Latino arts, history and culture
Historian Mario García has co-edited with Ellen McCracken a book of essays titled Rewriting the Chicano Movement, New Histories of Mexican American Activism in the Civil Rights Era. In this Latinopia … [Read more...]
Burundanga de Zocotroco La Universidad de Puerto Rico es uno de los baluartes de nuestro patrimonio y uno de los motivos de más orgullo de nuestra identidad; para muchos el Alma Mater, el … [Read more...]
Dr. Mario García has co-edited, with Ellen McCracken, a book of essays titled Rewriting the Chicano Movement, New Histories of Activism in the Civil Right Era. In this Latinopia Plática, García … [Read more...]
Mexican St. Patrick’s Day… I’ve written on Los San Patricios before in this space, but the topic continues to be relevant, so this blog elaborates on my previous writing. St. Patrick’s Day is nigh … [Read more...]
Emma Tenayuca: A Warrior for Working Women In 1933, Emma Tenayuca, a seventeen year old high school honor student, a member of the debate team, and star player in both basketball and baseball … [Read more...]
THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA: HENRY DARROW ON HIGH CHAPARRAL, RICARDO ROMO ON JUDY BACA, JUDY BACA ON THE GREAT WALL AND JUDY BACA IN HER OWN WORDS, ALVARO HUERTA ON FOUR WAYS TO SUPPORT LATINOS/AS DURING … [Read more...]
Burundanga de Zocotroco Pensión Digna El asunto de una pensión digna para los servidores públicos se ha hecho tema central en el debate sobre el presente y futuro de Puerto Rico. Un asunto … [Read more...]
This photograph commemorates the painting of an international mural on a wall in Belfast, Northern Ireland coordinated by a Chicano muralist, Victor Ochoa, in July of 1997. How a Chicano from San … [Read more...]
Latinopia Art César Martínez at Borderlands from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Icons and Symbols of the Borderlands is an art exhibit at the Centro de Artes Museum in San Antonio, Texas. … [Read more...]
Diana Molina: The Art of the Borderlands Diana Molina’s 2020 book, Icons & Symbols of the Borderlands, is a rich compilation of more than 100 contemporary art images and photographs of the … [Read more...]
Liz González is a poet, fiction writer and creative writing instructor whose poetry collection Beneath Bones (Manifest Press) was published in 2000. Her most recent work is the poetry collection, … [Read more...]
Lessons of the Great Depression: A Latino Perspective By Ricardo Romo, PhD A New York Times front page article on Sunday [Feb. 7, 2021] titled “As Jobs Dry Up, Renters Pack in and Fall Behind” got my … [Read more...]
Latinopia Cinema A.P. Gonzalez The Wetback from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. A.P.Gonzalez is a writer/director and professor at the University of California at Los Angeles. His most recent film, which … [Read more...]
Trumpism: A Death Cult… “The (Republican) party is his. It doesn’t belong to anybody else.” QAnon Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) Whom are you not allowed to criticize? Following the … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA MUSIC TIMELINE 100 YEARS OF CHICANO/LATINO MUSIC 1900 Gregorio Cortéz, a Tejano, kills a deputy who attempts to arrest him unjustly and flees for his life. Cortéz is eventually … [Read more...]
100 YEARS OF CHICANO/LATINO LITERATURE 1900 Gregorio Cortéz, a Tejano, kills a deputy who attempts to arrest him unjustly and flees for his life. Cortéz is eventually captured, tried by an … [Read more...]
Randy Jurado Ertll is a Salvadoran American author, columnist and political activist who has written a trilogy of novels based on Salvadoran myths and legends. In this Latinopia Plática, he discusses … [Read more...]
Randy Jurado Ertll, a Salvadoran American author and political activist, has written a trilogy of novels based on Salvadoran myths and legends. In this Latinopia Plática, he talks about the second and … [Read more...]
Bienvenidos otra vez a La Voz Newspaper. Primeramente, we would like to call to your attention a number of our stories in this issue. First is the article on page 4 about what the University of … [Read more...]
Juan Augustín Márquez is the writer and director of the feature length documentary The Last Colony. Latinopia is proud to showcase the trailer for this important film. T … [Read more...]
Crisis de la Esperanza Parte IV Esperanza Política Si aceptamos que la inmovilidad en la condición política mas indigna imaginable por seis siglos y bajo dos naciones, se presenta como … [Read more...]
