Cinco de Mayo, USA-style
One of my great-grandfathers was helping organize Cinco de Mayo events in Tucson by the early 1880s.
Lorenzo Torrez, copper miner, Communist leader, dies at 84
Lorenzo Torrez, leader of the Communist Party, a staunch yet quiet spoken fighter for union rights and Mexican American equality, died New Years Day in Tucson.
Ed Roybal Presente
Ed Roybal, first 20th Century Mexican American elected to the Los Angeles City Council (1949-1963) and to the House of Representatives (1963-1992) was a progressive Latino politician long before there was something called a Chicano movement. His political contributions should be deeply studied by Latinos and progressives.
