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WATCH: New Mexico's Susana Martinez Sworn is as First Latina Governor

WATCH: New Mexico's Susana Martinez Sworn In as First Latina Governor

By Mariela Rosario | 01/04/2011 - 13:31 | 0 Comments

New Mexico's new governor Susana Martinez was sworn in on Saturday, January 1st, 2011—officially making her the first Latina elected governor of a U.S. state. Hundreds of constituents from all over New Mexico arrived in Santa Fe to witness the historic event and many have high hopes for Martinez's first term in office.

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Eva Longoria Parker and National Museum of the American Latino

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Eva Longoria Parker Joins Commission for the National Museum of the American Latino

By Mariela Rosario | 09/03/2010 - 17:00 | 1 Comment

Eva Longoria Parker teamed up with the National Museum of the American Latino and joined its commission alongside Emilio Estefan, Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis and Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar to push for the creation of a museum to memorialize the role of Latinos in the U.S....

Sound Check: Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, Mexican-Style

By Grace Bastidas | 03/17/2010 - 17:00 | 2 Comments

Arriba, Arriba! Feliz Dia de San Patricio! What? You didn’t know Ireland and Mexico are practically compadres when it comes to nations? Apparently a group of Irishmen living in the United States dared to fight alongside Mexican troops during the Mexican-American War of 1846–48.

Ireland’s legendary Chieftains, a group that’s...

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Texas Board of Ed. Votes to Rewrite History, Whitewash Textbooks

By Mariela Rosario | 03/16/2010 - 15:30 | 16 Comments

Last Friday, the Texas Board of Education—stacked with socially conservative Republicans by Governor Rick Perry—approved a new social studies curriculum that would essentially rewrite history in favor of a right-leaning political agenda.

After the vote, Mavis B. Knight, a Democrat from Dallas told the...