Brazilian Women’s Voices
The faint smile on Mariana’s lips intensified as she reminisced about the lazy Brazilian days she had spent on a farm during her last vacation. She described the vast fields and the warm, fresh…
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Theme: Culture
The Soulfulness of Black and Brown Folk
And so, by faithful chance, the negro folksong – the rhythmic cry of the slave – stands to-day not simply as the sole American music, but as the most beautiful expression of human experience …
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The ‘Return’ of the State
The oath which immigrants are required to swear today on becoming naturalized citizens of the United States, reads, in rather archaic and high-sounding formal language: “I absolutely and …
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Nueva York, Diaspora City
New York magazine has been renamed Nueva York, at least for a week. The Spanish word on the cover of the 6 September 1999 issue is an eye-catcher for readers of the popular weekly, and …
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Latin@ Education and Poverty
Maria E. Barajas, once a Mexican immigrant child placed in remedial classes because of her “language problems,” has focused her interest in bilingual policy through Harvard Graduate …
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