Tag: Civil Rights

‘Singing Our Way to Freedom’

Paul Espinosa has produced over 30 documentary films aired on PBS. Compiled By LA CUCARACHA STAFF Chicano filmmaker Paul Espinosa, toured Southern Colorado the last week of February showing his award-winning film “Singing Our Way to Freedom” — first released in 2020. The film is about the life and times of the late Ramon “Chunky”… Continue reading ‘Singing Our Way to Freedom’

AIM Liberation of Wounded Knee — 1973

PINE RIDGE, S.D. — This year marks 53 years since members of AIM (American Indian Movement) occupied Wounded Knee, AND 136 years since the U.S. Army massacred 146 Lakota men, women and children at the site. Feb. 27, 2026, the anniversary of the occupation, will be commemorated with drumming, singing and talks from numerous speakers… Continue reading AIM Liberation of Wounded Knee — 1973

When They Come…

Guest Editorial By AARO KARJALA This isn’t new. I’ll grant you that federal agents shooting middle-class white people in the face is a bit novel, but on the whole, this isn’t new. I would argue that this is about as American as it gets. America is no stranger to state or federal agents terrorizing cities.… Continue reading When They Come…

Walk Out!

HUNDRED OF YOUTH PROTEST I.C.E. By JUAN ESPINOSA Photos by EL MOVIMIENTO SIGUE VOLUNTEERS Several hundred Pueblo high school students walked out of their schools Thursday (Feb. 12, 2026) to protest the murders, detention and deportation of immigrants, many of them U.S. citizens, at the hands of masked I.C.E. and border patrol officers in recent… Continue reading Walk Out!

Finding Chicano Roots

By La Cucaracha Staff What names have you called yourself or names others have called you? The question was posed by narrator Charlene Barrientos Ortiz. The responses from the audience started out tame — Mexican-American… Chicano… Spanish… Hispanic… Latino… LatinX… — then it got ugly — wetback, illegal, undocumented… That’s how the Calle Cultural Community… Continue reading Finding Chicano Roots

When youth lead…

We listen Pueblo Middle Schools march for justice Cucaracha News Staff Report The killing of Trayvon Martin in February 2012, became a spark that helped ignite a generation of young people who would later challenge many forms of state violence from police brutality to immigration enforcement.  Years later, on what would have been his 31st… Continue reading When youth lead…

Rest in Power!

PUEBLO, Colo.— The community has lost a giant, in the on-going fight for civil rights, human dignity and love and respect for all, in the death of the Rev. Robert “Boba” Lewis, 76. Rev. Lewis was an elementary school teacher who touched the hearts of hundreds young students and was a tireless advocate for social… Continue reading Rest in Power!

Cold as Ice

Guest Column By Joseph Alan SanchezSpecial to La Cucharacha News Most  Americans recognize the name ICE and the images of masked military men that dominated the major media in recent weeks. Despite the inescapable familiarity of the federal agency, many don’t know what the acronym spells out. It is the office of Immigration Customs Enforcement. … Continue reading Cold as Ice

What’s happening

Tisza Jauique: Recognizing the Inheritance of Chigonan Indigeniety SOAR is hosting Tlisza Jaurique for a virtual speaker event in February. Jaurique is the first Chicana woman to have a solo exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET) in New York. She is a philosopher, activist, artist, and scholar whose work largely reflects her research… Continue reading What’s happening