Political Poop
Greens Pick Candidates
At a June 12 gathering in Chicago, the U.S. Green Party chose former Democratic Rep. Cynthia McKinney as its 2008 presidential candidate

Arts and Entertainment
RECORD BREAKER:  A rare work by Mexican master Rufino Tamayo that was at the center of a recent legal battle has sold at auction for the highest amount ever paid for a Latin American painting.

Media Report
HISPANICS IN BLOGLAND: Latinas and Latinos with views to share are increasingly touching down in the blogosphere. 

Guest Columnist
A Musical for My Latino Ears
By Raúl Reyes

As Whoopi Goldberg read off the nominees for Best Musical at the 2008 Tony Awards, my heart was racing. I was elated when Whoopi announced that In The Heights had won. 

Sin pelos en la lengua
WHITE HANDS:  Eighteen years ago this fall,   Harvey Gantt, the popular black mayor of Charlotte, N.C., appeared poised to rid the U.S. Senate of its most overt racist officeholder.

Names Making the News
The remains of Army Spec. Alex Jiménez, 25, are identified and readied for return to his family in Queens, N.Y.