‘Children of Giant’ a lesson in the American Southwest

‘Children of Giant’ a lesson in the American Southwest

NewsTaco February 24, 2015

*I’m very excited about this film. NewsTaco is proud to call film maker Hector Gálan a friend. It’s an important perspective to see the history of the Mexican-American community through […]

El Paso author breathes life, dignity into victims of 1948 immigration plane crash

NewsTaco January 5, 2015

*Tim Z. Hernandez says his work is about bringing dignity to the unnamed immigrants who died in the crash. VL By Ramón Rentería, El Paso Times Author Tim Z. Hernandez has […]

In the Texas borderlands, ‘a new vision of America is being born’

NewsTaco December 3, 2014

*This piece speaks to me. I’m a borderland brat, and there’s so much the borderland experience can teach us in these days of searching for identity. If you’re from the […]

150 Years of Mexican, Mexican American History Now Online

Mary Mata April 3, 2013

By UA News A new digital collection at the University of Arizona Libraries makes accessible more than 150 years of news coverage documenting the voice of the Mexican and Mexican […]

TX Legislators Would Cut Ethnic Studies in College Requirements

Mary Mata March 15, 2013

By Jacquellena Carrero, NBCLatino Students at public universities in Texas may no longer be able to take courses focusing on racial, ethnic or gender history to fulfill their core requirements for […]