A Mother’s Day Recollection — Death of a Salesman?
Annette Amelia Oliveira

Be it jumper or ball gown, Mom crafted garments worthy of Fifth Avenue. My family spent the 1950s in a cramped South Bronx apartment, but Mom’s magic with fabric, thread and Singer portable lifted us beyond the basement bargains we could afford. I loved everything about her sewing.   

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A Mother’s Day tribute to Mexico’s Soldaderas
Cheryl Phillips

The Mexican mothers I’m about to describe aren’t the ones in your mind’s eye. These women gave birth to a free Mexico. On May 10, when our southern neighbor celebrates Mother’s Day each year, their contributions deserve to be honored.

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Jose Can You See?
José de la Isla     [Photo]

I have dual qualifications for commenting about President Bush’s belief that the National Anthem should be sung only in English.

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Newsroom Staffing fails to Keep Pace
With U.S. Diversity
Christine Senteno     [Photo]

The gap between journalists of color and the general population continues to widen.

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Latino Boycott Leaders Press Ahead,
Plan March on Capital May 19
Alex Meneses Miyashita     [Photo]

Immigrant rights leaders from across the country are gearing up for a massive march in the nation's capital May 19 as part of their continued efforts to press the U.S. government to offer a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants.

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Immigrants, Jobs and NAFTA — What Now?
José de la Isla     [Photo]

MEXICO CITY— Pablo Ruíz Nápoles — a handsome guy with long hair that curls at the ends, and rimless glasses — looks like a director in Mexico’s film industry more than the economist he is. Professor Ruíz is one of Mexico’s experts on how the North American Free Trade Agreement, NAFTA, has affected his country.

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‘Remember the Alamo’ —
A Slogan Tainted by Selective Memory
Maxim Kniazkov     [Photo]

SAN ANTONIO, Texas – It’s a barrio with no redeeming grace. Rusty railroad tracks run alongside a garbage-strewn knoll. Paint-stained day laborers mill around waiting to be picked up.

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Journalists Aren’t Vigilantes,
So Why Do They Talk Like Them?
Otto Santa Ana     [Photo]

President Bush is criticized by some when he states a truism: "Immigrants are hard-working, decent human beings." The peaceful demonstrations of millions of immigrants bear out his claim and speak to their devotion to the United States. Their marches were so splashed with the Stars and Stripes that they resembled majestic Fourth of July parades.

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Memorial to an Uncle
Who Went to War and Didn’t Come Back
Maggie Rivas-Rodríguez     [Photo]

I was in 8th grade on Oct. 10, 1968, when word came that my Tío Ángel had been killed in Viet Nam. He was a medic and the helicopter he was riding in was shot down. He was 33 years old, had a newborn baby boy when he left, another son about 4 years old, three stepchildren and a wife who was crazy about him.

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Help! The Saskatchewans Are Coming!
José de la Isla     [Photo]

Most Europeans in the 18th century never explored farther than 15 miles from home. Today, they move freely about their region as members of the world’s largest economy. 

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How Amnesty Won the Sillas Family an Oscar
Hermán Sillas     [Photo]

In the early 1970s I served on an advisory committee to the United States Census Bureau. Our committee advised the bureau on how to count undocumented persons in the 1980 census count. Much rides on an accurate count, including the number of congressional members each state receives.

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Dissing History — Watergate Redux
José de la Isla     [Photo]

Earlier this month, HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson shared a political morality lesson with a Dallas audience at a forum sponsored by the Real Estate Executive Council, a national consortium. He said he had a problem with a firm that was about to be awarded a fat government contract whose owner told him he didn’t respect President Bush.

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Dissing History — Watergate Redux
Edward Barrios Acevedo     [Photo]

You would think that Dionicio Morales, at age 87, would be ready to hang up his hat and go fishing.

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