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November 25, 2009

TOP Ten signs you are at a Cholo themed Thanksgiving dinner

November 24, 2009

So do you think Lou Dobbs will get the Hispanic vote in 2012?

LULAC has redesigned their website – (look much better imho – on a tech note there are a few RSS problems)

As Senate preps for healthcare debate, petition gets underway to include undocumented immigrants

Hispanic Caucus Finally Wake Up: It’s About Time

Adolph Carranza remembers an unusual holiday donation from the Salvation Army. – New StoryCorps Historia

Jose Fernandez tells his wife, Teresita, about the first Thanksgiving he spent in the United States. – New StoryCorps Historia

Hispanic Thanksgivings produce family-filled feasts

Jose Garces Named Food Network’s Next Iron Chef

Interview with Bebel Gilberto- she just released a new album titled All In One

November 23, 2009

It is Better to “Spic”? When Were Ricans Ever the Model Minority?

Al Carlos sits down with Nancy De Los Santos, writer. Period.

Guapa, it’s your genetic ancestry I love – study of DNA found that within Mexican populations, people tended to pick partners with similar proportions of Native American and European ancestry, while in Puerto Rican populations couples had paired up based on their shared balance of European and African ancestry.

November 21, 2009

Marco Rubio, A Crossover Success – (good read)

Miguel H. Díaz is first Hispanic to represent U.S. at Vatican

Lalo Alcaraz on Lou Dobbs (departure from CNN)

“They” Are “Us”: The Devastating Effects of Broken Immigration Policy on Children in Immigrant Families

November 20, 2009

Interview with Aurora Anaya-Cerda, owner of La Casa Azul Bookstore – NYC

We need an honest definition of who is a “real American”

Immigration Reform: The Phone Call Heard Around the Country – On the call were Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill.; Nydia Velázquez, D-N.Y.; and Rep. Raúl Grijalva, D-Ariz. Immigrant rights advocates from various parts of the country also spoke.

Digital out-of-home (DOOH) Effectively Reaches Latinos On The Go – few marketers truly utilized digital media when reaching out to the Hispanic community.

Economic Blame Game: U.S. Unemployment is Not Caused by Immigration

November 19, 2009

TOP Ten reasons you should watch Lopez tonight not Conan

BMI Foundation Announces Opening of 7th Annual peermusic Latin Scholarship Competition

Nacional Records Sampler 2009 | The New Sounds Of Latin Music – 21 FREE mp3s over at Amazon – (cool!)

The Cuban band Septeto Nacional de Ignacio Piñeiro can legitimately claim to be inventors of salsa. But it last played in the United States when Franklin D. Roosevelt was president, and there was no telling when it might be able to return — until the very slightest hint of a thaw in cultural relations between the United States and Cuba quietly brought the band to New York early this month.

Who seriously wants the Cuban trade embargo?

A legislator from El Paso has criticized proposed history and social studies standards for public schools as being unfair to Hispanics. – Rep. Norma Chavez raised the issue Wednesday in Austin before the State Board of Education.

Farewell to an icon: Artist who tore at racism is buried at 99 – R.I.P. José Cisneros

November 18, 2009

Analysis reveals driving out undocumented immigrants doesn’t bode well for congressional representation

A Woman’s Nation Spurred by LatinaTION

Congressman Raúl Grijalva talks to his daughter Marisa about his mother’s influence on his education. – new Historias from StoryCorp

The Cuban ties that bind, 50 years on – Visiting her father’s homeland under newly relaxed travel restrictions is both invigorating and saddening.

Immigrant Advocates Welcome Napolitano Statement, Will Hold House Parties This Week to Support Reform

Deporting undocumented students affects the chances for legal return if Congress doesn’t address it in immigration reform bill

Remembering mail art in Mexico

Immigrants and Health Care – The Real Numbers and Policy Implications

From a group calling themselves Electronic Civil Disobedience comes the Transborder Immigrant Tool, a simple mobile application intended to aid and abet border-crossers from Mexico to the United States by mapping the safest routes to take. – This GPS app is built to work on the cheapest cell phones available.

Google Translate Now Talks and Translates in Real-time

The Pro-Immigrant Movement: Fighting On, Despite All The Obstacles

November 16, 2009

Hispanic College Fund Opens Applications for $2 Million in 2010 Scholarships

‘The African Presence in México’ – Anacostia museum mounts border-crossing mission

Scarlet “A” will dominate immigration reform rhetoric – Greg Tejeda on immigration reform & Janet Napolitano’s speech

Hispanic Graduate Students Benefit from Online Education Grant – University of St. Thomas in Houston strives to improve retention and graduation rates for Hispanic graduate students. UST received a $2.8 million education grant to offer two options

Actress and humanitarian activist Eva Longoria Parker has been named Philanthropist of the Year by The Hollywood Reporter.

Keila Cosme, a native of Puerto Rico – The first Hispanic named to an Ohio appellate court

José Cisneros 1910-2009 – Iconic El Paso artist dies at age 99

Protesters picket at Taos hotel where owner told employees to Anglicize Hispanic names

Magnet States for Hispanics in 2008: Marketing Implications – Felipe Korzenny

Hundreds of young people demonstrated on Friday inside city hall to ask for an end to the deporting of undocumented immigrants, in particular a young Mexican man attending the University of Illinois at Chicago. – Rigo Padilla

Interview with Sofía Quintero – A self-proclaimed “Ivy League homegirl,” a writer, activist, educator, speaker and comedienne, was born into a working-class Puerto Rican-Dominican family in the Bronx.

Sonia Sotomayor unwittingly adds celebrity touch to Supreme Court

November 13, 2009

Tacos Al Pastor: Lebanon’s Gift to Mexico

The ‘flea’ CNN’s Lou Dobbs couldn’t shake off – Interview with Roberto Lovato

Reflections on Lou Dobbs’ Turbulent Departure – (good quote) – “I believe free speech includes the right to be heard, but not everyone has a right to his or her own television show.”

Western New York Native Thomas Perez has earned a high post in the U.S. Justice Department. – Friday, Perez will be sworn in as head of the department’s Civil Rights Division. He’ll report directly to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder.

HNBA Commends the Confirmation of Ignacia S. Moreno as the Assistant Attorney for the Environment and Natural Resources Division of the United States Department of Justice

Hispanic Organizations Unite To Address Major Problems with Health Care Legislation – Ten national Hispanic groups sent a joint letter to Congress about the devastating impact of the health care legislation on Hispanic small businesses, seniors and families.

Juliet V. Garcia, the president of University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College, has been named one of TIME Magazine’s Ten Best College Presidents of 2009

Longtime Rutgers Professor, Community Activist, Gay-Rights Pioneer Hilda Hidalgo Loses Cancer Fight

“El Gringo” Meddling Spurs Hispanic Revolt – Chicago politics

A “Day of Happiness”: Immigration Activists, Hispanic Press Relish Dobbs’ Exit From CNN

Five People We’d Rather See Replace Lou Dobbs Than John King

Lou Dobbs Is Gone from CNN: Now What?

Dobbs’ CNN departure leaves me cold – (Gregory Tejeda’s insightful post – good read)

GOP should take a cue from Lou Dobbs and resign their attack strategy on illegal immigration

Stop the deportation of Rigo Padilla

More than 1,200 students are registered to attend the 10th Annual Latino Youth Conference hosted by the Latin American Association in Atlanta.

America’s Enduring Exceptionalism

U.S. Deports Lou Dobbs – CNN Host Had Been Living Illegally In Country Since 1961 – (satire from the Onion – the photo made me laugh)

November 12, 2009

TOP Ten reasons Latino Sammy Sosa went from Black to White

Tito x 2: Celebrating The Kings Of Mambo Again – Tito Rodriguez’s greatest-hits disc El Inolvidable is a singer’s paradise, with everything from smoking mambos to creamy boleros. Better yet, Rodriguez fronted a band with some of the best chops in Latin music.

Mario Solis-Marich: Cyber-Deported! My Personal Tragic True Story of Being Rejected by the Tancredo Campaign

New bill recognizes families’ military sacrifices not tied to citizenship status

Dallas-Fort Worth programs helping Hispanic mothers find teaching moments

It’s Dobbs last night on CNN as employee, but not as subject of controversy

AFTER THIRTY YEARS, Lou Dobbs is pushed off CNN. “Strong winds of change have begun buffeting this country,” he says on his last night, “affecting all of us.” Adios, Lou.

Goodbye to an anti-hispanic – After months of pressure, Lou Dobbs’ departure from CNN is not only a sign that the network is interested in restoring its credibility but also that immigrants and Latinos will stand up firmly to hate mongering.

Lou Dobbs resigns from CNN – The outspoken newsman says he has been urged ‘to go beyond my role here.’ Is politics in his future?

November 11, 2009

Veterans Day: Saluting a Forgotten Force – Millions of Latinos are proud of their history of military service to our nation. To discover they have defended the USA against all enemies, from the Revolutionary War to the current conflicts in Afghanistan, one must cull through volumes of research, academic dissertations, or tomes of Spanish-language and Latino literature, because this history is not common knowledge.

All aboard for a tour of Little Tokyo and East L.A. Next stop: foodie nirvana

Tex-Mex chicken and dumplings recipe

Mexico and the Crisis of a Dependent Economy – The well-known 19th century Mexican saying—”poor Mexico, so far from God and so close to the United States”—has become more poignant today than ever in the context of the global economic crisis.

Internet users can now take a virtual pilgrimage on Spain’s Road to Santiago, or Way of St. James, thanks to Google’s Street View service.

Wondering What ‘Real Latinos’ are Watching on TV? – (Laura Martinez isn’t 2 sarcastic, is she – funny video clip)

“Silent” immigration raid in Minneapolis is more humane but still traumatic for mixed-status families

Literanista: “25 Books Every Latina Should Read” Challenge

Al Horford, the Hispanic ALtanta Hawk that everyone loves – father, Tito, was the first Dominican-born player to play in the NBA

Sammy Sosa: Lighten up folks, it’s just facial cream – (this sure has gotten a lot of press)

November 10, 2009

Juan Misael Gonzalez-Montañez, 8, of Sacramento used crayon and watercolors to create his winning entry in an artwork competition sponsored by the government of Mexico. He was one of 15 top winners out of 6,266 entries worldwide for the official 2010 Mexican calendar.

Greater civic engagement will make Latinos a political force – This year’s elections in key Massachusetts cities have marked some important milestones for Latinos.

Heroic Texas Latino officer says policewoman at Fort Hood ‘erased a lot of prejudice’ – (interesting)

Honoring Ourselves, As We Honor Our Veterans – Fighting racism is one of the many battles our Veterans have fought and died for

U.S. officials wrong in celebrating fall of the Berlin Wall as work continues on our own border wall

Lack of info — not fear — hurts census

Cuba’s blogosphere has taken on a decidedly harsher face in recent months, an act of online defiance in the face of government retribution.

Mastering English is the key to achievement for Hispanic children – (I am not agreeing or disagreeing but interesting)

Roberto Rodriguez: Beaten by police and running to victory – November 7 marks 30 years since he won his first police brutality trial in East L.A.

November 9, 2009

Essential to the Fight: Immigrants in the U.S. Military

Up next: A Latino president? – who will be the nation’s first Latino president?

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