Media
During His Bill Maher Interview Friday Night, Here’s What Sen. Alex Padilla Said About the Use of LATINX
Yes, it’s complicated. It always has been.
MEET LA PRENSA: Alexis Terrazas From the Bilingual Newspaper El Tecolote
Greetings from the Mission.
MEET LA PRENSA: Lyanne Alfaro on Money in the Latinx Community
Making moneda moves.
MEET LA PRENSA: Rafael Bernal on His Return to Journalism
Welcome back, Rafael.
MEET LA PRENSA: Cora Cervantes on California’s COVID Vaccine Rollout
A story that needed more attention.
MEET LA PRENSA: Julio Ricardo Varela on Journalism Standards
Let the real talk begin.
Latinx Authors Find the Bookshelves Blocked
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.?
60+ Organizations Call on DHS Secretary to End ICE’s Gang Prioritization
The letter calls on Alejandro Mayorkas and the Biden Administration to end the prioritization of persons for detention and deportation who are labeled as gang-affiliated.
NAHJ Dismayed by the Blatant Mistreatment of Latina Journalists at 9News
In a recent article by Lori Lizarraga, Lizarraga shares that three Latina reporters, herself included, were dismissed by 9News in the past year. More disturbing, Lizarraga shared personal examples of discrimination in the newsroom during her short tenure.
I See My Family in Netflix’s YES DAY (And I Don’t See Them Anywhere)
Hopefully, Hollywood is finally catching up.
Mexican Husband of One of Atlanta Spa Shooting Victims Tells Spanish-Language Outlet That Police Detained Him at Scene
“I was in the patrol car until the entire time that they were investigating who the suspect was or what exactly happened and who was the person who did this,” Mario González said in Spanish. “Only then did they tell me that my wife had died.”
Professional Latino: A Latin[ish] Podcast
Hector chats with Pabel Martinez, Global Account Director at TikTok, and the founder and CEO of Plurawl, whose mission is to redefine professionalism by empowering Latinos to be their authentic selves in the workplace
Whatever Happened to MTV’s Proposed BORDER LIFE Series?
Since 2019, little to no information has been released about the fate of “Border Life” or its cast members.
The Unbearable Latinx Whiteness of It All (OPINION)
It really needs to change.
Selena y yo
A special bonus podcast drop for Latino Rebels Radio.
The Latinx Files
Latino Rebels Radio: February 4, 2021
Hollywood Chingona (Latin[ish] Podcast)
Hector chats with Sharis Delgadillo, a journalist, videographer and producer whose recent claim to fame is as the researcher for Netflix’s ‘Selena the Series’
NAHJ New England Chapter Condemns ‘New arrivals, your job is to learn English’ Editorial
“We call on the Lowell Sun’s editorial board to retract the editorial and to issue an apology to its community. Such words do not belong in a newspaper in 2020.”
SELENA, THE SERIES, One Week Later: Exposing Fault Lines (and Strengths) in Our Community
Last Friday, Selena: The Series premiered. And so did the backlash.
SELENA, THE SERIES: Season 1 Offers a Look Into the Music Icon’s Collective
Selena: The Series should not be dismissed, although no body of work can possibly reveal all the complexities of who Selena was and could have been.
Ilia Calderón: My Skin Color Doesn’t Define Me (A Latino USA Podcast)
Ilia Calderón tells Maria Hinojosa about her book “My Time to Speak: Reclaiming Ancestry and Confronting Race,” her journey to becoming the first Afro-Latina anchor for a major national news network in the U.S., and what it’s like to raise a mixed-race child at a time of deep political, cultural, and racial divisions in the country.