What is a College Degree Worth to Latinos?

I spent a day recently at Lowell Middle School, in San Antonio’s south side, talking to 6th, 7th and 8th graders about what I do for a living – or […]

Here’s a statistic I didn’t see coming. According to a report in Pennlive.com Latinos have surpassed the Amish in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, which is considered the geographic center of the US Amish culture. […]

Ever wonder how that fast food place or the neighborhood restaurant stays open in a deep recession? According to fruitnet.com, it’s likely because of Latino consumers. …the US Hispanic segment accounted for over 50 […]

According to a report by the Center for American Progress Latino families and businesses have been the hardest his by soaring gasoline prices. The report cites a poll conducted by […]

Exactly how many Latinos are there in the US? Let’s make it easier, how many are there in Texas? It’s not that easy, at least not according to The Mexican American […]

A high school in rural Washington state with 90 percent Latino enrollment, and a majority of seniors who are the first in their families to graduate from high school, is in […]

Whenever he’d see a bad situation turned worse by incompetence or lack of caring a friend from my days in TV production would mutter, looking down and shaking his head slowly: Asi nunca vamos a ganar […]

I’m as Hispanic as the Latino next door – so whether I’m one or the other is a matter of definition. That said, it’s hard to  pinpoint one meaning that […]

I haven’t read a truer statement in a long time: “The Mall, more than any other public space in our country does indeed tell the story of America, and yet […]

By Dan Arellano On May 5th 1862 in the city of Puebla the invading forces of Napoleon III, Maximilliano the Archduke of Austria, his puppet Emperor, would encounter a force […]