In Vietnam, Chicanos died at twice the rate of their counterparts.
Author - Brandon Loran Maxwell
A few may come close, but there will never be another one quite like him.
Immigrants are the common denominator when it comes to America's "greatness."
Why don’t violent offenders, like drug offenders, also deserve a second chance?
Teen Angels was bold, beautiful, and influential. But its eclectic founder makes it that much more interesting.
There's a reason Mexican American street gangs transcend economic class, geography, and even centuries.
“Latinx” is feelgood psychobabble. “Chicano” is the decades-long culmination of suffering, expression, and rebellion.
Lowrider cars are America's most dynamic underground tradition.
The Viclas In The Varrio Are Always Hard.
The critics never did respect Kobe for what he truly was. And now it's too late.
In this episode, Brandon explores the lesser known history of pachucas and Mexican American women during WW2 with guest Elizabeth Escobedo, who wrote the book...
Eazy-E and Gilbert Izquierdo (AKA "Toker") wanted to form a Mexican version of N.W.A—and they succeeded.
Merrick Morton's suspension highlights the potential pitfalls of placing decades of work on one platform, and the impunity in which major platforms like...
Those with the strongest opinions about Chicano culture often have the least context.
Bold, colorful, flamboyant—one could argue Chicano culture was built for the runway.
Foos Gone Wild represents authentic cholo culture about as much as Indiana Jones represents authentic archaeology.
Love him or hate him, one Chicano rapper has written the blueprint everyone else follows.
A discussion about pachuco culture, modern gangs, discrimination, and nationalism during WW2.
The new Florida-based "Latinx news organization" has spent almost $1 million on ads to reach Mexican Americans in California and Texas.
All Chicanos are Latinos, but not all Latinos are Chicanos.
Latinos are NOT monolithic. Yet for months, “In The Heights” was shoved down everybody’s throat as the answer to every perceived problem with Latinos in film...
Conejo's ability to consistently churn out high quality hip hop albums is a feat that few emcees can match.
Twitter sure seems to ignore a lot of Latinos when it comes to the verification process.
We will never see anything like the sixties again no matter how badly people want it.
Is “mumble rap” really the best successor Gen-Z could come up with?
Maybe Fred, like the rest of us, just wanted to get out and live a little.
If government officials colluding to overturn millions of votes in a democratic election is not an affront on our values, then what is?
Trump’s legacy will be dishonesty and disarray.
Bottomless, directionless outrage is a waste of time and a distraction.
Just because a company can do what it wants, as some have argued, is not a good argument that it should.
"American Dirt" has catapulted a discussion about identity to the forefront of public discussion—and Chicanos are leading the way.
If reincarnation exists, humans better hope they don’t become trees.
Make no mistake. Special interests want us to conform and forget our histories.
Mexican Americans have a unique history with the United States that other Latinos simply don’t share.
A discussion about gentrification.
A discussion about the disability community.
A quick message from the founder of The Daily Chela.
On Saturday, activists marched to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1969 school walkouts in Abilene, Texas. In total, about 300 students—mostly Mexican...
There isn't just one narrowly defined definition of America. We are all products of our own upbringings and environments.
The Democrats kicked off another debate tonight, this time on CNN. The debate was three hours long, but never shy of interesting moments, even if it lacked...
A discussion about immigration, "Latinx," and gun laws.
The truth is we are all winners in the 4.5-billion-year planetary lotto.
A look back at terrorist incidents suggests that citizens taking a more aggressive approach might help save lives.
Trump doesn't care about life. He only cares about his re-election
Obama had his faults, but womanizing, habitual dishonesty, and lack of professionalism weren't any of them.
The fact that Republicans don't cite ICE as an example of “intrusive government” merely proves how detached Republicans are both from Latinos and their own...
American values are at risk. It's on Americans to save them.
Nowhere have attacks on Mexican Americans been more prominent than in academia.
