Santiago & Meme School of Chuco Words — Lesson 1
Tonight’s lesson: We didn’t speak bad Spanish. We spoke our Spanish. Our parents gave us the words they knew. Some
The Venegas Family – Mexican American History
In 1927, Miguel Venegas left behind a life that, by most standards, had been a good one. He had a
Pinky and the Brain Go to Austin
Back in the 1990s, I had an idea. I tried to convince some people I considered pretty smart that we
Brown & Proud – wanting to be a Marine
I know how to take tests. I have taken hundreds of them during my lifetime. I know when I have
They Beat Them for the Clothes. They Couldn’t Kill the Culture. Pachuco Boogie
In South Texas, Mexican Americans created a sound built around the accordion and bajo sexto. It became conjunto, Tejano, and
Immigrants Are Still Chasing the American Dream. Too Many Americans Have Quit.
Decades ago, I met a young Mexican woman in Houston. She had come to the United States illegally. She had
The world’s richest man asks the poorest in Texas to give him money to the tune of almost $2 billion
I started with a Houston Chronicle story about Tesla considering a $10.1 billion solar manufacturing plant in Fort Bend County.
Qualifications for a Republican wanting to run for president. – Donald Trump
Donald Trump Shows You How to Qualify
8.16.2026 – news Americans are reading
Yesterday I realized that when I ask the AI to find the most-read news, it tends to tilt toward what
Sunday Comics – 8.16.2026
During the week, I’ve been frustrated working with an AI assistant named Santiago. I did not choose that name for
He Told His Mother “No Tears.” Seventy-Five Years Later, the Mexican-American Soldier Finally Came Home
Three days before one of the worst battles of the Korean War, 19-year-old Celestino Chavez Jr. wrote home to his
Colorado Said Mexicans Were White — While Sending Their Children to a Separate “Mexican School” – one of the earliest lawsuits challenging segregation.
Colorado school officials had an interesting argument in 1914. They were not segregating Mexican-American children by race. Why? Because Mexicans
Too Mexican, too Catholic, too different to belong: New Mexico
Congress Thought New Mexico Was Too Mexican to Become a State When the United States took control of New Mexico
Arizona said we can’t have the “ignorant Mexican vote.”
Arizona Became a State — Then It Found a Way to Keep Mexican Americans From Voting Arizona became the 48th
California Said Mexicans Were Too Dirty to Use the Public Swimming Pool
In San Bernardino, California, Mexican Americans helped pay for the city’s public swimming pool with their taxes. But they were
