Lin Manuel Miranda

UTOPIAS DESCIFRADAS with JOSÉ E. MURATTI-TORO 7.18.20 CAN HAMILTON PREVAIL IN THE BLM ERA?

Can Hamilton prevail in the BLM Era? The controversy over Lin Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton could not have been anticipated in 2015, especially during the Obama presidency. Black Lives Matter, as a … [Read more...]

POLITICAL SALSA Y MÁS with SAL BALDENEGRO 9.12.20 “TRUMP LIED, PEOPLE DIED…”

September 12, 2020 By Tia Tenopia

Trump lied, people died… That sign is ubiquitous at civil-rights marches and other rallies. But the sign is more than a clever slogan. It’s a four-word essay reflecting reality. Some people have excoriated me because I have characterized Donald Trump as racist and evil, and they have challenged me to provide proof of my assertions. […]

FIERCE POLITICS WITH ALVARIO HUERTA 9.12.20 “ETHNIC STUDIES VICTORY IN CALIFORNIA”

September 12, 2020 By Tia Tenopia

“An Ethnic Studies Victory in California: ¡Si, Se Puede!” On August 7, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 1460 (ethnic studies bill) by Assemblymember Shirley Weber (D-San Diego). Focusing on the California State University (CSU) system, this new law, “[c]ommencing with students graduating in the 2024–25 academic year,” requires all undergraduate students to take a 3-unit […]

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 9.05.20 “COMING TO AMERICA – A ROMO FAMILY”

September 5, 2020 By Tia Tenopia

Coming to America: A Romo Family in 1539 Latinos have been in America longer than any other ethnic or racial immigrant group. This is an account of how a Romo family came to America. In 1539 Maria Romo bid farewell to her three sons, Alonso, Diego, and Arias as they joined an adventurous group to […]

BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO “SEDA O NO SEDA: ESE EL EL DILEMA”

September 5, 2020 By Tia Tenopia

Burundanga de Zocotroco S.E.D.A. o no S.E.D.A.: ese es el dilema Las congresistas Nydia Velázquez y Alexandria Ocasio Cortez recién han sometido el proyecto con el nombre de: Puerto Rico Self Determination Act of 2020 (SEDA). El proyecto propone que el Congreso autorice un proceso de autodeterminación para el territorio de Puerto Rico mediante una […]

LATINOPIA ART GASPAR ENRÍQUEZ 1 “RETROSPECTIVE”

By Tia Tenopia on May 4, 2014

Gaspar Enríquez is a renowned Chicano artist whose airbrush portraits of barrio youth are haunting and memorable. Drawing from museums and collectors around the United States, in April 2014, the El Paso Museum of Art mounted a retrospective of Gaspar’s art titled Metaphors of the Barrio. Latinopia visited the exhibit and asked Gaspar what inspires […]

Category: Art, LATINOPIA ART

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

LATINOPIA FOOD “JALAPEÑO SODA BREAD” RECIPE

By Tia Tenopia on March 14, 2011

Jalapeño Irish Soda Bread The sweetness of traditional Irish soda bread ingredients—raisins, buttermilk, some sugar—are richly complimented by jalapeño heat. Here’s a soda bread recipe from Ireland brought to the USA from Galway by Mary Patricia Reilly Murray and later transformed with her blessing by her daughter, Bobbi Murray, who added jalapeño chile. A real […]

Category: Cooking, Food, LATINOPIA FOOD