Latinopia Book Review

TALES OF TORRES 2.02.17 “HOW TO SAY NO TO DONALD TRUMP”

How to say “No” to Donald Trump Cornel West has described Naomi Klein as “One of the few revolutionary public intellectuals of great integrity and vision.” And he is correct. Klein is also a … [Read more...]

LATINOPIA BOOK REVIEW “LATINO AMERICANS”

LATINO AMERICANS -The Companion Book to the PBS documentary Series Written by Ray Suarez, Celebra Press, 2013. Reviewed by Denis Bixler-Marquez _____________________________________ Behind … [Read more...]

THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA 10.22.17

October 22, 2017 By Tia Tenopia

THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA: SAL BALDENEGRO ON ANYTHING BUT MEXICAN, RUDY AND STEVE SALAS ON PERFORMING AT CARNEGIE HALL, JUAN GONZALEZ ON HARVEST OF EMPIRE, SONIA ROMERO ON THE McARTHUR PARK SUBWAY MURAL AND SERG HERNÁNDEZ ON TRUMP AND MELANIA. Que’ Hubo my peeps! This week Sal Baldenegro returns with his Political Salsa blog, this […]

POLITICAL SALSA Y MAS with SAL BALDENEGRO 10.22.17 “ANYTHING BUT MEXICAN …STILL!”

October 22, 2017 By Tia Tenopia

Anything but Mexican—still! It’s October, and we again find ourselves in the midst of “Hispanic Heritage Month.” I find the foundation of “Hispanic Heritage Month” objectionable on many levels, especially the artificial, manufactured construct of “Hispanic.” Hispanics: invented by Richard Nixon, promoted by Coors beer… “Hispanics” don’t exist in the real world. They were invented […]

ARNIE AND PORFI with SERGIO HERNÁNDEZ “BORIS AND MELANIA TRUMP”

October 22, 2017 By Tia Tenopia

CHICANO MUSIC CHRONICLES WITH MARK GUERRERO – MAX UBALLEZ “THE ROMANCERS”

October 2, 2017 By Tia Tenopia

This month Mark Guerrero returns with his Chicano Music Chronicles, this time showcasing Max Uballez, pioneering songster and leader of the sixties music group The Romancers. Before the Premiers, Cannibal & the Headhunters, and The Blendells, there was The Romancers. The Romancers were the first East L.A. Chicano band to record an album and were […]

LATINOPIA ART SONIA ROMERO 2

By Tia Tenopia on October 20, 2013

Sonia Romero is a graphic artist,muralist and print maker. In this second profile on Sonia and her work, Latinopia explores Sonia’s public murals, in particular the “Urban Oasis” mural at the MacArthur Park Metro Station in Los Angeles, California.

Category: Art, LATINOPIA ART

LATINOPIA WORD THELMA REYNA

By Tia Tenopia on October 20, 2013

Thelma Reyna is the author of the award-winning “The Heavens Weep For Us and Other Stories” and the poetry collections “Breath & Bone” and “Hearts In Common.” Latinopia caught up with Thelma on October 17, 2013 when she read her poems at the public library in Altadena, California.

Category: LATINOPIA WORD, Literature

LATINOPIA EVENT 1966 UFW PEREGRINACIÓN (PILGRIMAGE) MARCH

By Tia Tenopia on March 19, 2013

The effort to organize farm workers under a union contract has been a long and difficult struggle. In 1965, César Chávez and Dolores Huerta created what would become the United Farm Workers Union. From the onset they faced many obstacles, not the least of which was how to get dozens of California grape growers to […]

Category: History, LATINOPIA EVENT