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Think Mexican points to a revealing 1972 interview with César Chávez, in which the famed labor leader and civil rights activist reproaches undocumented workers: “This is the case right now, one of the strikes we have with the Butte Gas & Oil Co., where we’ve closed them down. They’ve been unable to get strikebreakers, or have Read More
On the eve before the first full day of fall, El Museo Del Barrio was abuzz with spectators eagerly awaiting the premiere of HBO’s second installment to the Latino List documentary series. The film, directed by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, is yet another intimate series of portraits of Latinos in professions ranging from politics to journalism. This Read More
Pres. Obama awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Dolores Huerta, the 82-year-old activist who, along with the late Cesar Chavez, led a successful campaign to organize American farm workers. It was the least the president could do, though, because without “Si, se puede” – the Chavez-Huerta duo’s iconic slogan – there would’ve never been Read More