Latino arts, history and culture
Spine of Califas - Morning Crossing Morning, north over there. You’re the driver bringing five señoras to work, with tourist visas, $10 round trip. You’re the driver coming back from La … [Read more...]
WW II GENERATION GETS IT DONE! It is beyond ironic that teaching young people about the patriotism of the Mexican American community—e.g., that Mexican Americans/Latinos have earned more … [Read more...]
President Donald J. Trump represents an existential threat to immigrants in the United States. Trump’s immigration rhetoric and policies consist of racist, xenophobic, enforcement-only and … [Read more...]
Vine a Los Angeles The eagle perched on the cactus called me to Los Angeles. The Templo Mayor lays buried here. In my city, Mexico City, jaguar heads … [Read more...]
Bienvenidos otra vez a La Voz Newspaper! Tengo mucho que platicarte, pero no se si voy a tener suficiente espacio en este página. Pero hay les voy! Quiero empezar llamando a su atención la carrera … [Read more...]
Latinopia Teatro CASA 0101 Beauty and the Beast from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. CASA 0101 is a community based theater in Boyle Heights founded by playwright Josefina López. The theater produces full … [Read more...]
Latinopia Teatro From Actos to Plays from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Dr. Jorge Huerta is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Theater and Dance at the University of California at San Diego. He is … [Read more...]
The Republican party, aka Trumpian cult... I’ve written on this topic before, but I’m not being repetitious mindlessly. I believe that every time the phenomenon I discuss here emerges we need to … [Read more...]
Latinopia Music Ruben And the Jets from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Rubén Funkahuatl Guevara is a Chicano musician, singer, writer and producer. In 1972, a chance meeting with Frank Zappa of The … [Read more...]
It seems to be a truism of history that significant events begin inauspiciously. Or at least if one is attuned to the significance of the moment, its augury for the future … [Read more...]
4 de mayo de 2018 El primero de mayo se conmemora el Día Internacional de los Trabajadores, cuando millones marchan en múltiples localidades del mundo en reclamo de mejoras a las condiciones … [Read more...]
Adolfo Guzman López is a radio journalist and poet. As a journalist, he has been a reporter for the NPR affiliate in Los Angeles, KPCC, since 2000. As a poet, Guzman López is working on a poetry … [Read more...]
Latinopia Teatro CASA 0101 THEATER from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Josefina López is an accomplished writer and playwright known for her play "Real Women Have Curves" which was made into a motion … [Read more...]
1950 La Insurrección Nacionalista El 5 de abril estrenó en las dos salas de cine de arte de San Juan el documental 1950: La Insurrección Nacionalista. Una película de José M. Dávila Marichal, … [Read more...]
Latinopia Music Confessions of a Radical Doo Wop Singer from Latinopia.com on Vimeo.CHICAn Rubén Funkahuatl Guevara is a multi-talented musician, singer, performer, artist, writer and record … [Read more...]
Democrats-liberals and Republican-conservatives may be on opposite sides of the political spectrum, but if the dozens of political emails I receive daily are any guide, they seem to use the same … [Read more...]
I Am Not Your “Wetback” “Anti-Mexicanism is a form of nativism practiced by colonialists and their inheritors. —Dr. Juan Gómez-Quiñones (2017) To borrow—more like steal—from the great James … [Read more...]
Ruben Guervara is a legendary Chicano rock musician from East Los Angeles who, beside his own music, collaborated with Frank Zapata in the 1970s, creating the rock group, "Ruben & The Jets." He … [Read more...]
El Congreso Norteamericano ha sido categórico en reafirmar nuestro carácter de territorio no incorporado, por lo que se me hace imperativo volver una y otra vez sobre esa realidad y las … [Read more...]
Latinopia Event Puerto Rico's Crisis One from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Facing massive unemployment and a poverty rate of 40%, Puerto Rico declared it could not pay its $72 billion debt in 2017. Juan … [Read more...]
