Latinidad

Yes, it’s complicated. It always has been.

Latinx stories are essential, but without greater diversity in the publishing workforce, how can Latinx words and voices be seen and heard in the U.S.?

Hopefully, Hollywood is finally catching up.

Documentary filmmaker Cristina Costantini is on a mission.

And though America is merely a society of cliques, I often wish America’s cliques behaved like the cliques back in middle school.

If these pan-ethnic labels were meant to celebrate the melding away of the numerous Latino cultures and identities, then the experiment has not gone so well.

Host Hector Luis Alamo chats with Julio Cotto, senior vice president of the National Hispanic Institute and a Puerto Rican resident of Austin.

I was intrigued by what strategies organizations employed to reach U.S. Latino consumers and spoke with two C-suite executives with beauty and fashion backgrounds to gain perspective on their experiences with this constantly evolving segment of the population.

Life lessons are everywhere.

In a conversation with Latino USA, Dudamel talks about staying indoors, calling family home, and his unwavering belief that music will inspire a stronger future for all.

Latino Rebels Radio: February 25, 2021

Hector chats with Dr. Kim Potowski, a professor of Spanish linguistics at the University of Illinois at Chicago and the author of ‘IntraLatino Language and Identity: MexiRican Spanish’

It really needs to change.

A special bonus podcast drop for Latino Rebels Radio.

Being bilingual and bicultural doesn’t give you two separate personalities, but the abilities of two personalities in one.

Latino Rebels Radio: February 4, 2021

Host Hector Alamo chats with Aaron E. Sánchez, a history professor at Dallas College and author of the new book, ‘Homeland: Ethnic Mexican Belonging Since 1900’

I’ve seen a lot of me in the Mexican people around me.

Latino Rebels Radio: January 28, 2021

I, for one, am glad We Can Be Heroes is having a moment. Like the most famous Latinx superhero film before it, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, We Can Be Heroes celebrates our culture, values, and aesthetic while offering hope that these tools can help build a better future.

Ambiguity is sewn into the fabric of our identity. Which is why it’s so infuriating to see cases like Natasha Bannan’s. She gets the benefits with none of the doubt.