Once Upon a Quinceañera: Coming of Age in the USA
How Latinos variously enact the fiesta for 15-year-old girls both fascinates and repels Julia Alvarez
"...How Latinos, buffeted by immigration, class, culture, and, most importantly, the..."
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Aug. 3, 2007 Books Review by Belinda Acosta
From the Ground Up
Dagoberto Gilb on Hecho en Tejas: An Anthology of Texas Mexican Literature
"...the current criticism toward filmmaker Ken Burns' omission of Latinos in his upcoming World War II documentary. A World..."
June 29, 2007 Books Review by Belinda Acosta
Higher Ed Funding: Congress comes to ACC
Looking at new methods to distribute federal education funds earmarked for historically black- and Hispanic-serving colleges and universities, U.S. Rep. Rubén Hinojosa hosts hearing on ACC Eastview campus
"...districts. Statistics show that more than half of the Latinos who go on to higher education attend community colleges,..."
June 8, 2007 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves
TV Eye
La Lupe
"...The Alma Awards, celebrating the achievements of Latinos in film, TV, and the arts, returns to ABC..."
June 1, 2007 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta
Immigration News
Some Central Americans catch a temporary break; and lawsuit filed against LAPD on behalf of organizers of May 1 rally in Los Angeles
"...justice to the victims of this outrageous assault on Latinos calling for comprehensive immigration reform," said Annabelle Gonzalves, MALDEF..."
May 18, 2007 News Feature by Cheryl Smith
Lawsuit Filed on Behalf of LA Immigrant Rights Ralliers
Attorneys file class-action lawsuit against LA Police Department on behalf of “community groups
who organized a May Day immigrants rights rally at
MacArthur Park in the city’s heavily Latino immigrant
community”
"...justice to the victims of this outrageous assault on Latinos calling for comprehensive immigration reform,” said Annabelle Gonzalves, MALDEF..."
May 11, 2007 News Post by Cheryl Smith
TV Eye
News From the Front
"...they have a responsibility to serve the public (including Latinos) and, more importantly, history. While Burns and PBS earlier..."
May 11, 2007 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta
TV Eye
War and Remembrance: Part III
"...how to quell the outrage at the omission of Latinos from the Ken Burns documentary occurs after this issue..."
April 13, 2007 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta
TV Eye
War and Remembrance: Part II
"...World War II called The War. The contribution of Latinos in World War II is nonexistent in the film...."
April 6, 2007 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta
Larger Than Life
The late Luis Jiménez created art on a grand scale – and lived life that way, too
"...depiction of his own people (reinforcing negative stereotypes of Latinos). The artist was able not only to defend himself..."
March 30, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
TV Eye
War and remembrance: Part I
"...The War until Burns had remedied the exclusion of Latinos in his newest documentary, set to premiere Sept. 23...."
March 30, 2007 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta
How Does an Artist Get a Passport?
Two Austin playwrights join dozens of writers from across the hemisphere to 'dream the Americas'
"...Puerto Ricans, Mexicans, African-Americans, Irish-Americans, Puerto-Rican Hindus, Mexican-American-Irish, African-American Latinos, Asian-American Latinos – you can sort of hear the..."
March 16, 2007 Arts Feature
Marching for Educational Equality
Mothers Against Discriminatory Racism in Education and Society hopes to call attention to group's cause
"...they'll focus on shortcomings in the educational system for Latinos and Native American children, as well as the need..."
March 2, 2007 News Feature by Cheryl Smith
TV Eye
For once, Ellen Pompeo is spared Belinda Acosta's wrath while she goes after ... America Ferrera?
"...I, a Mexican-American woman pining for more images of Latinos on TV, be blazingly, viva la raza happy? From..."
Jan. 26, 2007 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta
Echo Chamber
Horse + Donkey collides with Echo & the Bunnymen's Heaven up Here
"...up Here, was the gear shift. The trio, three Latinos originally from El Paso who've known one another since..."
Jan. 19, 2007 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder
District 23 Run-Off Today
"...that that action violated the voting rights of those Latinos, and ordered 23 redrawn yet again, this time in..."
Dec. 12, 2006 News Post by Lee Nichols
District 23 Run-Off Date Challenged
"...the Virgin of Guadalupe, a major religious holiday for Latinos. According to the story, Texas is simultaneously asking the..."
Dec. 1, 2006 News Post by Lee Nichols
All 'Round Republic Square
A new context of major civic buildings may yet make a people place of our historic downtown park
"...After 1927, when Latinos were forced to move to East Austin, the park..."
Sept. 1, 2006 News Feature by Katherine Gregor
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"...And, they are role models for women and other Latinos in Austin trying to leave a positive imprint on..."
Aug. 4, 2006 Column
Las Manitas More Than a Restaurant
"...And, they are role models for women and other Latinos in Austin trying to leave a positive imprint on..."
Aug. 1, 2006 Postmarks
Wassup Rockers
Larry Clark, the director of Kids, is back 10 years later with this look at a group of teenage male Latinos in Los Angeles who have more than the usual difficulties finding somewhere to fit in.
"...at an exclusively male group of 14 to 16-year-old Latinos. Although Wassup Rockers doesn’t feel as pruriently exploitative as..."
July 14, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
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Our readers talk back.
"...this has nothing to do with any prejudice against Latinos as liberals try to imply to buttress their argument..."
July 14, 2006 Column
Religion No Factor in Immigration Fight
"...this has nothing to do with any prejudice against Latinos as liberals try to imply to buttress their argument..."
July 12, 2006 Postmarks
Point Austin: Supreme Confusion
The Supreme Court ratifies the Texas GOP majority with a shrug
"...faced with Bonilla's inevitable defeat because roughly 92% of Latinos refused to vote for him, DeLay's map drafters redesigned..."
July 7, 2006 News Column by Michael King
Letters at 3AM
The pattern repeats across the country. Talk tough against immigrants for the redneck vote, then stop any anti-immigrant operation that costs businesses money – which means all of 'em.
"...prices would go up across the board. In addition, "Latinos open new firms at a rate of three times..."
July 7, 2006 Column by Michael Ventura
Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
"...and career of several musically and culturally influential Austin Latinos. For information on other nominees, their achievements, and areas..."
June 30, 2006 News Feature
Joined in Progress
Three local channels get Austin back with the program – but is anybody watching?
"...next 20 years. Nine out of every 10 Austin Latinos "speak at least some Spanish." More than half of..."
June 23, 2006 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta
Letters @ 3AM
Apart from the boycott, and separate from it, the theme of May 1 was, over and over: Register and vote.
"...figures, from the Pew Center: Forty-seven percent of eligible Latinos voted in 2004, "accounting for 6% of all votes..."
May 12, 2006 Column by Michael Ventura
Immigrants Flex Muscle
Day Without an Immigrant work stoppage and boycott draws more than a million people into the streets nationally; thousands turn out locally
"...they regularly carried significant amounts of cash. (In 2000, Latinos only made up 31% of Austin's population but were..."
May 5, 2006 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May
Letters at 3AM
Three fronts of transformative change in U.S. society: the allowance of Christian proselytizing in the U.S. Air Force Academy, Halliburton's receipt of government contracts to build detention centers for Homeland Security, and the rise of the Latino electorate
"...Wild Card No. 3: Ace of Hearts. Latinos are on the march – hypocritically criticized for taking..."
