If you follow fútbol—or soccer as it’s known up here—you know that fans, coaches, and players on both […]
Mexican Americans
My aunt Paulina Cabrera and her mother Maria Dolores flirtingly pose and proudly display a bunch of green […]
I was fourteen years old when I first heard the story of my great grandfather Mateo Espinosa. My […]
All They Will Call You (The University of Arizona Press, 2017) is Tim Z. Hernandez’s attempt at telling […]
For the past semester, I’ve taught California Studies, a course primarily designed for non-history majors and future K-6 […]
It’s difficult to overstate the ubiquity of Juan Gabriel’s voice in the everyday lives of Mexicans, both here in the US and in Mexico, where the megastar’s dozens of hits, some of them decades old, still blare from roadside fondas, urban nightclubs, and blown out stereo speakers.
“I remember the Queen was beautiful, and the parade came down from Hicks Camp to Medina Court. The […]
This is the very first installment of our new series, East of East: Mapping Community Narratives in South El […]