Mexican American Legal Defense & Education Fund

Am I Supporting the Mexican Drug Cartels If I Smoke Pot?

[¡Ask a Mexican!] And why don't more Mexis appear on television news talk shows?

Ruling Likely Kills Bans on Day Laborers Seeking Work on Streets of Costa Mesa and Mission Viejo

​Laws in Costa Mesa and Mission Viejo that ban day laborers from standing on public sidewalks to seek work from passing motorists are in jeopardy following a federal appeals court ruling.When the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decided 9-2 Friday to affirm a district court's previous ruling th ... More >>

Ry Cooder, You've Never Been Cooler

The artwork for the single features the piece Nuthin' to See Here, Keep on Movin'! by Vincent Valdez. ​Famous slide guitar player and singer-songwriter Ry Cooder isn't just boycotting Arizona--he wrote a song, called "Quicksand," as a response to Arizona's anti-immigrant law, SB 1070. Cooder de ... More >>

Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Reign of Terror Becomes Arizona State Policy, Thanks to State Senator Russell Pearce and Governor Jan Brewer

[UPDATED:] Day Laborers Sue Costa Mesa

Photo by Beth StirnamanAn earlier protest for day laborers.​As I was snapping photos of protesters outside Costa Mesa City Hall this morning, a white guy in his 40s was suddenly in my face asking, "What's all this about?"Informed that day laborers were suing the city, he remarked, "Just round up t ... More >>

[¡Ask a Mexican!] In Which Gabacho Teachers Learn to Listen to Latinas

Blast from the Past: Another Connection Between Anti-Semitic KPFK Host and La Voz de Aztlan

Perhaps the best exposé on the Jew-bashing, gay-trashing website La Voz de Aztlan was published in 2002 by the now-defunct New Times Los Angeles. This is where we got the information that sole writer Hector Carreon (last name has Jewish roots) worked in Buena Park. The article hasn't existed online ... More >>

Orange County's Mexican Consul, Carlos Rodriguez y Quezada, Sparks Protests, Burns Bridges

Pussy Galore

El Dia de Nuestro Senor Nativo

The faithful worship Lopez

Diary of a Mad County

Welcome to Orange County, Now Go Home

Cops say they want to bail on INS duty