An old friend in the border city El Paso writes, lamenting that she looked drab at a recent protest against the idea of building a wall to keep out immigrants. It’s hard to believe she came off as less than fabulous, since she’s a veteran street campaigner, versed in the art of political buttons, placards, [...]
Read MoreMiss Teen Mexico US Latina’s gown is aqua, shiny, liquid and long. Just like the Rio Grande River, and surely you wouldn’t want it — or her — trussed up and blocked by ugly old concrete or girders. Miss TMUSL (her name is Breeana Shaw) doesn’t like that idea. Lovely Miss Texas Latina, Martha Barraza, [...]
Read MoreTo make it to the Republican presidential caucuses, former New York City mayor Rudolph Giuliani has been flip flopping the cosmopolitan stances he used to take on gay, women’s and immigrant rights. Once he supported them; now he’s against. And lately, he’s adopted another opportunistic tad: implying that Staten Island is a center for rustic [...]
Read MoreSeriously, New York City needs to screen Nacho Libre for our cops. That’s the implication of today’s news that an immigrant arrested in May while wearing a mask at a protest march was just vindicated in court. The case has been covered by the Spanish-language paper El Diario, but ignored by the mainstream media. That’s [...]
Read MoreI’m doing some work in Mexico and just got back from buying a comb at the Wal-Mart in San Luis Potosi. A report in the US press recently noted that Mexico Wal-mart, which I think is that country’s largest employer, uses merchandise baggers who work for no salary, no wages, no benefits: nothing except tips. [...]
Read MoreAs roosters go, this one looks too slender and callow to be an adult. I think he’s an adolescent. Let’s say that in chicken bio-time, one month equals eight human years. We’re looking at a teenager. He’s a Chicken Little. A minor. Not only that, he’s got those nasty razor contraptions under his feet. He’s [...]
Read MoreKooler than Kahlo? “Whorehouse: Pseudo-journalists at a good price” Zócalo, July 2007 Did Frida Kahlo have spinal bifida? Does correctly guessing the Mexican left’s future lie in parsing its gusto for Canal-Street-style trinkets? Tune in, folks — below. First, Frida’s medical problems. A New York Times story today about the artist’s current exhibit at Mexico [...]
Read MoreLast week I was lucky to be doing some business in Chicago during the city’s annual blues festival. At a Jazz Record Mart party on Sunday morning – where bands played inside the store – I spotted what appears to be a new trend: old blues musicians dressed as Texans. Or, more precisely, Texicans. “What’s [...]
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