Articles for Mexican American

The 25 recipes that changed it all in American cooking, just in time for Thanksgiving.
1 month ago

The 25 recipes that changed it all in American cooking, just in time for Thanksgiving.

Slate  

Read all the stories from Slate’s 25 Most Important American Recipes of the Past 100 Years. Nosrat’s instructions for layering salt throughout the process—salting your water well and then salting again at the end of cooking—while cooking with a steamy sauté illustrates both the science and techniques of how to cook dense vegetables, but also presents the process in a …

Food Cooking Recipes Recipe English Black Indian
Opinion: Trump’s border czar and a history we should not forget
1 month, 1 week ago

Opinion: Trump’s border czar and a history we should not forget

LA Times  

Donald Trump promised that, once reelected, he would conduct the largest deportation campaign in United States history. And then there’s Tom Homan, whom Trump has named his “border czar.” In a recent interview on “60 Minutes,” correspondent Cecilia Vega asked Homan what such a campaign might look like: Cecilia Vega: Is there a way to carry out mass deportation without …

History Trump Families Deportation Mother Los Angeles American
Battles between Latino and Asian political candidates could reshape L.A.’s Eastside
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Battles between Latino and Asian political candidates could reshape L.A.’s Eastside

LA Times  

The text message that showed up on the phones of Eastside voters last month began with a warning: Forty years of Latino political representation is under threat. Los Angeles City Councilmember Kevin de León, center, sent a text message warning that Latino representation in his district is “threatened.” His opponent, Ysabel Jurado, called it racially divisive. At the same time, …

Assembly Political Candidates City Latino Asian Council
How do you register new voters? This group is using regional Mexican music
1 month, 2 weeks ago

How do you register new voters? This group is using regional Mexican music

LA Times  

The infamous wall at the U.S.-Mexico border was visible in the distance at Joe Orduño Park in San Luis, Ariz., and the sun was just beginning to set beyond it when the organizer of the music festival climbed onto the stage on an evening in October. “The festival,” he told them, “ has the power to change the future of …

Music Campaign Latino Voters Vote Group Register
From Japan to Mexico: Lowriding is shedding its gang culture stereotype
2 months, 1 week ago

From Japan to Mexico: Lowriding is shedding its gang culture stereotype

The Independent  

Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about …

Culture Community Japan Rights Bike Texas Chicago
Latinx Files: Bella Hadid and the art of being loved ‘Mexicanly’
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Latinx Files: Bella Hadid and the art of being loved ‘Mexicanly’

LA Times  

Periodically, the Latinx Files will feature a guest writer. “When we think of loved Mexicanly, it’s very passionate,” says Spicy Mari, founder of the relationship consulting firm the Spicy Life, where she provides relationship counseling, coaching and magnetic matchmaking. “Those kinds of things are extremely attractive, because the last thing you want to be is in a relationship with someone …

Art Love Relationship Feel Spanish Mexican Bella
Iván Cornejo helped popularize regional Mexican music in the U.S. Now, he’s helping it evolve.
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Iván Cornejo helped popularize regional Mexican music in the U.S. Now, he’s helping it evolve.

LA Times  

Iván Cornejo knew at an early age that he’d find his future in music. And while Cornejo might not have invented sad Mexican music, he is certainly introducing it to a younger generation of Mexican American listeners, making it relevant to a subset of the Latino population that’s increasingly becoming English-dominant and could just as easily choose to get their …

Music English Album Songs Spanish Mexican American Mexicana
A Texas school that was built to segregate Mexican American students becomes a national park
5 months ago

A Texas school that was built to segregate Mexican American students becomes a national park

Associated Press  

A west Texas school built in 1909 for Mexican and Mexican American students as part of “separate but equal” education segregation was designated Wednesday as a national park. U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland formally established the Blackwell School National Historic Site in Marfa, Texas, as the nation’s newest national park and the seventh national park unit designated by …

School National Texas Site Park Mexican Mexican American
Johnny Canales, Tejano legend who helped launch the career of Selena Quintanilla, dies at 77
6 months, 1 week ago

Johnny Canales, Tejano legend who helped launch the career of Selena Quintanilla, dies at 77

LA Times  

Johnny Canales, the Tejano music legend and Latino television pioneer who helped launch the career of Selena Quintanilla, has died at 77. “Johnny Canales is the Mexican American equivalent of Dick Clark because he broke everyone in,” Ramón Hernández, a Tejano historian and musicologist, told The Times in a 2020 story on the television host. Selena and her siblings would …

Music Texas Latino Los Mexican Selena Mexican American
Henry Cervantes, Mexican American farmworker turned WWII bomber pilot, dies at 100
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Henry Cervantes, Mexican American farmworker turned WWII bomber pilot, dies at 100

LA Times  

Henry Cervantes was a Fresno-born, 19-year-old son of Mexican farmworkers when the Navy told him in 1942 that he could not fight for his country. “During his training, he was called a dirty Mexican,” said retired Judge Frederick Aguirre, who met Cervantes in 2002 at a veterans event and grew close to him through Aguirre’s work documenting the lives of …

Navy Air Los Los Angeles German Mexican American Kahn
1 million Mexican Americans were deported a century ago. A new L.A. audio tour explores this ‘hidden’ history
8 months ago

1 million Mexican Americans were deported a century ago. A new L.A. audio tour explores this ‘hidden’ history

LA Times  

A 1931 postcard depicts the Avila Adobe, with vendors and shoppers on Olvera Street. A new audio tour from the California Migration Museum explores the history of a raid near Olvera Street nearly a century ago that ultimately resulted in the deportation or coerced emigration of 1 million Mexican Americans in the U.S. Olvera Street, adorned with brightly colored papel …

History Immigration Audio Mexico Los Angeles Officials Million
Mexican Open: Second-seeded Holger Rune eases past American Michael Mmoh
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Mexican Open: Second-seeded Holger Rune eases past American Michael Mmoh

The Hindu  

Second-seeded Holger Rune eased past American Michael Mmoh 6-2, 6-3 on Tuesday and advanced to the second round of the Mexican Open. Daniel Altmaier pulled off a major upset, beating top seeded Alexander Zverev in a battle of German players to qualify for the second round. Earlier, fifth-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas defeated Roman Safiullin 6-3, 6-4 and moved on to the …

Seeded Mmoh
Why Gael García Bernal is encouraging Mexican Americans in the film industry to behave badly
11 months, 1 week ago

Why Gael García Bernal is encouraging Mexican Americans in the film industry to behave badly

LA Times  

Gael García Bernal still remembers that rush of electricity he felt on the set of “Y Tu Mamá También” more than 20 years ago. In the Amazon Prime movie Cassandro, Garcia Bernal plays Saul Armendariz, a gay amateur wrestler from El Paso, Texas, who rises to international stardom when he creates the character Cassandro, the `Liberace of Lucha Libre.’ “It …

Film Films Hollywood Mexico Way American Actor
I'm politically neutral as a journalist. Should I be neutral as a Mexican?
1 year ago

I'm politically neutral as a journalist. Should I be neutral as a Mexican?

LA Times  

Qué onda Latinx Files readers. For Democrats, there’s a real fear that Univision — by far the biggest player in Spanish-language news — has begun “cozying up to Trump.” That’s how the actor John Leguizamo put it last week. They must reaffirm their commitment to fact-checking and balanced, unbiased reporting.” Mike Madrid, a longtime Republican campaign consultant, said that if …

Trump Texas Latino California Democrats Republican Democrat
Latinos are now the majority in Texas. What does that mean?
1 year, 1 month ago

Latinos are now the majority in Texas. What does that mean?

LA Times  

I will never forget riding in my aunt’s car around Christmas as a kid to look at the lights and the decorations in a lavish Dallas suburb. In Texas, it was abundantly clear that Mexicans were the construction workers, the gardeners, the people who, as the popular saying goes, “do the jobs no one else wants.” That drive with my …

State Vote Mexican My Aunt Mexican American Latinos Texas
‘CoComelon’ introduces new bilingual series ‘Nina’s Familia’
1 year, 2 months ago

‘CoComelon’ introduces new bilingual series ‘Nina’s Familia’

LA Times  

The popular children’s entertainment show “CoComelon” is releasing a new bilingual series called “Nina’s Familia.” The series is based on a Latinx family and focuses on bringing educational content to bilingual and Spanish-speaking households. The new series that launches Sept. 29 will follow Nina Reyes and her Mexican American family, who first made their appearance in the “CoComelon” show in …

American Series Spanish Mexican American Latinx Dale Cocomelon
National Hispanic Heritage Month highlights cultural diversity of Spanish-speaking Americans
1 year, 3 months ago

National Hispanic Heritage Month highlights cultural diversity of Spanish-speaking Americans

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Hispanic history and culture take center stage across the U.S. for National Hispanic Heritage Month, which is celebrated annually from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15. Performers participate in halftime actives in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month during an NFL football game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Arizona Cardinals, Sept. 21, 2014, in Glendale, Ariz. Also during …

Spain Heritage National Latino Mexico Los Angeles Month
The Edgar is all the rage among the foos
1 year, 4 months ago

The Edgar is all the rage among the foos

LA Times  

This story is part of “Discourse,” a fresh look at the dire state of the bicoastal conversation — free from corniness and cliches. The Edgar haircut bring us to camp, that sensibility which Susan Sontag defined as “a tender feeling.” Texas naysayers who found the Edgar troubling tried outlawing it. “There’s an Edgar or two in my neighborhood,” says Luna …

School Hair Los Angeles Hernandez Mexican Mexican American Guerrero
Gen Z LatinXers are reinventing regional Mexican music. But your abuelo still might dig it
1 year, 4 months ago

Gen Z LatinXers are reinventing regional Mexican music. But your abuelo still might dig it

LA Times  

DannyLux’s first guitar was a castaway that his father plucked from the trash while driving garbage trucks in Palm Springs. “We’re the new school, but it’s still like Mexican music,” Valenzuela said. But at the end of the day we’re all women.” The roots of some regional Mexican music date back even before the Spaniards big-footed their way into Tenochtitlan. …

Music Mexico Los Tiktok American Dl Mexican
How the concha became a symbol of Mexican American identity
1 year, 4 months ago

How the concha became a symbol of Mexican American identity

LA Times  

Not all pan dulces are created equal. The concha is a perfect accessory In anticipation of the new “Barbie” film release this weekend, bakeries across the country have created a new type of Barbie to consume: a traditional Mexican concha. I’m not here today to argue whether it’s valid or not, but for many people born in the United States …

Think Spanish Mexican Different Mexican American Barbie Concha
Column: Why the Flamin’ Hot Cheetos movie is both pandering and pernicious
1 year, 6 months ago

Column: Why the Flamin’ Hot Cheetos movie is both pandering and pernicious

LA Times  

I initially had no plans to see “Flamin’ Hot,” the film directed by Eva Longoria that tells the story of real-life-janitor-turned-Frito-Lay-executive Richard Montañez. Two years later, Longoria — who was already planning “Flamin’ Hot” when Dean’s article appeared — is still sore about the whole affair. From the mariachi yelps that punctuate the 20th Century Studios fanfare before “Flamin’ Hot” …

Latino Hollywood California Dean Mexican Richard Latinos
Former Vikings, Cal QB Joe Kapp dies at age 85
1 year, 7 months ago

Former Vikings, Cal QB Joe Kapp dies at age 85

Associated Press  

Joe Kapp, the hard-nosed quarterback who routinely ran into tacklers instead of away from them while leading the Minnesota Vikings to their first Super Bowl and California to its last Rose Bowl, has died. “He used to tell people to put your son in piano lessons and not let them play football, but he let me play and he let …

Super Bowl Minnesota Season Nfl Cal Vikings Joe
Cinco de Mayo celebrates Mexican culture, not independence
1 year, 7 months ago

Cinco de Mayo celebrates Mexican culture, not independence

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — American bars and restaurants gear up every year for Cinco de Mayo, offering special deals on Mexican food and alcoholic drinks for the May 5 holiday that is barely celebrated south of the border. “Cinco de Mayo is a day to celebrate the resilience, culture, and heritage of generations of Mexican Americans,” President Joe Biden said Friday in …

Mexico French Mayo Mexican Mexican American Cinco Cinco De Mayo
Two of four Americans kidnapped in Mexico ‘tummy tuck’ trip are found dead
1 year, 9 months ago

Two of four Americans kidnapped in Mexico ‘tummy tuck’ trip are found dead

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery Shaeed Woodard was identified …

Victims Attack North Carolina Mexico Dea Fbi Told