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Category: Hispanics

Living in the Shadow of Ruben Salazar

I HAD BEEN IN LOS ANGELES ONLY a couple of days in 1978 when the unique pressures on Chicano journalists in this

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June 1, 2023June 1, 2023 Tony Castro Hispanics, Latinos, Los Angeles, Politics, Pop Culture LA HERALD EXAMINER, latinos, Los Angeles, RUBEN SALAZAR

Who Are the Golden Palominos?

THAT’S THE BIGGEST QUESTION I KEEP being asked by readers who have seen some of the early promotions for my forthcoming book,

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February 17, 2023February 17, 2023 Tony Castro Hispanics, Hollywood, Latinos, Los Angeles, national politics, Politics, Pop Culture Chicanos, East Los Angeles, Golden Palominos, Latino Politics, latinos

What Eric Garcetti’s White House Dreams Mean for Latinos

IF ERIC GARCETTI RUNS FOR PRESIDENT, what will it mean for Hispanics not only in his hometown but beyond? For Garcetti is the

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February 15, 2023February 16, 2023 Tony Castro Hispanics, Hollywood, Judaism, Latinos, Los Angeles, national politics, New York, Politics, Pop Culture, presidency41 Comments on What Eric Garcetti’s White House Dreams Mean for Latinos

Adios, Lucy Casado: The End of an Era in L.A.

ON A PICTURE POSTCARD California evening, a group of Tibetan monks in cardinal robes and gold undershirts traipsed across Melrose Avenue from the direction of

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December 4, 2022September 2, 2023 Tony Castro Hispanics, Hollywood, Latinos, Los Angeles, New York, Politics, Pop Culture, West Hollywood

‘We Are The Mexicans!’

In the mid-1800s, the fertile land surrounding Waco in Central Texas attracted countless settlers from the Deep South who introduced slavery into

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April 17, 2021February 22, 2023 Tony Castro Hispanics, Latinos civil rights, Lynchings, Mexicans, Texas Rangers

A Conversation With Tony Castro on Hemingway

Looking for Hemingway: Spain, The Bullfights and A Final Rite of Passage by Tony Castro is now available at Amazon.com.   What brought

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November 5, 2017November 6, 2017 Tony Castro Bullfights, Ernest Hemingway, Hispanics, Latinos, Los Angeles, New York, Pop Culture, Spain American Literature, Books, Bullfights, Hemingway, Lost Generation, Rite of Passage, Spain

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The New York Times has acclaimed historian and author Tony Castro as the definitive biographer of baseball's greatest of all time Mickey Mantle. Educated at Baylor and Harvard, Tony is a former Washinton Post national correspondent and senior writer at Sports Illustrated. Signed copies of all his books are available at https://tonycastrobooks.com.

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