Latino arts, history and culture
It’s Holy Week leading up to Easter and Kilmer Abrego Garcia’s wife had a message. " I will not stop fighting until I see my husband alive. Kilmer, if you can hear me: Stay strong. God hasn't … [Read more...]
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...]
The Delusional Policies of Racial Supremacy by Dr. Frank Garcia Berumen We are witnessing an authoritarian and … [Read more...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
