L.A. Murder – Not The Real Story Any More
L.A. Murder – Not The Real Story Any More
**Some reassuring news hidden behind Los Angeles murder stats. Context makes the difference in urban settings, along the border, anywhere that numbers are used to paint pictures. VL By Sam […]
Is This How Gangs End?
*Wonderful piece, as always, by NewsTaco contributor Sam Quiñones, published in Pacific Standard Magazine. I’m a fan of the creative process, and Sam gives us a little behind-the-scenes look at […]
Arturo Sandoval to Be Honored By President Obama
By Latinovations President Obama named sixteen people, including Grammy award-winning jazz musician Arturo Sandoval, for the Presidential Medal of Freedom today. Born in Cuba and later defecting to the U.S. […]
If You’re Looking For A War To Oppose It Should Be The Drug War In Mexico
By Melissa del Bosque, Texas Observer At this moment, one of the most significant peace movements in Mexico’s history is winding its way through the American South in a caravan of buses […]
Peace Caravan Honors Dead, Heals Wounds of Mexican Drug War
By Latino Rebels On August 12, the Caravan for Peace was launched on the Tijuana-San Diego border and it has now begun a cross-country journey across 25 cities, from Los Angeles to […]
Can A Grieving Poet’s Movement For Peace Save Mexico?
By Melissa del Bosque On a broiling mid-June afternoon in Juarez, Javier Sicilia stepped on to a makeshift stage in a downtown park to address at least 2,000 of his […]
