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A new play about Gloria Molina looks at a life in politics and the courage to look past the naysayers
3 months, 3 weeks ago

A new play about Gloria Molina looks at a life in politics and the courage to look past the naysayers

LA Times  

Gloria Molina’s civic-driven spirit guides a budding Latina politician in a new play penned by “Real Women Have Curves” writer Josefina López. As a promising writer, López became enthralled by Molina’s 1990 L.A. County supervisor campaign against Art Torres when he allegedly called her a “burrito.” “A male politician could get away with that and no one him accountable,” López …

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Roberto Rodriguez, prolific writer on Chicano life, dies at 69
1 year, 4 months ago

Roberto Rodriguez, prolific writer on Chicano life, dies at 69

LA Times  

Roberto Rodriguez, in an undated photo. “Robert always kept his heart and soul with la gente,” said Felix Gutierrez, a retired USC journalism professor who first met Rodriguez when the latter was the editor-in-chief of UCLA’s Chicano newspaper in the 1970s. “He would write in an accessible language,” said poet Matt Sedillo, who helped Rodriguez with an online database of …

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The writer who’s been everywhere shares his 2023 California travel wish list
1 year, 11 months ago

The writer who’s been everywhere shares his 2023 California travel wish list

LA Times  

I’ve been meandering around California for decades, which is how I came up with the 101 Best California Experiences, a.k.a. Comb the beach at Garrapata State Park With Carmel just 10 miles north and Big Sur’s most famous landmarks just south, this dramatic set of cliffs and beaches doesn’t get the awe it deserves. Yet those five campsites are in …

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Latinos and the L.A. Times: Complicated past, bright future
4 years, 2 months ago

Latinos and the L.A. Times: Complicated past, bright future

LA Times  

We were in bedrooms, home offices, kitchens, even backyards. This paper used to freely call Mexicans “wetbacks,” “border jumpers” and “greasers.” The paper advocated for the invasion of Latin American countries to protect U.S. interests, wholeheartedly embraced ruthless dictators and, in 1934, upon news of his assassination, described slain Nicaraguan rebel leader Augusto Sandino, to whom the Sandinistas paid tribute …

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Reading Salazar: He was no radical, but a prophetic reporter
4 years, 4 months ago

Reading Salazar: He was no radical, but a prophetic reporter

LA Times  

About 20 years ago, I visited a Chicano bookstore in Santa Ana to buy “Border Correspondent,” a greatest-hits compilation of pioneering Los Angeles Times writer Ruben Salazar. “Mexican Americans traditionally kept their place so why should the big, important news media take notice of them?” The reporter behind the legend Reading Salazar today, my initial opinion of his skills still …

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