From sbsun.com:
When Sal Castro looks back on the 40 years since he led historic walkouts with Chicano students in Los Angeles, he sees a mixed bag.
On the one hand, more Mexican-Americans are graduating from college, earning better wages and gaining business and political stature.
On the other hand, Chicano culture and history remain underplayed in the [...]

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Latino poets are hard to come by these days. Especially since the civil rights movement slowly died out.
From The Fresno Bee
Luis Omar Salinas, an influential poet associated with Philip Levine and other Fresno poets, managed a successful literary career and enjoyed the support of family in Sanger.
Mr. Salinas, 70, died Sunday of chronic pulmonary [...]

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From: masbakersfield.com
After all these years, ‘band’ of friends from East LA – El Chicano – still keepin’ it real. Appearing at Stramler Park (Bakersfield), June 1!
By Matt Muñoz MÁS staff Author Henry David Thoreau once said, “Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.” Those famous words [...]

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Being a proud iPhone user, I often am was frustrated with my own blog and how difficult it is was to view. Well I am proud to announce that thanks to some fancy coding by BRAVENEWCODE, ChicanoNews .net is now iPhone friendly. So feel free to visit us on the road or any [...]

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Dr. Felipe de Ortego y Gasca, Scholar in Residents at Western New Mexico University, writes about the Linguistic Phenomenon known as Spanglish. His insights and discussion have actually shown me a new way of seeing Spanglish and it’s uses/meanings. Perhaps the negative stereotypes associated with Spanglish has been unfairly earned. Read on, [...]

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From: Zanesvilletimesrecorder.com:
Some of those who rail against illegal immigration can dish it out but they can’t take it. Since most illegal immigrants come from Mexico or other parts of Latin America, critics sometimes say the sort of crude things that give the debate its anti-Latino flavor. But let someone call them on it and do [...]

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Hilarious commentary by LA EastSide.com:

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From: Iwatchstuff.com:
Did you know that Robert Rodriguez and Rose McGowan are, like, totally in love? Well, they are, and Rodriguez wants you to know that besides being the best girlfriend in the world, she’s also a tremendous actress worthy of more screen time than just Charmed reruns. So in addition to casting her in Planet [...]

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