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Texas Latinos Mobilize Against Controversial Mexican-American Textbook

Tweet The book, called “Mexican American Heritage” is on the list of proposed textbooks that the Texas State Board of Education is considering to use as part of instructional materials for the newly created Mexican-American studies class. If approved, the book would be used in classrooms as early as next year, something critics are trying […]

The Worst States for Hispanics

Tweet The United States has been — and continues to be — one of the most popular destinations for immigrants from around the world. Immigrants from Latin American countries and other Spanish-speaking people in particular have become one of the nation’s fastest growing demographics. The United States may be a good place to live compared […]

Wenona Benally! Vote for Sanders tomorrow!

Tweet   See Video: https://www.facebook.com/842939195743215/videos/988004131236720/ Check out the video that I shot for Bernie Sanders, featuring Wenona Benally! Vote tomorrow! Arizona Bernie Supporter Profiles This is Wenona B and this is why she supports Bernie Sanders for ‪#‎POTUS‬. ‪#‎AZNativesforBernie‬ ‪#‎ArizonaConBernie‬ ‪#‎NativesForBernie‬ ‪#‎FeelTheBern‬ ‪#‎TataBernieCares‬ ‪#‎BernieSanders2016‬

Bernie Sanders Names Tara Houska Native American Advisor to the Campaign

Tweet By second gen Tara Houska, Ojibwe, Tribal Attorney, Native American Rights Activist Bernie has named a new Native American advisor to the campaign. Tara Houska is a tribal rights attorney, as well as an environmental activist and a contributing columnist to Indian Country Today Media Network (ICTMN) In her new role, Houska, who is […]

A Dark Legacy: Hillary Clinton’s Role in the Mexican Drug War

Tweet Mexico, John M. Ackerman wrote recently for Foreign Policy, “is not a functional democracy.” Instead, it’s a “repressive and corrupt” oligarchy propped up by a “blank check” from Washington. Since 2008, that blank check has come to over $2.5 billion appropriated in security aid through the Mérida Initiative, a drug war security assistance program […]

Juan, CSO from Metro Tech High – Chicanos Por La Causa, Inc. [email protected]

Tweet Science and technology, combined with the arts has a great young advocate with Juan, who got inspired on his career choice by the role the arts had depicting science discoveries in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. “I saw Leonardo da Vinci’s science drawings and the work of the cartographers, and how scientists observed […]

“MCCARTHY AND BERNIE SANDERS” by Latino Activist SAL BALDENEGRO

Tweet Déjà vu: Bernie Sanders reincarnates Eugene McCarthy… Eugen-McCarthyPD_200As Yogi Berra noted, it’s déjà vu all over again. As it did forty-eight (48) years ago, the Democratic Party elite-establishment has declared war on its members, particularly the youth and their champion. The target in 1968 was Minnesota Sen. Eugene McCarthy. In 2016, the target is […]

Guatemalan Feminist Rapper Tearing Down Walls

Tweet By: Heather Gies TeleSUR spoke with Guatemalan hip hop artist, Rebeca Lane, about her music as a tool in the struggle for women’s empowerment. Rebeca Lane is a feminist rapper, poet, artist and activist based in Guatemala City whose art and resistance as a woman and an anarchist has been shaped by her country’s […]

S7N Guitarist Future Guest On Que Onda Radio Discussing Greatest Latino Rock Festival in U.S.

Tweet   Mao Kanto, guitarist with S7N will be a future guest on the Que Onda Radio Show Program that will air on the Chicano Radio Network USA!  We are excited to learn more about their music, and the ultimate Rock En Espaniol Fiesta.  It will be the largest one in the USA and it […]

Latin Grammy’s? Really? by Frank Mills Miranda

Tweet   I love my Latin Brothers and Sisters from around the globe and am deeply saddened when I hear of yet another plight effecting my beautiful people. As for the Latin Grammy’s I being Chicano (Mexican/American) was very excited about another award ceremony done on our name. However, when I quickly noticed the program […]