Thursday, November 22nd, 2012
By Dennis W. Zotigh, New America Media/Indian Country Today In thinking about my earliest memories of elementary school, I remember being asked to bring a brown paper sack to class so that it could be decorated and worn as part of the Indian costume used to celebrate Thanksgiving. I was also instructed to make a
Thursday, November 22nd, 2012
By Roque Planas, Huffnigton Post Latino Voices When giving thanks for a Thanksgiving meal, there’s one group who deserves a disproportionate amount of gratitude: the farm workers of the United States. The roughly 1.8 million people who...
Wednesday, November 21st, 2012
By Delfin Carbonell Basset, Voxxi Daniel Boone is an American legend. Don Juan de Oñate is an unknown native-born Explorador. Why the difference? Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) says in his Heroes, Hero Worship and the Heroic in History, 1841: …Universal...
Wednesday, November 21st, 2012
By Oscar Barajas, NewsTaco Thanksgiving is a day away. I have never been a fan. I feel it is because I have never been able to get it right. As a child, I could never convey the...
Tuesday, November 20th, 2012
By Miguel Perez, Hidden Hispanic Heritage For Latino immigrants, no other American holiday is more precious than Thanksgiving. “El dia de accion de gracias,” as we know it in Spanish, is a welcomed opportunity to reflect on...
Monday, November 19th, 2012
By Silvia Casablanca, Voxxi When I tune my mind into gratitude mode, the world looks almost immediately brighter. If I am feeling down and whiny, I swiftly grasp a wider picture of any situation and my worries,...
Monday, November 19th, 2012
By:Victor Escalante NewsTaco El Paso, Texas is known for many things; Chico’s Tacos, Fort Bliss, cowboy boots, the Sun Bowl, and the first Thanksgiving celebrated in America? Yes! But more on that later. El Paso is a...
Friday, November 16th, 2012
By Fernanda Beccagli, Voxxi Most of the fun of preparing a large meal like Thanksgiving resides behind the humble side dishes, soups and sauces that add color, flavor, texture and personality to the meal. From traditional, seasonal to...
Wednesday, April 18th, 2012
Once upon a time, I believed what my first grade teacher told me. I thought I was the descendant of a pilgrim. I took her word for it. I thought I had more in common with the...
Wednesday, November 30th, 2011
On Black Friday, after another helping of delicious leftovers, I languidly sat on the couch and contemplated what all the shopping lunatics must be doing at that moment. See, my idea of hell is an infinite shopping...
Wednesday, November 30th, 2011
I had never participated in Black Friday shopping. I did not know the endurance, persistence and raw nerve that it entailed. But this year, I decided to take a chance on finding out. I used to have a...
Monday, November 28th, 2011
Let’s just say you ate a bunch of stuff you normally don’t during Thanksgiving. Let’s say that you feel nasty. Let’s say that you wish you hadn’t eaten all those slices of pie. Well, we cannot go...
Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011
From the U.S. Census Bureau Thanksgiving Day: Nov. 24, 2011 In the fall of 1621, the Pilgrims, early settlers of Plymouth Colony, held a three-day feast to celebrate a bountiful harvest, an event many regard as the...
Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011
By Melissa Pitts If leftover sandwiches aren’t your thing or if you’re on day three of those Thanksgiving leftovers, here are some of my favorite recipes to get you out of the sandwich rut. I’m taking some...
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