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How Anti-Latino Rhetoric Hurts All Americans

Victor Landa August 10, 2017

By Belinda Campos and Leo R. Chavez, Greater Good Magazine (10.5-minute read)  We all want to be valued members of the groups to which we belong. For Latinos in the United […]

Meet the Young Latino Mayor Who Is Bringing Back His Rhode Island City

Victor Landa August 9, 2017

Remembering Gus Garcia, Mexican-American Civil Rights Pioneer

Victor Landa July 27, 2017

National Latino group pulls convention from Texas over SB4

Victor Landa July 20, 2017

By Paul Cobler, Houston Chronicle (2.5 minute read)   The National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators is moving its annual convention from Houston to Chicago in protest of Texas’ “sanctuary cities” bill, SB4. […]

DIECIOCHO Podcast – Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante on Arizona’s Mexican-American Studies Ban

Victor Landa July 18, 2017

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco  The trial to turn back a ban on Mexican-American studies in Arizona schools has entered its second week. This is the latest in a chain of […]

Trump Administration Preparing Texas Wildlife Refuge for First Border Wall Segment

Victor Landa July 17, 2017

By Melissa del Bosque, Texas Observer (3.5 minute read)  For at least six months, private contractors and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials have been quietly preparing to build […]

Latino Republican congressman calls on Trump to keep his kids out of White House

Victor Landa July 13, 2017

*Well, there’s a good idea. VL By Abby Livingston, The Texas Tribune (3 minute read)   WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Bill Flores, a Bryan Republican, called on President Trump to eject […]