Govea, debut author of Estela, Undrowning. I spoke with René Peña-Govea about her debut young adult novel, Estela, Undrowning ...

Chicana literature has grown from the activism of the Chicano Movement into a vibrant, multi-voiced exploration of identity, culture, and resistance. From early pioneers like Sandra Cisneros and ...

“You will never know how it feels to have Brown skin and a Mexican name. You will never know what it is like to watch your mother struggle with white words.” In this collection of prose pieces, author ...

Criselda Vasquez's parents posing in front of the artist's painting “The New American Gothic” (2017) (photo courtesy the artist) Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has detained the father and ...

One of the many tools of the farmworker movement in the 1960s was Teatro Campesino, a traveling theater troupe that told the plight of the farmworkers through “actos,” or short skits. Why it matters: ...

New Mexico artist Delilah Montoya’s major retrospective opened in February at the Albuquerque Museum. It encapsulates 40 years of activism based in photography, print making, and research. During the ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — This spring, Chicana women throughout the metro will be celebrated at ¡Viva La Chicana! 2026. The event is hosted by Latinx Education Collaborative, RevED KC, and Chicano Center for ...

This post was updated March 19 at 10:45 a.m. UCLA’s Chicana/o studies department unanimously voted Wednesday afternoon to remove César E. Chávez from its name following sexual abuse allegations ...

Wall Street executive turned best-selling author Julissa Arce moved to the United States from Mexico when she was 11. She learned English, graduated from high school and, thanks in part to a Texas law ...

WASHINGTON – The granddaughter of a bracero, who waited 50 days to take her seat in Congress, Rep. Adelita Grijalva stepped to the podium on the House floor and told her colleagues, "Our democracy ...

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TAOS — “CHICANAO! Caminos Distintos: Chicano Art in NM 1970–2025” at the Millicent Rogers Museum highlights many different paths (“caminos distintos”) that Mexican American artists in New Mexico have ...