Trump doesn’t deserve praise for appalling employment gaps

Trump doesn’t deserve praise for appalling employment gaps

Victor Landa February 11, 2019

CHICAGO — It is said that the best lies have a grain of truth in them. That’s the ideal way to characterize President Trump’s assertion in the State of the […]

Demographic role reversals

NewsTaco September 9, 2014

By Esther Cepeda, The Washington Post CHICAGO — In my fantasy world, public relations professionals send me pitches extolling the virtues of the “white Robert Rodriguez.” But no, I get […]

Reality check on immigration reform

NewsTaco June 10, 2014

*More and more I’m hearing this in conversation among Latinos. Is immigration crowding out other pressing issues? Has immigration come to define Latinos politically? VL By Esther Cepeda, Washington Post […]

It’s past time to crush racial and ethnic labels

Mary Mata January 16, 2014

By Esther Cepeda, Dallas Morning News All one has to do to rile a group of Hispanics is mention the names of blond, blue-eyed Cameron Diaz or Canadian-born Ted Cruz […]

In education, a ‘pobrecito’ syndrome

Mary Mata August 12, 2013

By Esther J. Cepeda, The Salt Lake Tribune CHICAGO — When prospective educators go through training to prepare for teaching low-income, minority or at-risk children, they learn how to empathize […]