Leticia Ordaz is familiar to many as a television news reporter and anchor. Add accomplished children’s book author to her list of credits. In September, Ordaz was honored in four categories for her first bilingual […]
When 67-year-old Gabriele LeMond left Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, in March to visit her grandchildren in Boise, Idaho, she planned to stay two weeks. But as COVID-19 spread across the country and the government recommended […]
When Yale professor Cydney Dupree and her colleague analyzed more than two decades worth of political speeches and conducted experiments searching for bias when communicating with racial minorities, they were surprised by what they discovered. According to […]
The bloody history of lynchings of Mexicans in the Southwest is often forgotten, but recent research from Bill Carrigan reveals that Mexican workers and landowners were the targets of mob lynchings. Carrigan, a history professor […]
WASHINGTON — In a history making moment, two American Indian women were sworn-in today, January 3, 2019, as members of Congress. Deb Haaland (Laguna Pueblo), from the 1st Congressional District in New Mexico and Sharice Davids […]
The Bracero Monument, a sculpture by Dan Medina that stands in Migrant’s Bend Plaza in downtown Los Angeles, pays tribute to the Mexican workers who temporarily migrated to the U.S. during and after World War […]
At 88, Dolores Huerta is still making you look bad. In 1962, Huerta and César Chávez co-founded the organization that would become the United Farm Workers, then led the legendary grape strike and boycott that […]
By Ernesto Cazare Filmmaker and environmental activist Lito Tejada-Flores said it best, “You never climb the same mountain twice, not even in memory. Memory rebuilds the mountain, changes the weather, retells the jokes, remakes all […]
By Catherine Carnahan The Sierra foothill town of Murphys celebrated its 9th annual Dia de Los Muertos. The historic Gold Country town in the Sierra foothills celebrates this event on the first Saturday each November. […]
By Bob Highfill Over its existence, El Concilio has been a beacon, providing crucial services that have helped hundreds of thousands of people throughout the Central Valley. The organization, headquartered in Stockton, is celebrating its […]
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