Hispanic and Latino Issues

Mexican Identity and Living in the Street

Special Navidad Gift Guide Edition

What books on Mexicans should I buy this Christmas?

Shape Shifter: A Conversation With Icon of Style Carlos Santana

National Hispanic Heritage Month is observed annually between September 15t and October 15 as a celebration of the positive cultural impact Hispanic and Latino Americans contribute to this country. This year, guitarist Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Carlos Santana was honored by Macy's as the Hispanic ... More >>

Isn't DACA Just a Ruse to Identify and Deport DREAM Act Students?

And why might a Mexican family hate a wealthy Mexi-and-white couple?

Flags and Cycles

Complaints and the Media

Banning Books in Arizona

Free the Books: Librotraficante Caravan Heads to Arizona to Create "Underground Libraries"

Goin' to Arizona​The folks at Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say are taking action against Arizona's attempt to eliminate Mexican-American studies in its schools. If Arizona is taking Hispanic-culture books out of its schools, they will bring Hispanic-culture books to Arizona. ... More >>

Ron Paul and Sci-Fi

Are More Mexicans Becoming Conservative?

And do teachers discriminate against students with Hispanic first names?

Am I Supporting the Mexican Drug Cartels if I Smoke Pot?

And why don't more Mexis appear on television news talks shows?

HISD Has More Grads, Fewer Dropouts

HISD​In a hurry-up afternoon press conference, Houston ISD Superintendent Terry Grier was able to say today that more of the district's students are graduating on time, fewer are dropping out -- and the improvements include every racial and ethnic student group. Grier was referring to data co ... More >>

Why Shouldn't Mexicans Speak Proper Spanish?

And is Spanglish something to Celebrate?

Exactly How Safe Is Juarez?

Why No Latino Rappers At The Box's Los Magnificos Car Show?

The hip-hop world is a less than sensible place -lots of times, you're even required to clarify when bad means bad and when bad means good- so once a week we're going to get with a rapper and ask them to explain things. Have something you always wanted to ask a rapper? Email introducingliston@gmail. ... More >>

Little Joe Y La Familia Heat Up Festival Chicano

​Miller Outdoor Theatre may self-combust tonight when the classic orquesta Tejana sounds of Grammy winners Little Joe y la Familia waft forth into what promises to be a temperate, perfect evening for music in the park. This marks the 31st annual Festival Chicano, one of the oldest such events ... More >>

Sheriff Joe Arpaio's reign of terror becomes Arizona policy, thanks to state Senator Russell Pearce and Governor Jan Brewer.

Snow: The Product That Will Wake Up Your Hip-Hop and Political Games

Let us be forthcoming about 22-year-old, San Jose, Calif., native Claudia A. Feliciano. We'd put her up against any female MC in the game, and we're confident she'd give anyone of them a run for their money... or take their money. She's a versatile, bilingual lyricist who can fluently chop you up i ... More >>

The 2010 Census Launches the Latino Underground Into the Mainstream; Other Bold Predictions for the Coming Decade

Will Lil Young be one of this decade's breakout Latino rap stars?​ Can Latino hip-hop in Houston continue to thrive as a black-market force, of sorts, whose sales are invisible to the IRS, and evolve into a powerful underground economy without the acknowledgement or praise of mainstream music medi ... More >>

StoryCorps Historias

Houston's Latinos are invited to tell their own story

San Antonio Blogger Has Had Enough "Free South Park Mexican" Sentiment

Michael Hogue​A little over seven years ago, we wrote about the South Park Mexican trial. The rapper, born Carlos Coy, had it all: money, his own record label, a nightclub and, most importantly, the ear of a generation. He was the voice of a new type of person: the Southern and Southwestern Mexica ... More >>

A Preview Of CNN's Latino In America: Disappointing, And Where The Hell Is Houston?

​CNN unveils its take on the Latino experience tonight with the widely publicized debut of Latino in America.Hair Balls admittedly enjoyed the broiled shrimp and free wine at the 50-minute preview two weeks ago when CNN was using Houston Latinos as a test audience for the program and we're somewha ... More >>

Immigration... and What's In A Name

Practicing patience, pendejos.

Pitbull

Punk en Español

The heavily Hispanic roots — and present — of Houston's punk scene

Self-Hating Mexican Americans, and Rednecks of All Colors

Mexican-American Culture

Special Back-to-School Edición

Who Is Chapulín?

Los Mocosos

American Us (Six Degrees)

This Charming Hombre

Morrissey's mad love among Mexican-Americans

Banana Republicans

A Hispanic GOP confab leaves delegates yelling foul

All Together Now

Latino performers put on a show for the holidays

Over the Rainbow

Democrats get their ticket. But can they get the votes?

Low Fidel-ity

There's more than just the Gulf of Mexico between musicians in Cuba and those from Cuba

Austin Shocker

Congressional redistricting: Dem disaster or Trojan horse?

The Authenticity Myth

The Mex-Mex issue

Best Community Newspaper

El Día

La Revolución Will Not Be Covered

Black and White Only

County jail counts strip Hispanics of their ethnicity

Roping In Ratings

A rodeo ruckus riles rival Spanish TV stations

The Insider

The Insider

Recuerda (And Celebrate Life) Muerte

Macario Ramirez is reconnecting Mexican-Americans to a forgotten cultural tradition and their own pasts. It's a tradition that Anglos are embracing, too.

In Denial

As HIV spreads among blacks and Hispanics, agencies that serve those communities say they're being shortchanged

Afternoon Delight

Every weekday from 3 to 7 p.m., KLAT's Carlos Martinez loves to talk about sex. Many in his Spanish-speaking audience adore him. But not everyone's happy with what he has to say.

Twilight of El Jefe

The Proposition

In Houston, illegal immigrants wait to see what hand California's Proposition 187 has dealt them