Dieciocho, Episode 14, Memorial Day 2018, Latino Vietnam Veterans, Tomas Summers Sandoval

This is a special edition of DIECIOCHO. On this Memorial Day I talk with Prof. Tomas Summers Sandoval about his work collecting the oral histories of Latino Vietnam veterans. We talk about […]

Call it the Veteran’s Day halo effect, it’s still time to hook today’s numbers to the just-passed celebration. Specifically, Latino veterans. ►Thursday’s numbers 7 – The percentage of U.S. Latin@ […]

As the nation honors its veterans, government officials point to the growing numbers of Latinos in the military, while Hispanic scholars and historians remind us of the generations of Latino […]

*Why you should read this: Because this is new, or rather, resurfaced. Because It’s a cool story with cool pictures. VL By Juleyka Lantigua-Williams, The Atlantic  (4.5 minute read)   An […]

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco Happy Veteran’s Day! To all U.S. Veteran’s, thank you for your service. I’m sensing we all need a break from the barrage of political news. So […]

*There’s no official count of Latinos who have died in combat throughout the history of the U.S. Latinos have fought and died for the U.S. since the revolutionary war, but […]

*One at a time, if need be. The point is, get it done, all deported veterans need to come home. Call your congressman, make some noise. VL By Chris Moore, […]

FRIDAY, April 22, 2016 Good morning Taquistas! It’s Fiesta Friday in San Antonio, lots of folks in the city have the day off and I’m writing this anticipating a good […]

*It’s about time. VL By Rebekah Sager, Fox News Latino Representative Ruben Gallego and a group of veteran members of Congress introduced legislation on Wednesday that could help deported veterans […]

*This has been a long time coming. The 65th Infantry Regiment – known as the Boriqueneers – was disbanded 50 years ago, it served in two world wars and the […]