Bachata! The Immigration Story of an Increasingly Popular Dominican Genre
Bachata is one of my friend Maya’s favorite guilty pleasures. She and I turn up the volume when it comes on the radio, we listen to it when we’re getting […]
Bachata is one of my friend Maya’s favorite guilty pleasures. She and I turn up the volume when it comes on the radio, we listen to it when we’re getting […]
There is nothing more delicious than good Peruvian food. This exquisite cuisine offers a wide variety of beautifully created dishes, ranging from ceviche, to anticuchos, to aji de gallina, to […]
I never had the stereotypical American grandparent-grandchild relationship. I did not have the Grandpa who would take me out to a ball game or the Grandma who would sit me […]
Professional baseball is commonly referred to as America’s pastime and an American game, but given the actual ethnic makeup of the MLB, that point is not valid. For example, on […]
When thinking about the topic of immigration, most people split up groups of people based on their nationality. However, religious immigration has gone on for hundreds of years. From the […]
Schwarzenegger, Warren Buffet and Chris Matthews in 2008 California attracts more immigrants than any other state in the United States. We deny them drivers’ licenses, health care, and other […]
(Pictured from left to right: Sandra, Blanca Gamez, Senator Dean Heller and Astrid Silver) While Americans wait for the House to vote on SB 744, the […]
Mac ‘N’ Cheese? Hot Dogs? Apple Pie? These are some of the classic “American” foods we are familiar with. Yet, what is American? How are we to claim these foods […]
Emojis are Japanese icons adapted in several forms of cyber communication and have become popular in the United States since Apple incorporated them in iPhone keyboards. Emojis tend to represent […]
Whether you are on your way to work or just talking with friends, a topic that frequently comes up is immigration. Many people have strong views on what they believe […]