Mexican Independence Day marks the beginning of Mexico ... Chiles en nogada proudly display the colors of the Mexican flag: green, white, and red. Its creation is attributed to nuns in Puebla ...

Demonstrators were strongly urged to wear white and to bring American flags to display their patriotism. Dutifully, most did. But even with only a handful of Mexican flags in the swell of red ...

Over the last several years, that "celebratory void" was often filled with hundreds of people gathering downtown on the days ...