Art

The videographer and photographer is currently working on a documentary about La Perla, the historically poor section of Old San Juan in Puerto Rico.

A chat with vocalist Itaguí Correa on how artists can bridge gaps like those created by the debates surrounding immigration and police brutality.

After a mural depicting a nude black woman is defaced in Puerto Rico, women appear topless as a protest to reclaim their bodies.

Continuing his journey along the Camino de Santiago, author Silvio Sirias encounters the tale of Francisco de Quevedo, one of the greatest poets of Spain’s Golden Age.

A chat with the Ecuadoran-born but Brooklyn-based musician fusing the many different sounds of Latin America.

The Mexican-born undocu-queer artist got the idea to reimagine some of his favorite TV shows after fans began protesting POCs in the upcoming ‘Star Wars.’

A chat with Julio Montero, frontman for the Los Angeles-based Latin Folk group Cuñao, on the group’s latest album ‘Sangre y Arena.’

Mexican-born artist Ana Teresa Fernández painted the border fence separating the beaches of California and Baja California to show what life might be like without the wall.

A thorough recap at efforts to maintain anti-colonial efforts during last month’s commemorations in Puerto Rico.

Artist Michelle Angela Ortiz’s “Familias Separadas” project involves a series of public installations on the effects of deportation on immigrant families.

Nuestra hermana Rebelde es una diosa del hip hop en español, dictando letras anti-coloniales, intrínsecas, fulminantes y poéticas.

DMC editor-in-chief Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez discusses their latest crime fighter, and why it’s important for kids of color to see themselves reflected in comics.

Strong acting and storytelling in Netflix’s ‘Narcos’ make it a must-watch show — no matter how the characters sound

A conversation with Teri Gender Bender, the leader of a band making rebel music in Mexico

A documentary about deported families is looking for donors to help it reach completion

A conversation with Christine Davila, director of Ambulante California

Una plática con una artista boricua entrenada por Nueva York empujando los límites en la isla

A conversation with Alynda Segarra of Hurray For The Riff Raff about music, politics and being Puerto Rican

El 4 de febrero de 2014, una serie de protestas comenzaron en Venezuela contra el gobierno presidido por Nicolás Maduro, dejando un saldo de 42 fallecidos, más de 486 heridos y 1854 detenidos, entre ellos, Leopoldo López. En momentos como éste, son los estudiantes, los activistas, los mártires, y por supuesto, los artistas, que sacan la cara […]

The word chicano has existed in the English lexicon since 1911. During the ’60s and ’70s, that term became a symbol of pride for the Mexican Americans who were confronting the struggles of prejudice and self-identification, an answer to the always confounding question: “Who am I?” In the decades that have passed, chicanismo has been used […]

A new partnership between CultureStrike, Mariposas Sin Fronteras and End Family Detention has resulted in the creation of the Visions From the Inside project, where 15 artists interpret letters written by detained migrants at Karnes Detention Center. As the project’s Tumblr site says: By visually illustrating these letters, we aim to bring awareness and a better sense of the realities that […]