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Texas State Board of Ed. Candidates Discuss Requiring Ethnic Studies for Graduation. Racial bias training for police officers is good, but Ethnic Studies courses in high school can have a more profound effect on cultural awareness. Tony Diaz interviews two Texas State Board of Education candidates about requiring Ethnic Studies for graduation on Latino Politics and News. Host Tony Diaz interviews Democratic Run-off candidate for TX SBOE 6 Dr. Kimberly McLeod, & Republican candidate for TX SBOE 6 Will Hickman. We are in pledge drive. There are no regular shows about our art, culture, and politics on commercial television or radio. KPFT hosts a monopoly on community cultural capital. We answer to our community. Please budget a donation to KPFT, and make it support of Latino Politics and News today. Call 713.526.5738. Or visit www.kpft.org. We have a monetary goal, a goal for new members, and a goal for online donations. We thank you in advance for helping us to meet and shatter those goes. There are no reg

Two Latina poet laureates join Tony Diaz to discuss the power of poetry to heal and its role in a just and thriving society: Texas Poet Laureate Emmy Pérez and Madison Poet Laureate Angela C. Trudell Vasquez. This episode aired Tuesday, June 9, 2020, 6pm 90.1 FM KPFT Houston. Tune in for NP Radio every Tuesday 6 pm – 7 pm CST on 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston. Livestream on www.KPFT.org. On Demand at www.NuestraPalabra.org. Bios Emmy Pérez, Texas Poet Laureate 2020, is the author of With the River on Our Face and Solstice. Her work also appears in Other Musics: New Latina Poetry, Ghost Fishing: An Eco-Justice Poetry Anthology, What Saves Us: Poems of Empathy and Outrage in the Age of Tr---, and other publications. She is a recipient of a poets laureate fellowship with the Academy of American Poets, an NEA poetry fellowship, a CantoMundo fellowship, and the Alfredo Cisneros Del Moral Foundation Award. Since 2008, she has been a member of the Macondo Writers Workshop, and for the past 20 years, she's taught writing

Two civil rights icons address dismantling the structural discrimination that led to the slaying of George Floyd. KPFT General Manager Jew Don Boney and Mr. LULAC Johnny Mata share history and wisdom with Tony Diaz on Latino Politics And News 90.1 FM KPFT Houston. www.kpft.org. This episode aired Tues June 9, 2 pm - 3 pm #LatinoPoliticsAndNews There are no regular shows about our art, culture, and politics on commercial television or radio. KPFT hosts a monopoly on community cultural capital. We answer to our community. Please budget a donation to KPFT, and make it support of Latino Politics and News today. Visit www.kpft.org. We thank you in advance for your support. Thanks to our crew for donating their cultural capital to the show: Leti Lopez, Rodrigo Bravo, who mixed the show remotely, Claudia Soler Alfonso, MD., Jesse Aranda Comer our summer inter through Rice University, Laurie Flores, Stefano Cavezza, and Al Castillo President of LULAC Council 60. Tune in every Tuesday from 2 pm to 3 pm for L

Nuestra Palabra; Latino Writers Having Their Say broadcast on Tuesday, June 2, 2020, with host Tony Diaz. Today we focus on 2 Latinas changing the world through their brilliance and art. One is stars in a new film about the struggles of our undocumented community, and the other is making a national impact telling our community's stories through classic and new media. We first talk to Erica Muñoz, who stars in the film LONG GONE BY by acclaimed filmmaker Andrew Morgan and Untold Films. This film portrays the impossible realities of undocumented Latino immigrants. It is currently playing on HBO. In the second half of the show, We interview Jessica Hoppe, a New York-based writer and social media strategist. Former Lifestyle Editor at StyleCaster, she founded Nueva Yorka. She has been tackling the challenges of alcoholism and recovery during the COVIED19 lockdown, esp. for the Latino community. We are recording remotely and sometime weeks ahead of our air dates. This makes it complicated to address break

Latino Politics and News with Tony Diaz aired Tues, June 2, 2020, 2 pm on 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston. Livestream at www.KPFT.org. Join us every Tuesday. Today, we are providing a Latino perspective on the new book "Prophetic City: Houston on the Cusp of a Changing America" by Stephen Klineberg. Almost 40 years of research surveying Houstonians form the basis for the book. We will talk to Dr. Stephen Klineberg, who, as I am, is an alum of the American Leadership Forum. I'll also talk to other ALF alumni to provide an introduction to the book, which I believe lays the groundwork for creating structural change in Houston. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce CEO Dr. Laura Murillo will provide an analysis of Latino Leadership, and Texas Senator Carol Alvarado will provide us insights into Houston and Texas's political structure, which have shaped the lives of our community. In news, we are recording remotely and sometime weeks ahead of air dates. This makes it complicated to address breaking news; however, we m

NP: ALL LIT I: Poetry, Prose, Music From Beginning to End. Featuring poetry by Matt Sedillo, Gris Muñoz Acosta, Lupe Mendez, Jose Torres-Tama, and prose by Tony Diaz, Alvaro Saar, Leticia Manzano. Aired Tuesday, May 26, 2020 6 pm - 7 pm CSt 90.1 FM KPFT. Houston, Texas. We are in pledge drive. There are no regular shows about our art, culture, and politics on commercial television or radio. KPFT hosts a monopoly on community cultural capital. We answer to our community. Please budget a donation to KPFT, and make it support of Latino Politics and News today. Call 713.526.5738. Or visit www.kpft.org. Thanks to our crew: Leti Lopez Rodrigo Bravo, who mixed the show remotely Claudia Soler Alfonso, MD. Jesse Aranda Comer Laurie Flores Stefano Cavezza Al Castillo Tune in every Tuesday from 2 pm to 3 pm for Latino Politics and News with Tony Diaz 90.1 FM KPFT, Houston. Livestream www.KPFT.org. That's followed by Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say at 6 pm to 7 pm CST. 90.1 FM KPFT, Housto

Thank you for tuning into Latino Politics and News Tuesday, May 26, 2020. I'm Tony Diaz. Today, you will find out about our Pablo Neruda Challenge. And, can you guess which city has more Latino city council members? Houston or Dallas? Houston does have a slightly higher percentage of Latino population. You will get all these answers and more on today's episode. We will pose our #PabloNerudaChallegen to congressional candidates for battleground TX district 22. At the top of the program today, Sri Kulkarni, Democratic Candidate for the post, joins us. You will find out if he accepts or declines this opportunity to celebrate, in Spanish, one of the greatest poets to ever live. Will his Republican opponents accept? Or maybe, they don't like Pablo Neruda? Of course, the race for Texas's 22nd Congressional seat has made national news as a major battleground seat. We will find out how Sri Kulkarni plans to engage Latinos. On the second half of the show, Dallas City Councilman Omar Narvaez joins us. So now you

We are happy to bring you another remote installment of the Latino Literary Renaissance. As always, we are going to thrill you with art from around the country and history in your own back yard. We are recording remotely for broadcast May 19, 2020, and we are bringing you voices from New Orleans and Houston's La Bonia barrio, also known as City Council H. At the top of the show, you heard the poetry of poet, performance artist, and activist, Jose Torres Tama from New Orleans. We are happy to bring you the national debut of his Video Cortaditos, Poesia Picante. He joins us for a full interview during the first half of our show, and you will enjoy more of his work throughout the program-broadcasting at 100,000 watts. During the second half of the show, you will meet Laurie Flores. She is our new Nuestra Palabra Community Representative for Houston City Council H. She'll be talking about how art builds community. As always, we will bring you art, culture, history, and the soundtrack to a revolution. The Nu

Alfredo Corchado discusses “A Former Farmworker on American Hypocrisy”. The Down Ballot: Penny Shaw, candidate for TX State Rep. District 148. “It’s time to offer all essential workers a path to legalization.” That is a quote from an essay by Alfredo Corchado. That quote, his work, and today’s episode represent our mission. We are bringing you a Latino perspective on politics and news on a national level and a local level. At the top of today’s show, we will talk to award-winning journalist and author Alfredo Corchado. He will discuss and read from his potent essay “A Former Farmworker on American Hypocrisy” appeared in the New York Times. We have spoken to Alfredo in the past on our sister show Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say. However, his work, especially this essay, is literature, is politics, is news. That is the fate of the Latino artists and writers. We do not have the luxury of being only writers, or only artists who can simply create art for art’s sake. Our community’s we

Thank you for tuning into Latino Politics and News with Tony Diaz Tuesday, May 12, 2020. Today, we are focusing on the traditional Latino topics of Oil and COVID19. Of course, Immigration is an issue important to our community. So candidates must be well-versed on that. But if they focus on only Immigration when it comes to us, they are hispandering. And no Hispandering is allowed on this show. Instead, we have 2 Latinos who are taking on county-wide and statewide issues. COVID19 is a Latino issue. At the top of show, we talk to newly appointed COVID19 Relief Czar for Harris County, Texas State Representative Armando Walle. Texas Railroad Commission usually flies under the radar. On Tuesday, May 5, the commission rejected statewide production cuts. And yes, that is a Latino issue. In the second half of the show, Roberto Alonzo, candidate for the Texas Railroad Commission, tell us what that means and how the commission can serve Latinos. In the news: Nationally: Journalist Alfredo Corchado wrote a po

Welcome to Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say, founded in 1998. We are happy to bring you another remote installment of the Latino Literary Renaissance. At the top of the show, you heard the poetry of Griz Munoz, reading her from her new book, "Coatlicue Girl." She joins us for a full interview during the second half of our show, and you will enjoy more of her work throughout the program-broadcasting at 100,000 watts. In the first half of the show, you'll get some intense doses of history and Dr. Cyhtnia Orozco reads from and discusses her book: No Mexicans, Women or Dogs Allowed: The Rise of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement. I know you are tuning in for the music, too. I know I am. Shout out to our crew for curating the soundtrack to a revolution. We pre-recorded this show to air on May 12, 2020, to make history. The Nuestra Palabra Radio Show is archived at the University of Houston Digital Archives. Our hard copy archives are kept at the Houston Public Library's Special Colle

Thank you for tuning into Latino Politics and News. I'm Tony Diaz. We are recording remotely for broadcast on Tuesday, May 5, 2020. This is the best way to celebrate Cinco de Mayo. Should it take 10 calls to find out who is in charge of graffiti on a bridge in your neighborhood? Should it be easy to find out which branch of government is responsible for that bridge? What if you run for mayor, and lose? Is your political career over before it takes off? We’ll be tackling those issue on today’s program and more. At the top of the show, we'll speak with Michael Moore, candidate for Harris County Precinct 3. He is in a Democrat run-off July 14. During the second half of the show, we also speak with Adam Sanchez who is running for Stafford City Council in November. And we begin the program with news impacting our community. Nationally: We are proud that the Mexican American Legal Defense Fund is suing on behalf of U.S. Citizens who filed taxes as Mixed immigration Status family households and as a resu

Thank you for tuning into Latino Politics and News. I'm Tony Diaz. We are recording remotely for broadcast on Tuesday, April 28, 2020. Today, we talk to candidates campaigning in the upcoming primary election on July 14. Remember that date. Tell your friends. At the top of the show, we'll speak with Anna Eastman. She won the special election for Texas State Representative seat 148, just in time to get into a primary election for that same seat. That was the seat formerly held by Jessica Farrar, who retired. During the second half of the show, we'll speak with Michelle Palmer, a Democrat candidate for Texas State Board of Education Seat 6, formerly held by Republican Donna Bahoric, who is retiring. Will remember her name from the Librotraficante's campaigns to endorse Mexican American Studies. And we begin the program with news impacting our community. Nationally: President Trump's recent Executive order, which he claimed he signed to "save American jobs" seems more like a campaign slogan. The Center fo

Thank you for tuning into Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say. I'm Tony Diaz. This is a special feature. We are focusing on one segment from our April 21, 2020 show. Tony Diaz interviews Diana Martinez Alexander who is vying to become the first Latina elected to Harris County Commissioners Court Precinct 3. She is in a run-off election scheduled for July 14, 2020. Find out if she supports Mexican American Studies and which topics are her main passions. Send comments and suggestions to: info@LatinoPoliticsAndNews.com Thanks to our crews: Our co-hosts founder and director of Nuestra Palabra- Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante. Producer: Leti Lopez Rodrigo Bravo, who mixed the show remotely Claudia Soler Alfonso, MD. Jesse Aranda Comer Laurie Flores Stefano Cavezza Al Castillo Every Tuesday from 2 pm to 3 pm tune in to Latino Politics and News with Tony Diaz here on 90.1 FM KPFT. That's followed by Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say at 6 pm. Tony Diaz also appears on the p

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Houston’s First Latino Mayor Part I Latino Politics And News with Tony Diaz will interview the first Latino Mayor of Houston, the 4th largest city in America, possibly even before she realizes she is the candidate of the people. We interviewed Houston City Councilman Robert Gallegos, Houston's lone Latino City Council representative. We also interviewed Domingo Garcia, LULAC National President, to get his take on the recent Democratic Presidential Debate and asked him if the presidential candidates are profoundly engaging Latinos. Karla Aguilar gives up an update on the court battle over the designation of "The Alamo". A meeting with the Texas Historical Commission was canceled due to closures for Corona Virus prevention. www.LatinoPoliticsAndNews.com Houston's recent mayoral election did not result in Houston's first Latino mayor. It never has. In a city whose population is over 44% Latino, there has never been a mayor with a Spanish surname. Worse, only one out of 16 city council representatives is

Join us for our Super Tuesday Preview of Elections in Texas-from a Latino perspective. Host Tony Diaz interviews Natalia Cornelio Democratic candidate for Judge of the 351, and Sema Hernandez Democratic candidate for U.S. Texas Senate. Find out about issues profoundly facing the Latino community. This is a preview for our new upcoming show, "Latino Politics & News." Elections are Tuesday, March 3, 2020. Look for your sample voter ballot. In Harris County, sample ballots are available at www.HarrisVotes.com. Click here to donate to Nuestra Palabra: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=9CPLMM88TF5BS Bios: Natalia Cornelio is a Judicial Candidate for the 351st Criminal District Court in Harris County, Texas. For 13 years, she has been an attorney, public servant, advocate, and criminal justice reformer. She currently works as the Director of Legal Affairs for Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis in Precinct One, where she helped draft and finalize the settlement in the

Join us for our first presidential candidate interview with Tom Steyer. This is a preview of our new upcoming show “Latino Politics & News”. Join co-hosts Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante, Terrell Quillin and the Nuestra Palabra Crew as they talk about politics, art, and culture. Additional guests include: Playwright, Director, and Actor Frida Espinosa Müller with Cara Mia Theater talks about her play URSULA. This powerful one-woman show about immigration was part of Sin Fronteras, Stages Festival for Latinx Theater. Tomás Aguilar, Disaster Recovery Coordinator for Living Hope Wheelchair Association, and board member Guillermo De La Rosa “Memo”. Click here to donate to Nuestra Palabra: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=9CPLMM88TF5BS Bios: Tom Steyer Tom Steyer stepped down as head of his investment firm in 2012 to dedicate all his time to philanthropy and political action focused on making America more just by putting the people, not the corporations, in charge of our

Don Quixote returns! Playwright Octavio Solis brings Cervantes to life with his play QUIXOTE NUEVO! Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante, Terrell Quillin, and the Nuestra Palabra Crew chat with Octavio Solis, author of the book RETABLOS, who also wrote the play QUIXOTE NUEVO running at the Alley Theatre from Friday, January 17, 2019, to Sunday, February 9, 2020. https://www.alleytheatre.org/plays/production-detail/quixote-nuevo Use the promo code QNPARTNER for discounts. The play runs until Feb. 9, 2020. Use the promo code QNPARTNTER for discounts for the rest of the performances. For tickets, visit: https://www.alleytheatre.org/plays/pr... #QUIXOTENUEVO We also interview Dave Bonta for Poesía Sin Fronteras / Poetry Without Borders at REELpoetry, presented by Publico Poetry: https://www.publicpoetry.net/ And we talk to Paul Espinosa, who discusses his film: Singing Our Way to Freedom". He will be conducting a Q and A with Tony Tony Diaz about his film at the Holocaust Museum: https://hmh.org/events/film-s

#LatinosStickTogether Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante and the Nuestra Palabra Crew talk to HFD Chief Samuel Peña to determine if the Librotraficantes will give him a vote of maximum confidence. They are joined by Gracie Saenz, and Esq, LULAC Council 60 President Al Castillo. & Charles Mazzini and Radames Ortiz from Hyperlinks Media want you to get bug online. They have a limited time offer to help nonprofit organizations increase their reach online. Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say is a proud member of their program. We received a $10,000 a month Google Grant. If you wanna try to keep up with up, you best reach out to them. From Hyperlink Media: We want to offer you your listeners an exclusive Promotion: FREE Application and setup for Google Ad Grants $750 FREE Digital Marketing Strategy $1500 Visit us at www.MissionMore.us Tony Diaz shares the latest installment in his “Cultural Capital” series: Latinos Stick Together: https://www.tonydiaz.net/blog/latinos-stick-together Click here to