Hispanic and Latino Issues

Ask a Mexican on Being Newly Half-Mexican

John McCain, Fellow Republicans, Scurry Like Rats To Embrace Immigration Reform

What a difference a couple of years makes. The same U.S. Senator John McCain who in 2010 snuggled up to illegal-immigrant-screwing (in more ways than one) Sheriff Paul Babeu, supported Sand Land's racist Senate Bill 1070, and insisted that America "complete the danged fence" on the U.S.-Mexico bor ... More >>

Crafts-Style

Ask a Mexican's Annual Christmas Guide

Ask a Mexican on Mexico's Flag and Cycle-Communiting

Local Latino Activists Target Unlikely Politician

Ask a Mexican on Gabacho Whining and Mexicans in the Media

Joe Arpaio's Taliban, Nativist Steve Camarota, and More Problems for the MCSO

See also: MCSO Sergeant Says Main Goal Is to Catch Illegal Immigrants, Contradicting Deputy Chief Brian Sands' Testimony See also: Joe Arpaio Struggles in Racial-Profiling Trial See also: Joe Arpaio Looks Like Tired, Old Racist on Stand During Racial-Profiling Trial See also: Joe Arpaio's (ahem) Leg ... More >>

Russell Pearce's Racism "Discovered" by Arizona's Media

See also: ACLU Seeks New Injunction on "Papers Please" Portion of SB 1070 See also: Russell Pearce Scores Another Win Against Hispanics See also: Russell Pearce's Falsehoods, Inaccuracies and Inventions on Channel 12's Sunday Square-Off See also: Russell Pearce Preaches Hate on Ban Amnesty Now Radio ... More >>

Russell Pearce Seems Incapable of Telling the Truth, Even About His Own Religion

Steve Gallardo Not Pleased About Pictures of Latino Kids on Republicans' Desks

​Democratic State Senator Steve Gallardo noticed something he was not a fan of when he moseyed on over to the House of Representatives for the swearing in of new legislator Martin Quezada -- there were pictures of Latino kids on some Republicans' desks.In the pictures, the kids are holding signs t ... More >>

Ethnic Studies Revolt: Banned Book Caravan To Barnstorm Tucson

Tony Diaz, dropping some knowledge with the Libro-Traficante caravanArizona's ethnic studies ban has resulted in the eradication of the successful and popular Mexican American Studies program in the Tucson Unified School District, and a backward edict banning certain supposedly "dangerous" books by ... More >>

Ask a Mexican on Arizona's Insanity

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, February 2nd, 2012

David Lujan, George Diaz, and the Stop-Lujan Movement

Is the fix in for former state House Minority Leader David Lujan's becoming the replacement for ex-state Senator Kyrsten Sinema, who recently announced her bid for U.S. Congress?Or will his infamous no-show for the Senate Bill 1070 vote in 2010 deny him a return to the state Legislature, and can con ... More >>

Hispanic Republican Group: Joe Arpaio's Endorsement is Final Nail in Rick Perry's Coffin

​Rick Perry's presidential campaign is on life support at the moment, and according to a group of Hispanic Republicans, Joe Arpaio's recent endorsement of Perry could be the final nail in the Texas Governor's coffin."We believe the Arpaio endorsement is a colossal blunder from which Rick Perry wi ... More >>

Did Rick Perry Commit "Latino Political Suicide" By Buddyin' Up to Joe Arpaio?

www.freeimagesfun.comAccording to the Tequila Party, Texas Governor Rick Perry just committed "Latino policitcal suicide."​According to Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's ghost-"tweeters," the sheriff and presidential hopeful/Texas Governor Rick Perry chatted over the weekend about "immigration ... More >>

SB 1070 Shooter Gary Kelley Sentenced to 27.5 Years in White-on-Brown Slaying

Gary Kelley: SB 1070's new poster-boy, now sentenced to 27.5 years in the state penA note to Sand Land's hillbilly gun-huggers: Beer and firearms don't mix. And they mix especially poorly with bigotry, latent or otherwise. Case in point is Gary Kelley, the South Phoenix man who gunned down his ... More >>

Ask a Mexican on Mastering English

Russell Pearce's Newest BFF--That Glendale Sub Who Had Such A Tough Time With `Nasty' Latino Students: He Beat The Family Dog

We know that Anthony Hill, an occastional substitute teacher in the Glendale Elementary School District, got all verklempt by alleged anti-American sentiments made by his eighth-grade Latino students during a March 8 class.   State Senate prez Russ"Yap" Pearce ​An exit report compo ... More >>

Fiesta Bowl

Hispanic Americans get some love

Terry Greene Sterling

Ask a Mexican on Facts, Stats, and Go-Go Boots

The American Artist: A Naturalized Citizen, Painter, and Valley Legal-System Translator, Ramon Delgadillo Was Refused Entry to Arpaio's Jail Because He Didn't Carry Proof of Citizenship

Deputies Raid Chicanos Por La Causa Building, Take Boxes of Papers Out; Protest Sought by Activists

Deputies are taking boxes of files from the Chicanos Por La Causa buildings at 11th Street and Buckeye Road as the group's supporters prepare for a possible anti-Sheriff-Joe-Arpaio demonstration. (See update below -- a demonstration is now looking less likely). A regional conference of Chicanos Por ... More >>

Arizona Lowrider Super Show

Lost in Translation: Autism Is Tough to Diagnose and Treat – and for Immigrant Families, It Can Be Impossible

Christina Fernandez

Claudio Dicochea

On Superior Baseball Skills, Educational Experiences, and the One That Got Away

On Spousal Abuse and Over-Using the Word Gabacho

Diablito's Disciple

Chicano artists team up for must-see exhibit

March to Stop the Hate

Christmas and Kwanzaa Holiday Bazaar

On Counting Illegal Immigrants and a Thanksgiving Reading List

The Mexican on rural similarities and lies born of vanity

There's no good explanation for the link between Mexican-Americans and drunken-driving incidents

Don't Fear the Reefer

Former stoner now gets high on Chicano art

Brown Box Breakout

DJ AL3 pushes all envelopes

Bugs and Basques

Mexican TV humor and surname sticklers

Sweet and Lowdown

This show definately has more bounce to the ounce

Bones to Pick

Day of the dead is part of Mexican history

Inquire Practice

District investigating complaints by parents of Hispanic students at Kenilworth Elementary

Menudo Descending a Staircase

Stew-pot approach to multiculturalism mars MARS' 20th

No, No, Janet

District 5, Civility 0

Supervisor Mary Rose Wilcox and her husband, Earl, have come out swinging against her challengers--real and imagined

Multicultural Stew

Ric Orozco uses lowriders and a controversial take on Hispanic history to excite his art students. The Isaac School District wonders whether he's teaching art, or culture or either.

DOES NOT WORK TO CAPACITY

PHOENIX UNION'S DESEGREGATION PROGRAM PASSED WITH FLYING COLORS. BUT THE SCHOOL SYSTEM FLUNKED OUT WHEN IT CAME TO EDUCATING KIDS.

A HOUSE DIVIDENDIN SOUTH PHOENIX, A PRIEST AND HIS PARISHIONERS LET IT FLY

Good-Bye, Columbus

"(Re)(Un)(Dis)Covering America: A Counter Quincentenary Celebration"