If Jeopardy’s Alex Trebek pronounced “He is the first black president in North America,” most of us would confidently answer “Who is Barack Obama?” And we would be wrong. The fact is that Mexico, not ...

Editor’s Note: While Sept. 16 commemorates the famous cry for Mexico’s independence from Spain, it is important to remember that Texas was part of Spain in 1810 and that the “grito” reverberated ...