Film examines Dolores Huerta from jazz to ‘Sí, se puede’

Film examines Dolores Huerta from jazz to ‘Sí, se puede’

By Russell Contreras/The Associated Press – SantaFeNewMexican.com – Associated Press file photo. Albuquerque, New Mexico — Dolores Huerta formed the first farmworkers union with Cesar Chavez, stood next to Sen. Robert Kennedy minutes before he was...
Video: The history of El Paso’s Pachuco culture

Video: The history of El Paso’s Pachuco culture

By ElPaso411.com – Photo Not Credited. We’ve all heard people call El Paso Chucotown or just Chuco.  If you walked down the streets of El Paso, Texas, in 1942, you probably wouldn’t think much of a man wearing an oversized suit and fedora hat. The style was...
“The Rise And Fall Of The Brown Buffalo” Review

“The Rise And Fall Of The Brown Buffalo” Review

By Peter Wong – BeyondChron.org – Image Not Credited. The man that writer Hunter S. Thompson immortalized in “Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas” was actually a Chicano rights activist named Oscar “Zeta” Acosta. Director Phillip Rodriguez tells Acosta’s...
Finding common ground with Stand And Deliver 30 years later

Finding common ground with Stand And Deliver 30 years later

By Danette Chavez – AVClub.com – Screenshot: Stand And Deliver. Screenshot: Edward James Olmos in Stand And Deliver For its 30th anniversary, I rewatched Stand And Deliver, and the movie’s opening was full of familiar sights: kids half-awake on city buses,...