rafael Jesús González, Dragonfly Press, DNA Ezine August 2020 Art: Transitions by Roberta Young (Pastels, graphite and crayon) It would seem that the fevered Earth in her delirium has generated antibodies in the form of a crowned virus to cure herself of the cancer that humankind has become upon ... -
12 de octubre: China pudo haber “descubierto” América antes que Colón
Por: BBC News Mundo , La Opinión – 09 de Octubre 2020 Algunos autores plantean otras alternativas que ponen a China a la vanguardia de los viajes de exploración por América mucho antes que Cristóbal Colón. Cuando Cristóbal Colón se lanzó a atravesar los grandes espacios vacíos al oeste de ...
