La Raza Unida memorabilia is on display Thursday during the 50th Anniversary Reunion of the party in San Antonio. (Eddie Gaspar/The Texas Tribune, Eddie Gaspar/The Texas Tribune) Sign up for The Brief ...

On the 40th anniversary of the national convention of La Raza Unida Party, here's the party's enduring legacy, courtesy of one of the founders. “We made the pursuit of power by Chicanos respectable,” ...

In this Sept. 4, 1972 file photo, Jose A. Gutierrez, left, of Texas, and Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzalez of Colorado, stand before the La Raza Unida Party national convention in El Paso, Texas. The term la ...

Irma Mireles Berry, a Mexican American activist who became involved in politics in the early 1970s, recalls several events that incited her political involvement, especially a film she saw at ...

Calls for affordable housing sprouted again during a Turlock City Council meeting Tuesday as Latino advocates decried a lack of options, crowded living conditions and discrimination against its ...

I was amused this week to read a piece by Express-News columnist Gilbert Garcia detailing how the indicted Crystal City city manager/city attorney, James Jonas, had written a screed blaming his ...

TONY SANCHEZ HAS SHAKEN UP Texas politics this year with his bid to become the state’s first Hispanic governor, but he is not the first Hispanic Texan to appear on a general election ballot. That ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The National Council of La Raza announced this week that it was changing its name to UnidosUS, dropping a word that has deep roots but may have hurt the organization in moving ...

The National Council of La Raza announced this week that it was changing its name to UnidosUS, dropping a word that has deep roots but may have hurt the organization in moving toward the future. The ...