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Nation Jun 30
Spanish colonial monuments fuel racial strife in U.S. SouthwestSpain's enduring hold over the territory that is now New Mexico made it unlike other areas in the Southwest and opened the door for memorializing the Spanish influence.
Arts Jun 30
Rudolfo Anaya, ‘godfather’ of Chicano literature, dies at 82Anaya came onto the scene with his breakthrough work, "Bless Me, Ultima," in 1972. The novel about a young Mexican American boy's relationship with an older curandera, or healer, influenced a generation of Latino writers.
Politics Jun 03
Primary wins put New Mexico closer to all-female U.S. House delegationNew Mexico Democrats nominated two Latinas and a Native American woman in primaries on Tuesday. Republican voters also nominated a member of the Cherokee Nation and a Hispanic woman for two of those races.
Nation Jun 02
Childhood inequities worst for black and Native American communities, report saysA Save the Children report released Tuesday found that children in the most disadvantaged counties die at rates up to five times of children elsewhere in the same state.
Arts May 26
Jimmy Cobb, ‘Kind of Blue’ drummer for Miles Davis, diesJimmy Cobb, a percussionist and the last surviving member of Miles Davis' 1959 "Kind of Blue" groundbreaking jazz album which transformed the genre and sparked several careers, died Sunday.
Nation Feb 03
Iranian Americans fear ‘othering’ as U.S.-Iran tensions escalateIranian Americans across the U.S. say they are experiencing renewed anxiety since the U.S. and Iran traded threats and military strikes.
Arts Jan 29
‘American Dirt’ backlash from Latino readers is part of a long publishing war"American Dirt," a novel about migrants from Mexico and cartel violence, continues to draw criticism from some Latino writers and activists. It's written by Jeanine Cummins who is of Irish and Puerto Rican descent.
Nation Aug 11
Mass shootings have Latinos worried about being targetsThe spate of recent mass shootings have some Hispanics looking over their shoulders, avoiding speaking Spanish in public and seeking out escape routes amid fears they could be next.
Nation Aug 07
El Paso, with deep Mexican American past, rallies amid painThe massacre that killed 22 people at a Walmart in El Paso struck a city that has long been the cradle of Mexican American culture and immigration and suffered through bloody episodes of racial violence in the past.
World Jul 14
Trump’s remarks about changing European culture draw ireTrump, the grandson of a German immigrant and the son of a Scottish immigrant to the United States, described immigration as negative for Europe.
