This New Year Propose, Don’t Resolve

In Spanish we don’t make New Year’s resolutions, we make propositions, and that just seems like a much healthier way to go about it. There’s no such thing as a […]

There is a particular shame associated with being a Latino in the United States: you may not speak Spanish, and if you do, you will never speak it well enough. I […]

Recently, I found myself wading through sick memories of my Guelito Chente, missing him (since he died in 2006), but also feeling so grateful for having spent a few precious […]

Do you know who your tocayo or tocaya is? You probably do but don’t even know it. Tocayo is a word used to mean “namesake,” or someone that has your […]

I hope nothing severe enough ever happens to me to the point where I end up in the 11 o’clock news – simply because I am not a very photogenic […]

By Renato Ramirez, Vice President of the Tejano Monument Board of Directors Given the more than 500 year history of Tejanos in America, a single decade doesn’t seem like a big […]

By Eres Nerd Latinos are part of United States of America.  This standard is not based upon documented status or the ability to speak inglés.  It not based upon the ability […]

I didn’t learn to speak English until I was about four.  And who do I have to thank for teaching me? Big Bird and Mr. Snuffleupagus. Bert and Ernie. That’s […]

Hablo Y Hablas is our new language segment, in which we share words and phrases from our lives. This week I shared a saying from my childhood, “Sana, sana colita […]

Your Latino presidential update today is kind of sad. Yesterday we reported that GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich thinks Spanish is “the language of the ghetto,” and today we report […]