Cultural Essays Online

 

by Betty Ann Bowser, journalist

COURTING LATINOS           June 24, 2000

          Attempts by US politicians to win Latino votes

 

by Guillermo Gómez-Peña, performance artist

CYBER-PLACAZO                 December 2, 2005

          One Latino artist discusses the nature of censorship

 

by Rubén Martínez, commentator:

AT THE CROSSROADS         2004

          Latinos in the New Millenium

 

by Richard Rodriguez, commentator:

A CULTURAL IDENTITY      June 18. 1997

          Do Hispanics exist?

AS THE WORLD TURNS       June 25, 2001

          Essayist Richard Rodriguez considers the face of a growing America.

"BROWN"                               April 8, 2002

          Margaret Warner talks with author and NewsHour essayist Richard Rodriguez about his new book

          Brown: The Last Discovery of America.

DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT        January 30, 2004

          Essayist Richard Rodriguez reflects on how the influx of Mexican and Central American workers is changing the way      Americans think of themselves.

ESSAY: HOMECOMING        April 27, 2001

          Richard Rodriguez considers an Indian named Ishi.

SE HABLA ESPAÑOL            May 9, 2000

          Essayist Richard Rodriguez of the Pacific News Service looks at the way America speaks Spanish.

TIME AND THE INDIAN        December 15 , 2004

          Essayist Richard Rodriguez looks at the enduring message of the Aztec Indians.