There are a few films vying for your dollars this weekend. I do think there is extraterrestrial life out there and I live alone, so watching The Fourth Kind is out (plus the new ABC remake of V gave me my alien fix earlier this week). But the. . . READ FULL STORY

Of all the people competing in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, one name stuck: Lopez, specifically U.S.A National Team Members in Taekwondo Jean, Steven, Mark and Diana. . . . READ FULL STORY

Looking at our Mexico Issue, it's almost impossible to pick a favorite article (and I'm not just saying that). But I will say that both of the personal essays, "Immigrant Dreams," by Reyna Grande and "All About My Mami" by. . . READ FULL STORY

With all the focus on Soledad O’Brien these days, it’s only fair to mention the fact that her fellow CNN journalista, half Puerto Rican Jane Velez-Mitchell, recently released her second book. Velez-Mitchell, who is host of her own Headline News. . . READ FULL STORY

If you’re like my dad, then you’ve read or are in the process of reading every book written about the FARC kidnappings that happened in the Colombian jungle between 2002 and 2008. These include Ingrid Betancourt’s Letters to My Mother and Out. . . READ FULL STORY