On The Border With Maybelle Carter And Lydia Mendoza

On The Border With Maybelle Carter And Lydia Mendoza

By Deborah Vargas – NPR.org – Video Capture: YouTube. Imagine, if you will, being a listener to a radio station on the U.S.-Mexico border in 1939. You would likely be listening to XERA, a radio station broadcast from Cuidad Acuña, Coahuila, Mexico, across...
Landmark Status in Pilsen: Good or Bad for the Neighborhood?

Landmark Status in Pilsen: Good or Bad for the Neighborhood?

By Jay Shefsky | WTTW News – News.WTTW.com – Image: Chicago Department Of Planning And Development. The Pilsen neighborhood, in Chicago, Illinois, has been at the center of battles over gentrification. Now the longtime Mexican American community is facing...
Restoration of “Ninos Del Mundo” Mural

Restoration of “Ninos Del Mundo” Mural

By Jesse La Tour – FullertonObserver.com – Photo Not Credited. Photo: Katherine Bowers works on restoration of the mural. Fullerton, California – Restoration began this week of the iconic “Ninos Del Mundo” mural painted in 1994 by famed Chicano...