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Lalo Alcaraz and the Long Journey of a Latino Political Cartoonist
Does winning a prestigious award mean that Alcaraz is now accepted by the mainstream? By Graciela Mochkofsky | The New Yorker | MAY 18, 2022 | Photo from Alcarez's Instagram Like many prestigious awards that recognize great accomplishment in this country, the Herblock Prize for editorial cartooning, created in 2004 ... -
“Bad Mexicans”
Historian Kelly Lytle Hernández on Race, Empire, and Revolution in the Borderlands. Interview with Amy Goodman | DemocracyNow.org | MAY 10, 2022 Watch the video below to learn about the origin story and history of our namesake, Los Magonistas! -
Mexican president threatens to skip Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles
By Fabiola Sanchez & Joshua Goodman | Los Angeles Times | MAY 10, 2022 | Photo by Yamil Lage MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s president said Tuesday that he would not attend next month’s Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles if the Biden administration excluded Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua — adding his voice to ... -
How Cinco de Mayo Got Its Start Because of California's Mexican Americans
By Yvonne Condes | KCET | MAY 3, 2022 | Photo courtesy of LA Pubic Library In the spring of 1970, Dr. David Hayes-Bautista didn't know much about Cinco de Mayo other than the day commemorated the Mexican Battle of Puebla against the French. To him and his fellow UC ... -
Debit card is launched so that Mexican families receive remittances more securely
Migrants will be able to send more easily, better conditions and without commission to pay for their relatives who collect them in Mexico. By Araceli Martinez Ortega | La Opinion | APR. 12, 2022 The Mexican government launched the Remittances Paisanos card that will allow the families of countrymen to ... -
Column: Sheriff Villanueva just showed the world the petty emptiness behind his bluster
By Gustavo Arellano | Los Angeles Times | APR. 27, 2022 With his burly build, close-cropped hair, eternal smirk and laconic voice, Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva has spent his first term trying to present himself as a lonely hero thanklessly taking on societal ills. He certainly plays the role by ... -
FLASHBACK PERSPECTIVE: 50 Years After The East LA Walkouts, We’re Still Fighting For Latino Students
Latino students must know about their history to push back against the narratives that limit them. By Irene Sanchez | Huffington Post | MAR. 2, 2018 | Photo by David McNew History repeats itself. I often tell my students this when I teach Latino studies every day at three different ... -
What we got wrong about Black and Korean communities after the L.A. riots
By Frank Shyong | Los Angeles Times | APR. 27, 2022 | Photo by Hyungwon Kang “What are you doing down here?” The year was 2017, and I was at the intersection of Manchester and South Normandie avenues, where the Los Angeles riots had raged a quarter century before. I ... -
Column: He was murdered during the L.A. riots. We can’t forget Latinos like him
Arellano highlights the lasting effects that the civil unrest of '92 have had on the lives of several Latino families. By Gustavo Arellano | Los Angeles Times | APR. 27, 2022 | Photo by Tomas Ovalle BAKERSFIELD — Thirty years ago, Eduardo Cañedo Vela was the manager at a Japanese restaurant in ... -
Honoring the life of Armando Navarro — scholar, activist and Chicano leader
By Alfonso Gonzalez Toribo and Jennifer R. Najera | Press-Enterprise | APR. 16, 2022 | Photo from UC Riverside The Inland Empire has lost an important scholar and activist. Armando Navarro, a retired UC Riverside ethnic studies professor, passed away from a heart attack on March 25, 2022. He was ...
