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DIECIOCHO Podcast – Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante on Arizona’s Mexican-American Studies Ban
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco The trial to turn back a ban on Mexican-American studies in Arizona schools has entered its second week. This is the latest in a chain of […]
‘Librotraficante’ Tony Diaz Launches a First of Its Kind Latino Bookstore in Downtown Houston
*Why you should read this: Because in an era when Chicano books are banned and Latinos are used as a political wedge a Chicano bookstore in downtown Houston becomes an […]
A Video Report Of The Librotraficante Banned Book Caravan
By Tia Tenopia In 2011, the Arizona State Legislature passed HB 2281, a law which prohibits schools from offering courses at any grade level that advocate ethnic solidarity, promote overthrow […]
Hundreds protest ‘racist’ Mexican-American studies textbook at Texas education hearing
*Maybe we should thank the Texas Board of Education for angering Texas Latinos. One of the organizers, Tony Diaz, says there hasn’t been this kind of community energy since the […]
Mexicans Ain’t White: The Gus Garcia Story
*This is a worthy read, well worth the time invested (it’s only 7 minutes) because not much is known these days about the brilliant jurist Gus C. Garcia, and more […]
Adiós, GOP!
*The GOP might as well say good-bye to Latinos. Trump had derailed them and the party leadership is helpless. VL By Tony Diaz, News Taco A year after Mitt Romney’s […]
Writing from the Trunk of the Latino Tree
*What do you do when the state of Arizona bans a number of classic Chicano literature books? You publish an anthology of Chicano literature, because you can. and why Chicano? […]
Arizona Gets Schooled: Update on Ban of Mexican American Studies
*A huge victory for Mexican-American studies in general, and for the opponents of Arizona’s ban in specific.Tony Diaz gives us a very complete and detailed account of the issue and […]
How One Law Banning Ethnic Studies Led to Its Rise
*This is a needed read. You know how I like stories about the energy of transformation – that’s what this is. It’s the prevailing energy of the Latino community, a […]
The House on Mango Street Goes to Trial: #MayaVsAZ
*This is important. The legal battle against the Arizona law used to prohibit Mexican-American studies in Tucson will come to a head on January 12, at the Ninth Circuit Court […]