Intellectually Entertaining. Socially Relevant.
It is a time, an event, that is lionized in the mythos of Latinos in the United States and especially among the Chicanos of East Los Angeles. The first week of March 1968 when students at Lincoln High School and several other Los Angeles schools walked out of classes to protest the discrimination they faced Read More
The ability to be able to afford college can be a daunting experience for those who are college bound. Back in 2008, this was a question hanging over Tania Hurtado’s head. The Rhode Island resident, 23, who came to the U.S. from Bolivia with her mother and older brother in 2000, had a great GPA Read More
A bit of good news for Latinos: “More Latinos are graduating from high school than they were nearly a decade ago, according to a new study by the U.S. Department of Education. According to the report done by the National Center for Education Statistics, Hispanic students graduated at a rate of 71 percent in 2010. That Read More
A recent study conducted by the University of California, Berkeley, and UCLA revealed that Mexican American toddlers lagged behind their white, non-Latino counterparts in both language and cognitive skills before entering kindergarten. The study, published in December in the Maternal Child Health Journal, tracked a sample of 4,700 children born in 2001 for over a Read More
I can’t tell you the name of the very first book that I loved, but I can tell you that I loved it because the protagonist was my doppelgänger: his name was Christopher. I knew how to “read” that book before I even new how to read; I’d have my parents read it to me Read More
“For us as Christians, this is one of the most holy of the holidays, the birth of our savior Jesus Christ. And for people to take Christ out of Christmas. They’re happy to say merry Xmas. Let’s just take Jesus out. And really, I think, a war against the name of Jesus Christ”, evangelist Franklin Read More
The more I read about it, the more profound it becomes: “White people will no longer make up a majority of Americans by 2043, according to new census projections. That’s part of a historic shift that already is reshaping the nation’s schools, workforce and electorate, and is redefining long-held notions of race. … America continues Read More
By Lance Rios As mentioned in my 2 previous pieces, I’m a BIG fan of Latino Bigs. If you don’t know about Latino Bigs yet, here is an opening statement from their website which may give you an overview of what the group embodies: “Latinos know all too well the variety of challenges Hispanic children Read More
Who knew bilingualism was a good thing? “Having command of Spanish and English means, for Latino women, a competitive advantage, several outstanding Hispanic figures from the political, activism and business spheres said Monday. ‘Being bilingual is an incredible opportunity. I have two children and I’m concerned for both to speak Spanish as well as English, Read More
“The case against intellect is founded upon a set of fictional and wholly abstract antagonisms. Intellect is pitted against feeling, on the ground that it is somehow inconsistent with warm emotion. It is pitted against character, because it is widely believed that intellect stands for mere cleverness, which transmutes easily into the sly or the Read More