THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA: NO KINGS DAY REDUX! LUIS TORRES ON THE IMPORTANCE OF NO KINGS, RICARDO ROMO ON MARTA SANCHEZ EXHIBIT RIELES Y RAÍCES, PROFE QUEZADA ON REPISA, HOME ALTARS, AND JORGE “COQUI” RODRIGUEZ WITH AN ODE TO THE CRISIS OF MORAL CONVICTION.
Well, this week marked the third in a series of national marches and protests to the polices and actions of the Trump administration. Even as Trump leads us blindly into a war in the Mideast without probable cause and declared in the middle of negotiations, on the national front an estimated ten million people to the streets in every major and minor city in America and even in Antarctica (!).
Luis Torres reports on the meaning of 8 million Americans taking to the streets in his Tales of Torres. Latinopia also reposts footage of the first No Trump Day rally, this one featuring footage from Pasadena California.
This week’s Tejano Report features the National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood with its exhibit that documents how Mexican and Mexican American railroad workers helped build Chicago’s rail system and is titled Rieles y Raíces, which translates to Rails and Roots. The show features multiple artists and traces more than a century of railroad labor across Chicago and the Midwest. Check i tout!
With Easter Sunday in the offing, El Profe Quezada reminds us of the origins and importance of the Latino tradition of repisa or altars in the home.
And, in the wake of the No Kings protests, Jorge Coqui Rodriguez offers a poem Ode to the Crisis of Moral Conviction.
Enjoy your week on Latinopia!
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