Latino arts, history and culture
Cesar Chávez and the Question of Historical Erasure By Luis R. Torres Last Friday I was pleased to attend a screening of a just completed documentary film about the iconic musical … [Read more...]
NO KINGS PROTEST RAZA AND OTHERS DEMONSTRATE AT THE NO KINGS RALLIES. My favorite sign – a very succinct and telling placard—at this past weekend’s protest in Pasadena, California read … [Read more...]
The Latest Trump Pendejada: the Invasion of Venezuela We’re gonna run Venezuela. That’s the word from the pathological liar, thief and crook who continues to bamboozle this country and sits in … [Read more...]
Immigrants, undocumented or not, seek and receive less medical attention than any other population in the country. A new book explains why. The current hostility toward immigrants in the United … [Read more...]
Terror and Intimidation Are the Order of the Day The Pendejo-in-Chief got to sign his Big Beautiful Baloney Bill into law. The consequences will be felt for a long time. None of them good, … [Read more...]
TRUMP INAUGURAL By Luis Torres Trump’s Strongman Stuff is Already in Evidence and the term has just begun The steamroller of fascism in the United States has begun to roll in earnest. We … [Read more...]
“Twilight Zone” Helped Me Cope with the News of the Hideous Trump Election By Luis Torres The shock of the election results on November 4 began reverberating in my head and in my very being … [Read more...]
REMEMBERING FERNANDO VALENZUELA By Luis Torres When Fernando Valenzuela pitched a memorable no-hitter at Dodger Stadium on June 29, 1990, legendary broadcaster Vin Scully intoned over the … [Read more...]
HOW I ENDED UP BEING FERNANDO VALENZUELA’S HOMIE 40 YEARS AGO Wow! How time flies. It’s been 40 years since Los Angeles (and the Chicanada throughout the country) was mesmerized by Fernandomania. … [Read more...]
Trump is a Dangerous Menace and He is Showing What He Is: Take Him at His Word by Luis Torres In the current media landscape we usually hear or read bits and pieces of the human pendejada … [Read more...]
The Chicanada and the Day of the Dead The Day of the Dead is upon us. Millions of people in Mexico and many Mexican Americans/Chicanos in the United States will be observing the day, an … [Read more...]
Chicanos have been carrying metaphorical pitchforks and flaming torches for years—demonstrating and complaining that Hollywood just doesn’t make enough movies by and about Latinos, especially … [Read more...]
“If it wasn’t for Chris Strachwitz, Los Lobos wouldn’t have happened the way they did.” I was saddened to hear that Chris Strachwitz, the visionary and indefatigable music producer and founder … [Read more...]
Let’s get rid of the presumed need for “active-shooter drills” in our schools Desafortunadamente, we observe a horrifying anniversary this week. A year ago, this country was convulsed by the deadly … [Read more...]
Hello. My name is George Santos. I used to go by a different name—Luis Torres. Actually, I used to go by several different names, but that’s beside the point. What is the point? The point is I wanna … [Read more...]
Thanksgiving Day has come and gone, leaving lots of leftovers – both actual and metaphorical. Above the din of football game crowds emanating from the nonstop television in the next room, there were … [Read more...]
Secretly Recorded Racist Comments by Public Officials Are a Setback for Latinos !Chingao! Latino political “leaders” have created a tsunami of controversy and social chingasos … [Read more...]
“Let’s Get Stupid on Crime” For Latinos and African Americans, it seems like we’re living in the surreal world of the Racism Mambo: one step forward, two steps back. Politicians and pundits … [Read more...]
Adios to Trump, the Pendejo-in-Chief Our long national nightmare is over – well, ya mero. And ya era tiempo. And Latinos played a positive role in putting an end to a presidency that … [Read more...]
This is not just a matter of “a few bad apples” in the police department The televised killing of George Floyd has slapped this country awake. It has forced this country, among other things, to … [Read more...]
Remembering Bobby Lee Verdugo I was excruciatingly sad to learn that Robert (Bobby Lee) Verdugo died this week. I got a call from his wife, Yoli. He had a heart attack, following other serious … [Read more...]
