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Carlomagno Pedro: the man who broke the ‘art’ ceiling
By MND Staff | Mexico News Daily | MAY 27, 2023 | Photo courtesy of Friends of Oaxacan Folk Art Mexico’s handcraft tradition is so much more than eye-catching wares displayed for sale on the street. Rather, it is a testament to millennia of both history and aesthetic evolution. Mexico’s ... -
AMLO appoints Luisa María Alcalde Lujan Secretary of the Interior
Luisa María Alcalde Luján was appointed as Secretary of the Interior by AMLO, recognizing that generational replacement is needed. By Emmanuel Carrillo | Forbes Mexico | JUN. 19, 2023 | Photo courtesy of MX Presidency President Andrés Manuel López Obrador on Monday appointed Luisa María Alcalde Luján as the new ... -
The Zoot Suit Riots, 80 years later
By Fidel Martinez | Los Angeles Times | JUN. 8, 2023 | File Photo from LA Times They were targeted and beaten. Stripped of their prized garbs and brutalized in the streets. This June marks the 80th anniversary of the Zoot Suit Riots, a dark period in Los Angeles and ... -
In Black-led Compton, a Latino majority fights for political power
The city known for its Black culture has flipped majority Latino, but its leadership remains all Black. A group of Latino vaqueros want to change that. By Sylvia Foster-Frau | The Washington Post | MAY 18, 2023 | Photo by Karla Gachet COMPTON, Calif. — The riders on horseback clopped ... -
America’s border crisis, Biden’s immigration policy, and the courts
Opinion by Nolan Rappaport | The Hill | MAR. 19, 2023 | Photo by Christian Chavez for AP In a recent New York Times opinion article, Dara Lind of the American Immigration Council asks: “How did President Biden go from denouncing the immigration policies of his predecessor to following in his footsteps by proposing a ... -
Companies say they want diversity. So why are Latinos left off corporate boards?
By Margot Roosevelt | Los Angeles Times | MAR. 15, 2023 | Photo by Ludi Leiva Cisco Systems, the multinational tech giant based in San Jose, has no Latino on its board of directors. Ditto for Intel, the world’s largest semiconductor manufacturer, headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif. Ditto for Tesla ... -
We Should Give Up the Fantasy of Solving the Border Crisis
Opinion by Dara Lind | The New York Times | MAR. 14, 2023 | Photo by Ivan Pierre Aguirre How did President Biden go from denouncing the immigration policies of his predecessor to following in his footsteps by proposing a regulation that would make the vast majority of current asylum ... -
He deported thousands of people, then learned he was undocumented
By Catherine E. Shiotchet | CNN | FEB. 26, 2023 | Photo by Veronica G. Cardenas San Benito, Texas — Raul Rodriguez says he’ll never forget the moment he realized his life was built on a lie. He was so shaken that he felt the blood rushing to his feet. In a ... -
Mexican protesters see electoral overhaul as a threat to democracy
By Leila Miller & Cecilia Sanchez | Los Angeles Times | FEB. 26, 2023 | Photo by Fernando Llano MEXICO CITY — Juan Manuel Martinez remembers the days when he would vote in Mexico’s elections with no confidence that they were being run fairly. For decades, the Institutional Revolutionary Party, known as ... -
A Trump-like border wall is about to be built — unless Biden stops it
By Jean Guerrero | Los Angeles Times | FEB. 27, 2023 | Photo by Guillermo Arias+ President Biden should call off construction crews gathering at the southernmost edge of California’s coastline to erect a border wall that epitomizes Trump’s dystopian vision. The planned double-layered, 30-foot-tall steel wall would create another ...
