In Person

¡A Viva Voz! featuring Jaime Hernandez, co-creator of 'Love and Rockets'

"...rock scene as they experienced it – as young Latinos from a southern California barrio. Now known for their..."

April 21, 2006 Books Feature by Belinda Acosta

The 'West' Shall Rise Again

A new generation creates its own take on the show that changed Austin theatre

"...ethnically diverse and has more authentic age range." African-Americans, Latinos, Anglos. Kids of 18 to seniors topping 60. Texans,..."

April 7, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Have a Little Faith

James Hand might just get out of this country music business alive

"...Little Longhorn. Inside the boxcar-shaped bar, hipsters, oldsters, cowboys, Latinos, and middle-aged married couples are shoulder to shoulder, wall..."

April 7, 2006 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Naked City

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...the growing number of immigrants, Greater Austin's estimated 300,000 Latinos is small when compared to Houston's 1½ million. Houston..."

March 24, 2006 News Feature

Who They Are and What They Deserve

The new play 'Voices of Valor' records the memories of a generation that won the war abroad and at home

"...the U.S. Latino experience. Thus was born the U.S. Latinos & Latinas World War II Oral History Project. In..."

March 17, 2006 Arts Feature by Belinda Acosta

Collecting Voices

"...the distinction of including not just the histories of Latinos at war, but Latinas on the home front –..."

March 17, 2006 Arts Feature by Belinda Acosta

Point Austin: Supremes v. Texas

The future of U.S. politics may become, "Vote for Show, Map for Dough"

"...Republican Henry Bonilla's CD 23 while shoving Webb Co. Latinos into CD 25 as an "affront and an insult"..."

March 10, 2006 News Column by Michael King

Court Reporter

At the Supreme Court Wednesday, it was all about Texas and the future

"...while leaving a nominal majority (50.9%) of voting age Latinos in the district for PR purposes was an "affront..."

March 3, 2006 News Feature by Michael King

Keeping It Alive Through Their Latin Voices

"...bus. You must be clueless to the fact that Latinos also come from South and Central America, where they..."

Feb. 27, 2006 Postmarks

More Damning Data Against Racial Profiling

Activists recommend abolishing "consent" searches

"...that two-thirds of those agencies reported searching blacks and Latinos more often than whites – 37% searched blacks twice..."

Feb. 24, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

TV Eye

Stop me if you've heard this one before: A Latino goes to an audition but doesn't get the job because he's too ethnic

"...attorney) – was "created to advance the presence of Latinos in the media, telecommunications, and entertainment industries." It concentrates..."

Feb. 17, 2006 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

Last week, I launched a riff on 'fascinating' TV-related events of 2005. Here's where I left off.

"...of levels. First, there was the push for diversity. Latinos, just like everyone else, want to see their stories..."

Dec. 30, 2005 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...something that it greatly needed and deserved? Generations of Latinos missed out on a cultural center of their own...."

Dec. 2, 2005 Column

Cultural Center of Their Own

"...something that it greatly needed and deserved? Generations of Latinos missed out on a cultural center of their own...."

Nov. 28, 2005 Postmarks

This Ain't No Picnic: Minutemen on Patrol

The sinister legions of the 'Drug Cartel' have little to fear from the latest incarnation of border hysteria. As for the rest of us ...

"...as this sort of outlaw vigilante group who targeted Latinos," Ybarra continued. "And this history of vigilantism towards Latino..."

Oct. 28, 2005 News Feature by Diana Welch

'Secuestro Express'

Jonathan Jakubowicz and Elizabeth Avellán on 'Secuestro Express'

"...will also then do a good business in DVD. Latinos by the way, are DVD watchers. They just are...."

Oct. 28, 2005 Screens Feature by Michael King

Keeping Cesar Alive

Actor Ed Begley Jr. explains how he was inspired to write a musical honoring his friend Cesar Chavez

"...perhaps, but I didn't expect to find that [with Latinos]. So I went, "I really need to do this..."

Sept. 23, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

TCB

Put those cigarettes out and try to enjoy news on Single Frame, Bavu Blakes, What Made Milwaukee Famous, Snake Eyes Vinyl, and more

"...Or stop letting cops who kill young blacks and Latinos off with a slap on the wrist. Or not..."

Sept. 2, 2005 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Trouping Ahead

The Latino Comedy Project keeps creating laughter and its own opportunities

"...witty or clever, but for hilarity few match the Latinos, who have a fantastico capability to whip tragedy into..."

Aug. 26, 2005 Arts Feature by Patti Hadad

Naked City

A national magazine ranks us tops, but some local leaders say it could still be better

"...Magazine has crowned Austin the No. 1 city for Latinos to reside in for the second year in a..."

Aug. 12, 2005 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...with violating the Fair Housing Act by discriminating against Latinos during four home sales in Austin and San Antonio...."

July 29, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Naked City

Progressives organize – yet again – to fight the right

"...Composed of organizations like Liveable City, the Gray Panthers, Latinos for Texas, EcoNetwork, and Democracy for Texas, Moving Forward..."

July 1, 2005 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Citizen Quién?

The Latino Comedy Project's 'Citizen Quién?' hits the audience like a 300-pound masked Mexican wrestler rebounding almost horizontal off the ring ropes of parody

"...way, quite an eye-opener regarding the ways in which Latinos perceive themselves versus the ways in which Anglos perceive..."

June 3, 2005 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...actually less likely to be searched than Anglos. (Longhorn Latinos, however, were 2.4 times as likely as Anglos to..."

May 27, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Naked City

Who's picking whom in the City Council race

"...Green Party, La Coalición de Huelguistas Chicanos de Austin, Latinos for Texas, and The Villager have endorsed Andrew Bucknall...."

May 6, 2005 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Naked City

Human rights group holds its annual convention in death penalty-lovin' Texas

"...out to groups traditionally outside AI's sphere, such as Latinos and Muslims...."

April 15, 2005 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Racial Profiling Data Illuminating, yet Inconclusive

The nation's most comprehensive study to date shows a pattern suggesting profiling, but reporting methods need more uniformity

"...searches more than three times as often as whites. Latinos and blacks each were 1.5 times more likely to..."

March 11, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992

Pro Arts Collective's production of "Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992" brings all the emotion of the Rodney King beating and its aftermath rushing back

"...partly a cultural mosaic, in which the words of Latinos, Asians, Anglos, African-Americans, the privileged, the disenfranchised, the powerful,..."

Feb. 25, 2005 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Let's 'Rumbo'! Right Now!

New Spanish dailies battle for a young Latino audience looking for news

"...broadly defined population represents some challenges (e.g., not all Latinos are the same, linguistically, culturally, or socially), but it's..."

Feb. 25, 2005 News Feature by Belinda Acosta

Newsprint in Spanish

Sizing up Austin's Latino newspaper players

"...at UT. (Among her current research subjects are U.S. Latinos as producers and consumers of news media.) "Nobody can..."

Feb. 25, 2005 News Feature by Belinda Acosta

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