From the Editors - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/from-the-editors/ Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City! Sun, 30 Jun 2024 23:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://i0.wp.com/houstonnewmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-cropped-Houston.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 From the Editors - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/from-the-editors/ 32 32 103504436 Submit your event or news idea to Hispanic Houston https://houstonnewmedia.org/submit-your-event-or-news-idea-to-hispanic-houston/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=submit-your-event-or-news-idea-to-hispanic-houston Sun, 30 Jun 2024 23:00:00 +0000 https://hispanichouston.com/?p=1648 UPDATED Did you know that Hispanic Houston celebrated 10 years? We did! And we’re still going strong. We can’t be everywhere. And, even though I’d love to argue otherwise, we […]

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]]> 793938 Surviving Houston’s Daily Grind https://houstonnewmedia.org/surviving-houstons-daily-grind/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=surviving-houstons-daily-grind Wed, 08 Mar 2023 17:04:40 +0000 https://hispanichouston.com/?p=13973 Hey there, fellow travelers! Have you ever had one of those days where you feel like you’ve been in your car for longer than you’ve been awake? Well, let me […]

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]]> 563687 Happy Birthday, Cesar Chavez! https://houstonnewmedia.org/happy-birthday-cesar-chavez/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=happy-birthday-cesar-chavez Thu, 31 Mar 2022 10:55:35 +0000 https://hispanichouston.com/?p=13744 Even though my father was a bracero (a migrant farmworker) as a child and young adult… and I think even as an adult… I didn’t learn about Cesar Chavez until […]

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]]> 282823 Hurricane Harvey, a not-so-distant memory https://houstonnewmedia.org/hurricane-harvey-a-not-so-distant-memory/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hurricane-harvey-a-not-so-distant-memory Thu, 26 Aug 2021 18:46:42 +0000 https://hispanichouston.com/?p=13450 Four years ago today, I was posting on social media about being stuck at my sister’s house and “evacuating” to the second floor as water threatened to breach the front […]
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]]> 158321 Houston’s Hispanic population increased by 10%, says Census https://houstonnewmedia.org/houstons-hispanic-population-increased-by-10-says-census/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=houstons-hispanic-population-increased-by-10-says-census Sat, 21 Aug 2021 20:28:57 +0000 https://hispanichouston.com/?p=13444 The Census results are in and, no surprise, the population in Houston increased by nearly 10%. That still doesn’t make us the third-largest city in the country (Chicago beat us […]
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]]> 156265 Celebrating Cinco de Mayo, A.K.A. El Día de la Batalla de Puebla https://houstonnewmedia.org/celebrating-cinco-de-mayo-a-k-a-el-dia-de-la-batalla-de-puebla/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=celebrating-cinco-de-mayo-a-k-a-el-dia-de-la-batalla-de-puebla Wed, 05 May 2021 05:01:56 +0000 http://hispanichouston.com/?p=7096 I re-share this every year for Cinco de Mayo, since it seems relevant every year.  Today is May 5th, Cinco de Mayo, which will be celebrated throughout the country as […]
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]]> 126138 Do you miss the parades? https://houstonnewmedia.org/do-you-miss-the-parades/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=do-you-miss-the-parades Sun, 25 Apr 2021 15:30:48 +0000 http://hispanichouston.com/?p=13330 As we bound into the second year of the pandemic, with numbers fluctuating but still high in most places in the U.S. (including Houston), we’re looking at year two of […]
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]]> 124120 Submit your event or news idea to HispanicHouston.com https://houstonnewmedia.org/submit-your-event-or-news-idea-to-hispanichouston-com/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=submit-your-event-or-news-idea-to-hispanichouston-com Tue, 20 Apr 2021 23:00:06 +0000 http://hispanichouston.com/?p=1648 UPDATED Did you know that Hispanic Houston celebrated 10 years? We did! And we’re still going strong. We can’t be everywhere. And, even though I’d love to argue otherwise, we […]

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]]> 123977 Remembering Selena https://houstonnewmedia.org/remembering-selena/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=remembering-selena Wed, 31 Mar 2021 17:33:44 +0000 http://hispanichouston.com/?p=13200 Today is the anniversary of the death of Selena Quintanilla-Pérez  (April 16, 1971 – March 31, 1995). For many of us, Selena was and continues to be the biggest star […]

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]]> 119178 I’m losing my Spanish https://houstonnewmedia.org/im-losing-my-spanish/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=im-losing-my-spanish Thu, 25 Mar 2021 01:19:37 +0000 http://hispanichouston.com/?p=13105 I speak Spanish, but I’m going to take this moment to remind you that not every Hispanic does. I have many Hispanic and Latinx friends who barely speak Spanish, or who don’t speak it at all. In fact, it was because of these friends that I originally launched Hispanic Houston. I wanted to provide culturally-relevant […]

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