Friday, May 24th, 2013
By Daysi Calavia-Lopez, Voxxi She was Cuban. She fought in the American Civil War. She dressed as a man and took to the battlefield. She later became a union spy. Her name is Loreta Janeta Velazquez and although her description sounds similar to that of a fictional character from a Hollywood blockbuster she’s the focus of
Wednesday, May 15th, 2013
By Voxxi A new report by Media Matters regarding the number of Latino guests on evening cable news shows found that guests were overwhelmingly white and male. The report, titled “Diversity on Evening Cable News in 13 Charts”,...
Monday, May 13th, 2013
By Federica Longo, Voxxi Latino history in the United States has been obscure until now. A new documentary series narrated by actor Benjamin Bratt will chronicle the history of Latinos in the United States, going back 500...
Monday, May 13th, 2013
By Patrick Kevin Day, Los Angeles Times “Sesame Street” has concluded its search for the new Latino character who will be moving on to the cozy New York address for the show’s 44th season. And the lucky guy...
Friday, May 10th, 2013
By Federica Longo, Voxxi “Sesame Street” has been on a hunt for a new Latino act to add to their cast. They held an open casting call in New York City to find their new member and they’ve found the...
Wednesday, May 8th, 2013
Instructor Jacqueline La Torre (left) , students (left to right), Monica Rodas, Heidi Maqueos, Dahlia Perez, Magaly Ordonez and Tiffany Sosa. By Esmeralda Fabián, La Opinion/New America Media NAM Ed. Note: In 2011, California’s legislature passed AB 790,...
Tuesday, April 30th, 2013
Spot the Scary Mexicans and the Saucy Latina Femme Fatales! ‘The Scalphunters’ Edition! From the textmex obsessed imagination of Memo Nericcio Hit the image, a scandalous movie poster for The Scalphunters, and see if you can spot the central casting...
Tuesday, April 30th, 2013
By Kevin Olivas, Voxxi To be sure, there is still a long way to go for Latinos to have fair representation on network television and for that to show up in coverage. But recent hiring of Latino...
Tuesday, April 30th, 2013
By Don Steinberg, Wall Street Journal When Al Madrigal did his first segment on “The Daily Show” in May 2011, the make-believe TV news program introduced him as its Senior Latino Correspondent. He joked to host Jon Stewart that...
Tuesday, April 30th, 2013
By Elizabeth Llorente, Fox News Latino A former spokeswoman for one of the country’s leading immigration lobby groups will be the Obama administration’s new Director of Hispanic Media, according to her former employer and the person who held...
Friday, April 26th, 2013
By Lynn Elber, Associated Press/Seattle Times LOS ANGELES — There’s the Al Madrigal who speaks in the crisp, skeptical tones of a “Daily Show” correspondent, whether grilling Arizona foes of Latino studies or questioning the sanity of Puerto...
Wednesday, April 24th, 2013
PRESS RELEASE Pasadena, CA - The New York Times announced an update to its policies on how it uses the phrase “illegal immigrant” in its coverage. The newspaper will continue to allow the phrase, but it encourages reporters...
Monday, April 22nd, 2013
By Rocio Gonzalez, Voxxi TIME Magazine’s issue on the 100 most influential people in the world is one of the TIME editions I most look forward to every year. There’s no doubt this list is carefully and...
Thursday, April 11th, 2013
The comedy superstar reveals how coming to the U.S. from Mexico shaped his artistic sensibility By Rolling Stone Where does Louis C.K.’s off-kilter comic vision come from? Turns out the answer may be “Mexico.” C.K. was born...
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