CULTURE & POLITICS

The Release of Oscar Lopez Rivera Gives Puerto Rico Hope

January 23, 2017

Drums sounded and tears flowed in Chicago, New York, Florida and Puerto Rico on January 17, 2017 when a page in our history was turned and a painful chapter ended: Oscar López Rivera, the last Puerto Rican political prisoner who has served 35 years in a federa...

President Obama Penned A Farewell Letter to the American People… Read It Here

‘LLERO Editors

January 20, 2017

On this the first official day of the Trump administration, we look at the farewell letter President Obama wrote to the American people on his last day in office. It's to and for you, read it in full here. Farewell. A photo posted by Pete Souza (@petes...

Latino Superstitions

‘LLERO Editors

January 13, 2017

You know Latinos love us some drama! Whether it is an over-the-top novela, or fine tuning the art of chisme on El Gordo y La Flaca. That’s why if you think about it Friday the 13th is tailor made for us. Because everyone is on high alert for -- some drama. Wit...

President Obama Gave His Farewell Speech Last Night…Here’s the Full Transcript

‘LLERO Editors

January 11, 2017

On Tuesday night, in his hometown of Chicago, President Barack Obama, addressed the nation for the final time as POTUS. Read his farewell speech here. "Hello, Chicago! It's good to be home. Thank you, everybody. Thank you. Thank you so much, thank you, th...

Pioneers of New York City Graffiti Scene Weigh In On It’s Past, Present and Future

Jessica Marquez

December 12, 2016

Whenever I go to a graffiti show with my dad, most of the time it’s in an art gallery where the finished pieces are hanging on walls to be viewed and purchased. Yet, graffiti wasn’t always viewed as an art form. In the 1970’s it was considered an act of vandal...

Surviving Trump’s America

Miguel Guadalupe

November 14, 2016

Isat in silence the morning of the 9th, coffee cup in hand, staring at a wall. Having had no sleep, I was thinking about how to talk to my children about what had just occurred with this election, when I began to get a series of texts, IMs and emails from ...

A Latino Man’s Perspective on Day One of Trump’s America

Jesse Mejia

November 11, 2016

This op-ed was originally written and published by Jesse Mejia and appears on jessemejiaspeaks.com On Tuesday, November 8, 2016 I was at Wellesley College. My wife, a Puerto Rican woman, graduated from Wellesley and that night the school was hosting a #Well...

Our Greatest Rapper of All Time – Big Pun

Jessica Rodriguez

November 10, 2016

From his mouth to our ears, Christopher Lee Rios aka Big Pun summarized who he was in a singular line. Rios was a student of the art of rap. He represented to the fullest with melodic verses that infused humor, observations on life and dizzying technical skil...

How Trump Symbolizes the End of American Exceptionalism

Miguel Guadalupe

November 8, 2016

Originally Published August 2, 2015 Trump. The blogs are ablaze; the talking heads can’t seem to get enough of the blathering “birther.” It was no surprise that Donald Trump would enter the 2016 presidential race. His dogged critique of President Obama and ...

El Cucuy vs. La Chupacabra

Omar Mazariego

October 28, 2016

Who doesn't like a good mashup? Freddie vs. Jason, Alien vs. Predator, Batman v. Superman and the list goes on. From El Cucuy to La Llorona, we thought it a good time to compare some of the scarier myths and legends that have become a part of this beautiful La...

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