Latinidad
Latina Comic Duo Dominizuelan Premieres #grownasswomen Series (VIDEO)
Comedians Wendy Mateo and Lori Diaz — perhaps better known by their combined stage name Dominizuelan — have just premiered a new series.
The X-ing of Language: The Case AGAINST ‘Latinx’
To proscribe a set of words and to prescribe how others are to be used in conversation is “reactionary” par excellence, if not worse.
The Meaning of Brown in ‘Master of None’
For a show as POC-friendly as Aziz Ansari’s new Netflix hit, ‘Master of None,’ the lack of Latino cast members (and the whitewashing of one) is awkward.
The Case FOR ‘Latinx’: Why Intersectionality Is Not a Choice
Even as we resist colonization, our genealogy, our language, our innermost fibers of being contain multiple contradictions.
There Are No Safe Zones in Art
“The intersection between art and politics has always been fraught with land mines and dismembered limbs of the well-intentioned.”
Bronx Photojournalists Take Ownership of Their Narrative
The six photographers, each of whom succeeded individually, received their greatest recognition documenting the South Bronx during the most turbulent era in its history.
Record Your Stories, Save the Planet
With StoryCorps’ Great Thanksgiving Listen, you can record the stories shared around your dinner table this year and help save the planet.
From the Frontline of Hillary’s Hispandering
Aaron Sanchez teaches at the community college in Dallas where, earlier this week, Hillary Clinton delivered a generic stump speech to a heavily Latino working-class crowd.
What Happened in Puerto Rico on November 19, 1493?
For centuries the people of Puerto Rico have been celebrating an event that may have never actually occurred.
Bomba Estéreo: Explota la ‘Fiesta’ en los Grammys Latinos
La banda colombiana Bomba Estéreo es un fenómeno musical integrada por la vocalista Liliana Saumet, Simón Mejía y Julián Salazar. Estos artistas se han dedicado a deleitar masas universales con un sonido especial, cool y de fiesta total. Sus bombas estereofónicas son mucho más que trances bailables. Son también un recordatorio de que podemos borrar la línea […]
Locos Por Juana: ‘Caribe’ Rebels
A chat with vocalist Itaguí Correa on how artists can bridge gaps like those created by the debates surrounding immigration and police brutality.
From ‘Saturday Night Live’ to #NotOneDime: A Guide to Dumping Trump
Now that Saturday Night Live has come and gone and Trump is still on the warpath, here’s a 10-point plan that Latinos can draw from for their next move.
Tré: Orgullo de la música puertorriqueña
Tré es una fusión de la música pop, latina y étnica, creando una entidad musical única con el cuatro puertorriqueño.
Latino USA: Will Hispandering Win You Over?
Cartoonist Lalo Alcaraz and syndicated columnist Gustavo Arellano look at some of the more cringeworthy instances of Hispandering from elections past and present.
The Real Struggle of Being an Immigrant in Your Own Countries
“I come from war-torn backgrounds with stories that will break your heart into millions of pieces, and my people will try and put it back together.”
In Honor of Pedro Albizu Campos
Decades after the Nationalist leader sacrificed his life for Puerto Rican independence, the island remains a colony of the United States.
Rick Najera: A Latino Thought Maker
A chat with writer, actor, comedian and activist Rick Najera, author of ‘Almost White: Forced Confessions of a Latino in Hollywood,’ who just became a member of Latino Rebels’ advisory board.
Keep Your Inner Werebigot at Bay: Don’t Dress Up as a ‘Mexican’
The Univ. of Louisville’s president is forced to apology after his inner werebigot was revealed when he dressed up as a “Mexican.”
Federico Peña: ‘My Country, My Vote’
A chat with the former Clinton cabinet member and mayor of Denver about the need for Latinos to fully flex their political and economic muscles.
Helado Negro: ‘Young, Latin and Proud’
A chat with the Ecuadoran-born but Brooklyn-based musician fusing the many different sounds of Latin America.
Dolores Huerta: Our Communities Need to Stand United
In an op-ed, Dolores Huerta announces the upcoming launch of the My Country, My Vote! campaign to get Congress and the president to pass immigration reform.