Michael Hogan

A New Jersey native and the Mexico City subway

The Mexico City subway system is the second largest in the Americas, second only to New York. It serves 4.5 million users per day, with 12 lines serving 95 stations over 141 miles. It is a cultural treasury as well, incorporating art in the form of unique designs, historical and literary murals, as well as musicians playing classical, ranchera, and traditional music in the acoustical tunnels. The Mexican subway system is the great leveler, carrying doctors and lawyers as well as housemaids and store clerks to work each day.

The Camels of Mexico & the defeat of the French invaders

In 1863, when the Civil War was raging in the United States, Emperor Maximilian, backed by the French Army, had taken Mexico City.

Sor Juana Inés de La Cruz: pioneer in Mexican feminism

Juana Inés Ramírez was born out of wedlock to a Spanish captain and the daughter of a wealthy landowner in a village outside of Mexico City in 1651.

Ellen Ochoa, a Mexican-American who has soared to amazing heights

Ellen Ochoa was 11 years old when humans first walked on the moon. In those days, women were not even considered as candidates for the NASA space program.

Pancho Gonzalez: the greatest Mexican American tennis player

When I was 14 years old, my father owned the garden supply store next to the famous grass courts in Newport. RI. called the Newport Casino, and now known as the International Tennis Hall of Fame.

The untold story of John Riley, leader of the St. Patrick’s Battalion

John Riley, the 28-year-old Irishman who is credited with organizing the San Patricio Battalion during the Mexican War, has been the subject of much speculation in recent years. Much of it has come about because of renewed interest in Irish/Mexican relations.

The American Legion of Honor in Mexico: a transnational story

The years 1861-65 were critical ones in the United States, with the country divided and fighting a bloody Civil War.

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