LATINOPIA SHOWCASE “THE BRICK PEOPLE”
Alejandro Morales is an acclaimed author whose novel "The Brick People" is the story of the Mexicans who worked at the Simons Brick Yard. Their work was crucial to the growth of Los Angeles and … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA ART “WHAT IS CHICANO ART?”
In the 1960s, Mexican American artists were inspired by the Chicano Civil Rights Movement. They began to question their roles as artists and what kind of art they should be making. In barrios … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA EVENT RAUL RUÍZ ON THE 1968 HIGH SCHOOL WALKOUTS
Political activist, photo-journalist and educator Dr. Raul Ruíz passed away on June 13, 2019. He is perhaps best remembered for the photos he took of the police assault on the Silver Dollar Bar on … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG JESÚS TREVIÑO: REMEMBERING RAUL RUÍZ
On Thursday, June 13, 2019, life-time political activist, scholar, photo-journalist and educator Dr. Raul Ruíz passed away. I first met Raul in 1968, at one of the early meetings of the … [Read more...]
TALES OF TORRES 06.16.19 WOMEN HELPING WOMEN IN HOLLYWOOD: HOW ABOUT LATINOS HELPING LATINOS?
Women Helping Women in Hollywood: How about Latinos helping Latinos? Very recently there was a thought-provoking article in the Calendar section of the Los Angeles Times. Basically, it was a … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA ART VINCENT SÁNCHEZ CARDONA
Victor Sánchez Cardona is an abstract artist of Puerto Rican descent residing in San Juan, Puerto Rico. In this virtual gallery tour we are introduced to some of his latest paintings. … [Read more...]
BURUNDANGA BORICUA del ZOCOTROCO 06.09.19 “TORMENTAS INMINENTES”
Nos llega el mes de junio con acuciante calor, algunas lluvias y la incipiente angustia de que comienza la época de huracanes. Las huellas de la devastación que provocasen Irma y María todavía están a … [Read more...]
MIS PENSAMIENTOS with ALFREDO SANTOS 06.09.19 “THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF D-DAY”
Bienvenidos otra vez a La Voz Newspaper. In this issue we are focused on the 75th Anniversary of D-Day. This battle which started on June 6th, 1944, was the offensive that turned the tide and … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA EVENT 2019 JOSÉ ÁNGEL GUTIÉRREZ ON THE EAGLE HAS EYES
José Ángel Gutiérrez is an author, scholar and political activist best known as the founder of the La Raza Unida political party. His most recent book is The Eagle Has Eyes: The FBI Surveillance of … [Read more...]
MARK GUERRERO’S CHICANO MUSIC CHRONICLES – BILLY CARDENAS
This month, Mark Guerrero's Chicano Music Chronicles features music manager and promoter, Billy Cardenas. During the 1960s, Cardenas managed some of the most influential Chicano music groups including … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA WORD ALEJANDRO MORALES RAG DOLL PLAGUES
Alejandro Morales is an author of short stories and novels including The Brick People, Death of an Anglo, and Captain of these Men of Death. In his historical/futuristic novel The Rag Doll Plagues, he … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA WORD SERGIO TRONCOSO CROSSING BORDERS
Latinopia Word Sergio Troncoso Crossing Borders from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Sergio Troncoso is an author of short stories, essays and novels including The Last Tortilla and Other Stories (1999), … [Read more...]
POLITICAL SALSA Y MAS with SAL BALDENEGRO 5.19.19 “ARE PICKETS AND MARCHES EFFECTIVE?”
Are pickets, marches, etc., effective? Were the demonstrations, pickets, marches, etc., of the Chicano Movement effective? During an interview (by a college student for a term paper) I was asked that … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA EVENTS 1970 EL RIO PARK
In 1970, the Mexican American communities of Tucson, Arizona, came together to fight for a public park for the children of two of the poorest barrios in the city. What began as a struggle for a local … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA DOCUMENT APPU PROFESSORS LETTER TO HON. RAUL GRIJALVA
CONTEXT: In 2016 Congress created PROMESA (Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act) and appointed a seven-member commission (known in Puerto Rico as La Junta) to administer a … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA WORD TRONCOSO ON THE AMERICAN LITERARY CANON
The American literary canon are the authors and their works who have been deemed over time to be the best of American literature. With few exceptions the canon has historically excluded diverse … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA WORD BOWLES ON THE AMERICAN LITERARY CANON
The American literary canon are the authors and their works who have been deemed over time to be the best of American literature. With few exceptions the canon has historically excluded diverse … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA WORD RICHARD MONTOYA ‘WHAT IS GREATEST CHICANO POEM?”
In 1974, Chicano poets José Montoya and José Antonio Burciaga traveled to New York to meet with Puerto Rican poets of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. On a street corner in Loisaida (the Lower East Side of … [Read more...]
MARK GUERRERO’S CHICANO MUSIC CHRONICLES – GEORGE OCHOA
This month Mark Guerrero visits with George Ochoa, who was a member of The Slauson Brothers band and Cannibal and the Headhunters in the '60s and Olde Tyme Religion and Yaqui in the '70s. Although not … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA WORD TAFOLLA ON THE TEXAS INSTITUTE OF LETTERS
Carmen Tafolla is an accomplished author of prose, poetry and chidlren's books and past Poet Laureate of the city of San Antonio, Texas. She is also President of the prestigious Texas Institute of … [Read more...]
BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO 5.04.19 “LA JUNTA – INCONSTITUCIONAL?”
Me enseña la experiencia que tanto tiene la vida de paradoja y congruencia, como de armonía y disonancia. Se suman a mis tribulaciones el acontecer reciente en torno al presente y el futuro de este … [Read more...]