LATINOPIA WORD JOSÉ MONTOYA “EL LOUIE”
José Montoya is a renowned poet, artist and political activist. Here he reads from his celebrated bilingual poem, "El Louie," a reading that took place at Occidental College in Los Angeles, … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA WORD IRE’NE LARA SILVA what i remembered yesterday
Ire'ne Lara Silva is a poet based in Texas whose latest collection of poems is titled Cuicatcalli House of Song. Along with fellow poets Luivette Resto and Angelina Saenz , she recently read at the … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG 8.29.25 BOBBI MURRAY ON STEPHEN MILLER MAGA-IN-CHIEF
If you look at immigration policy these days—and who can’t, what with the attendant virus of raids and racism—you must take a painful look at the present architect, one Mr. Stephen Miller. He … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG GILBERTO QUEZADA WHAT’S IN INITIALS FOR THE U.S.?
When Jo Emma and I watch the ten o'clock nightly news in Spanish on Telemundo, I have noticed that the news reporters when they refer to the United States, they say, "Estados Unidos," and on the … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA WORD ESMERALDA SANTIAGO ON LAS MADRES
Esmeralda Santiago is the Puerto Rican born author of a trilogy of novels that include When I was Puerto Rican, Almost a Woman, and The Turkish Lover. Her latest novel, Las Madres, examines the … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA WORD XOCHITL-JULISA BERMJEO reads from INCANTATION
Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo's latest collection of poems is title Incantation: Love Poems fro battle Sites. The poems cover a range of themes. Here she reads to poems from the collection, Battlefields and … [Read more...]
BOBBI MURRAY REPORT FROM THE TRENCHES 8.08.25 MORE LEGAL VICTORIES…BUT MORE ICE.
Report from the Bench Trenches It was a win for the rule of law when Federal agents (we’re looking at you, ICE) got legally blocked yet again from picking up raza (and/or others) in … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG 7.25.25 BOBBI MURRAY THE JUDICIAL BENCH STRIKES BACK
The Judicial Bench Strikes Back It’s not news that ICE troops have been very busy chasing down and sweeping up brown-skinned people at Home Depot, restaurants and carwashes. Pause for a minute … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG 7.25.25 GILBERTO QUEZADA ON LA CANÍCULA
While growing up in my beloved Barrio El Azteca in Laredo, Texas, during the 1940s and 1950s, I would often hear my paternal grandparents mention the term, "La Canícula," during the hot summer … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA WORD CHRISTINE GRANADOS “FIGHT LIKE A MAN”
Christine Granados is a Texas author whose first book, Brides and Sinners in El Chuco won widespread recognition. In her latest book, Fight Like A Man and other Stories We Tell Our Children, she … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG GILBERTO QUEZADA 7.17.25 BASEBALL CARDS MORE THAN COLLECTIBLES
In the 1950s, growing up in Laredo’s Barrio del Azteca, I lived for baseball. My grandfather, a former umpire in the Mexican League, took me to see the Laredo Apaches play at Washington Park. The … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG 7.10.25 ANGELA VALENZUELA – ALLIGATOR ALCATRAZ: A MONUMENT TO CRUELTY
Alligator Alcatraz: A Monument to Cruelty in the Heart of the Everglades by Angela Valenzuela, Ph.D. It's time to resurrect the term necropolitics, meaning the politics of death wielded by … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG 07.10.25 BOBBI MURRAY ON THE PSYCHOLOGICAL DAMAGE OF TRUMP’S ICE RAIDS
Are You Out of Your Mind? Big doings in MacArthur Park in Los Angeles this past week--Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) showed up with military trucks and … [Read more...]
BOBBI MURRAY’S REPORT FROM THE TRENCHES 07.03.25 TRUMP’S ICE CANCELS SOUTHLAND FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATIONS
It’s hard to keep up—but it’s been another busy week for terrorizing tactics against immigrants and anybody that vaguely resembles one. Around California masked operatives—it’s still not clear if … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG BOBBI MURRAY 06.27.25 – THE ABCs OF ICE
The ABCs of ICE Pasadena is a city just a few miles from Los Angeles and around the corner from Altadena. That’s where a massive fire pretty much leveled the town of 45,000 in an unincorporated … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA WORD ANAYA ON LIFE’S JOURNEY
Latinopia Word Anaya on Life's Journey from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. After the passing of his beloved wife, Patricia, in 2010, acclaimed Chicano author Rudy Anaya has produced an enormous output of … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG JORGE RODRIGUEZ ABDICATING MORAL RESPONSIBILITY 6.20.25
The following letter was written by Jorge H. Rodríguez to the Los Angeles Times and is reposted on Latinopia with the permission of Mr. Rodríguez. Dear Editors. I have been a long time LA Times … [Read more...]
BOBBI MURRAY TRENCH REPORT – NO RIOTS JUST ICE REPRESSION
You’ve certainly heard this--on June 12 California Senator Alex Padilla was, as AP puts it, “forcefully removed” from a press conference by Homeland Security Secretary (and dog shooter Kristi … [Read more...]
ADDRESS BY DR. ALBERTO M. CARVALHO ON ICE IN LA SCHOOLS 06.10.25
There are clouds over Los Angeles this morning. Those great clouds could mean a lot of things to a lot of people. I interpret them as clouds of injustice, clouds of fear, of intimidation, clouds that … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG BOBBI MURRAY 06.07.25 DUE PROCESS TAKES A HOLIDAY
Here’s one for you—a 4th grader from Torrance Elementary School, 9 years old, in Southern California is on track to be deported along with his father. Martir Garcia Lara accompanied his dad, Martir … [Read more...]
CYNTHIA OROZCO 06.07.25 CESAR CHAVEZ IS NOT THE ONLY LATINO WE SHOULD KNOW
César Chávez is not the only Latino that Americans should know about Many have heard of the famous Latinx activist César Chávez —but which other Latinos do we know? Most of us in the US cannot … [Read more...]