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BOBBI MURRAY BLOG A MEMORIAL DAY WITHOUT SUPPORT FOR VETERANS

The week entering Memorial Day started with a little ruckus between the current Commander in Chief and the musician Bruce Springsteen. Seems like the commander got a kind of annoyed with Springsteen … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG, Literature Tagged With: Bobbi Murray, Latinopia Guest Blog, Memorial Day

May 23, 2025 by wpengine

LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG DR. MARIO D. LONGORIA REMEMBRANCE OF FALLEN SOLDIERS

Fifty Years After the End of the Vietnam War: A Remembrance of  the Fallen Warriors By Dr. Mario D. Longoria Upon returning home from the Vietnam War in 1970, I became aware of the high … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG, Literature Tagged With: Dr. Mario Longoria, Latinopia Guest Blog

May 23, 2025 by wpengine

LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG ANGELA VALENZUELA 5.16.25

"Let Their Works Be Seen—At the City Gate and the Political Sphere" by Angela Valenzuela Please read my tribute for Mother's Day, based on a nuanced re-reading of Proverbs 31 and the writings of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG, Literature Tagged With: Dr. Angela Valenzuela, Latinopia Guest Blog

May 15, 2025 by wpengine

LATINOPIA BLOG DR. GILBERTO QUEZADA – CELEBRATINIG LAREDO’S 270TH ANNIVERSARY

Celebrating Laredo's 270th Anniversary By Dr. Gilberto Quezada I would like to offer a few comments and a very interesting coincidence about the 270th anniversary of the establishment of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG, Literature Tagged With: Gilberto Quezada, Latinopia Guest Blog

May 15, 2025 by wpengine

LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG 04.26.25 WINS IN THE TRENCHES!

Latinopia has promised to update how the resistance to the Trump Administration is going and who’s firing back at the policies the Administration has been rolling out. (Not literally firing back … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG, Literature Tagged With: Bobbi Murray, Latinopia Guest Blog

April 26, 2025 by wpengine

LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG BOBBI MURRAY 04.19.25 ON KILMAR ABREGO GARCIA

It’s Holy Week leading up to Easter and Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s wife had a message. " I will not stop fighting until I see my husband alive. Kilmar, if you can hear me: Stay strong. God hasn't … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG Tagged With: Bobbi Murray, Latinopia Guest Blog

April 19, 2025 by wpengine

LATINOPIA BLOG JULIAN VASQUEZ HEILIG ON CRIMSON COURAGE: HARVARD STANDS UP

CRIMSON COURAGE: HARVARD STANDS UP TO POLITICAL INTIMIDATION The storm clouds over American higher education have been gathering. What once seemed unthinkable is now common: politically motivated … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG Tagged With: Julian Vasquez Heilig, Latinopia Guest Blog

April 17, 2025 by wpengine

LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG DR. FRANK BERUMEN THE DELUSIONAL POLICIES OF RACIAL SUPREMACY

                             The Delusional Policies of Racial Supremacy                                        by Dr. Frank Garcia Berumen    We are witnessing an authoritarian and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG Tagged With: Frank Garcia Perumen, Latinopia Guest Blog, white supremacy

April 4, 2025 by wpengine

LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG FINDING YOUR FIGHT-BACK TRENCH 03.22.25

FINDING YOUR FIGHT-BACK TRENCH By Bobbi Murray Mere weeks since the inauguration of the 2nd Trump Administration, many of us remain gobsmacked and gasping and scrambling for a response. Taking a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG, Literature Tagged With: Bobbi Murray, Finding Your Fight-Back Trench, Latinopia Guest Blog

March 22, 2025 by wpengine

LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG TARGETED BOYCOTTS by TONY PHOENIX 2.22.25

This commentary was in response to a call for a mass boycott of La Michoacana chain and for a broader boycott of all those that are profiting from our community or the repression its facing. It was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG Tagged With: Latinopia Guest Blog, Targeted boycotts, Tony Phoenix

February 22, 2025 by wpengine

LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG: TO ACCOMPLISH THE IMPOSSIBLE

An anonymous contributor has posted the article below from the LaRed website. Latinopia felt the content merited more widespread distribution and is, therefore, reposting it herein. While the author … [Read more...]

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February 14, 2025 by wpengine

ANGELA VALENZUELA ON A DEI (DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION) DREAM

Last Night's DEI Dream: Art and a Change of Heart Will Save the World by Angela Valenzuela, Ph.D. Perhaps inspired by the Day of the Dead and my deep thoughts and prayers these days on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG Tagged With: Dr. Angela Valenzuela, Latinopia Guest Blog

November 16, 2024 by wpengine

DR. TATCHO MINDIOLA TRIBUTE BY DR. ANGELA VALENZUELA AND DR. EMILIO ZAMORA

Tatcho, the son of Hortencia and Tatcho Mindiola Sr. and a retired Professor in Chicano Studies and Sociology at the University of Houston, passed away on August 17 with his wife, Cindy Mindiola, and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG, Literature Tagged With: Dr. Angela Valenzuela, Emilio Zamora, Latinopia Guest Blog

September 6, 2024 by wpengine

LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG JOSÉ ANGEL GUTIÉRREZ 2024 VOTER REGISTRATION & GOTV

How We  Should Do Voter Registration and GOTV I just wrote some suggestions in letter 16, begin with those but let me expand. First, Raza folks need to be asked in person for their vote. Your … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG, Literature Tagged With: José Angel Gutíerrez, Latinopia Guest Blog, Voter registration and GOTV in 2024

August 31, 2024 by wpengine

LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG ANGELA VALENZUELA “LAST TRAIN TO FORTUNE:

On Books and Expanding the Powers of the Mind: Adam and Michele Rifkin's  "Last Train to Fortune"   by   Angela Valenzuela, Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin July 10, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG Tagged With: Angela Valenzuela, Last Train to Fortune, Latinopia Guest Blog, Malcolm McDowell

July 18, 2024 by wpengine

LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG “ARE WE DONE WITH CINCO DE MAYO YET?”

ARE WE DONE WITH CINCO DE MAYO YET? There was a time when I would look forward to Cinco de Mayo because it was time to celebrate and affirm my Mexicanness. I knew all about the history of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG, Literature Tagged With: A National Immigrant's Day, Jesús Salvador Treviño, Latinopia Guest Blog

May 6, 2022 by wpengine

LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG 5.03.20 – BARRIO GUY “CISCO KID WAS AN UNCLE OF MINE”

The Cisco Kid was an uncle of mine. This one is for motion picture fans, and movie history "buffs." I have never worked in motion pictures, but have been an avid movie fan since childhood. That … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG Tagged With: Barrio Guy, Gil Chavez, Latinopia Guest Blog

May 2, 2020 by Tia Tenopia

BORICUAS AND CHICANOS – A COMMON BOND

I was eight years old when I was became aware that the universe I inhabited in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of East Los Angeles included people who were Latino but not Mexican like me. When I asked … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, LATINOPIA GUEST BLOG Tagged With: Dia de SanJuan, Jesús Salvador Treviño, Latinopia Guest Blog, Puerto Rican and Chicano unity

June 4, 2017 by JT

BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO 5.23.25 – EMINENT DANGER

May 23, 2025 By wpengine

In 2012, in Puerto Rico there were 13,000 farms; in the recent agricultural census, between 8 and 10,000 farms are recorded; a substantial decrease in the figure reported for 2012. At present, the agricultural sector of the Puerto Rican economy reports approximately 0.62% of the gross domestic product, which produces 15% of the food consumed […]

BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO 5.23.25 MORE ON THE NEED TO GROW

May 23, 2025 By wpengine

The title of the documentary, The Need to Grow by Rob Herring and Ryan Wirick,  is suggestive. Its abstract character is enough to apply in a general and also in a particular way. The Need to Grow applies to both the personal and to so many individuals. At the moment, the need for growth in […]

BURUNDANGA DEL ZOCOTROCO 5.16.25 PELIGRO INMINENTE

May 15, 2025 By wpengine

Peligro Inminente En 2012, en Puerto Rico habían 13 mil granjas; en el censo agrícola reciénte se registran entre 8 y 10 mil granjas; una disminución sustantiva de la cifra reportada para 2012. Al presente, el sector agrícola de la economía puertorriqueña reporta aproximadamente 0.62% del producto bruto interno, que produce el 15% de la […]

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 5.23.25 MAYA BLUE EXHIBIT

May 23, 2025 By wpengine

Maya Blue Exhibit Incorporates the Artwork of Latino/a Artists A new exhibit, Maya Blue: Ancient Color, New Visions, at the San Antonio Museum of Art [SAMA], brings together for the first time pre-Columbian crafted clay figures, the art of Mexican modernist Carlos Mérida, and works by contemporary Latino/a artists Rolando Briseño, Clarissa Tossin, and Sandy […]

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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.

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By Tia Tenopia on June 12, 2011

José Montoya is a renowned poet, artist and activist who has been in the forefront of the Chicano art movement. One of his most celebrated poems is titled “Pachuco Portfolio” which pays homage to the iconic and enduring character of El Pachuco, the 1940s  Mexican American youth who dressed in the stylish Zoot Suit.

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LATINOPIA WORD XOCHITL JULISA BERMEJO “OUR LADY OF THE WATER GALLONS”

By Tia Tenopia on May 26, 2013

Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo is a poet and teacher from Asuza, California. She volunteered with No More Deaths, a humanitarian organization providing water bottles in the Arizona desert where immigrants crossing from Mexico often die of exposure. She read her poem, “Our Lady of the Water Gallons” at a Mental Cocido (Mental Stew) gathering of Latino authors […]

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