Polical Salsa y Mas with Sal Baldenegro

POLITICAL SALSA Y MÁS with SAL BALDENEGRO 10.16.16 “DEMOCRACY BE DAMNED”

Democracy be damned—let’s hate! Conservatives and progressives claim to be polar opposites, but when it comes to hating on people whose political views and actions they don’t like, conservatives … [Read more...]

POLITICAL SALSA Y MÁS with SAL BALDENEGRO 9.21.14 “HISTORY MATTERS IN POLITICS”

HISTORY MATTERS IN POLITICS. Historian Rudy Acuña periodically reminds us that history matters. Indeed it does, and it behooves us to remember that during the political season. Our history teaches … [Read more...]

MARK GUERRERO’S CHICANO MUSIC CHRONICLES – PAT VEGAS OF REDBONE

September 28, 2018 By Tia Tenopia

Mark Guerrero interviews Pat Vegas, bassist, vocalist, songwriter, and founding member of the legendary band Redbone, and plays selected recordings from their catalog.Check this cool interview with an amazing musician.

POLITICAL SALSA Y MAS with SAL BALDENEGRO 9.19.18 “HISTORY IS NOT A SPECTATOR SPORT…”

September 19, 2018 By Tia Tenopia

History is not a spectator sport… I taught Chicano history at the University of Arizona, and to make the material more relevant, whenever I could I gave a Tucson perspective to historical dynamics. Fortunately, I had much to work with, for Tucson has been a key player in the realm of Mexican American/Chicano history. Many […]

BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO 9.18.18 “DESASTRES NATURALES Y ESQUIZOFRENIA”

September 18, 2018 By Tia Tenopia

Desastres Naturales y Esquizofrenia El Presidente Donald Trump, a un año plazo del paso de los huracanes Irma y María por Puerto Rico y en vísperas de la llegada de otro huracán de similar categoría al continente, ha hecho una serie de declaraciones que avivan otra controversia. En una era en que el escándalo se […]

PENSAMIENTOS with ALFREDO R. SANTOS 9.09.18

September 9, 2018 By Tia Tenopia

Bienvenidos otra vez a La Voz. Me da gusto cada vez que sacamos un ejemplar nuevo por que para nosotros es un placer comparir con la gente todo lo que esta pasando en Austin y otras partes. En la portada, on the cover, we have Consuelo Herrera Mendez. Consuelo was the first Mexican American school […]

LATINOPIA WORD “DOÑA JULIA’S CHILDREN”

By Tia Tenopia on November 24, 2013

Latinopia’s blogger Luis R. Torres has recently published a biography of Mexican American education activist Vahac Mardirosian. It was Mardirosian who led the Educational Issues Coordinating Committee, the activist group made up of parents, teachers and students following the 1968 East Los Angeles high school Walk-outs. In later years Mardirosian founded the Parent Institute for […]

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

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