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Comedy To Watch in 2016

Jessica Rodriguez
If you want to get a good LOL one of the best places to find it these days is online. We've seen enough "Funny or Die" videos, YouTube and Vine stars, not to mention news bloopers to know what's good comedy and what's not. We've put together a short list of so...
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My Life As an Undocumented Latino in the U.S.

Freddy Pech
In 1989, my family and I left our small Maya community in Yucatán, México due to poverty, violence and lack of opportunity. My parents wanted the best for my sister and I; they were willing to leave everything and everyone they knew behind to provide it. Aft...
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5 Things Every Latino Man Should Know

Miguel Guadalupe
Somewhere, a Latino man is wearing a T-shirt with “Viva la Raza!” emblazoned across the front. Elsewhere, a car windshield has a sticker that says “100% Boricua!” Nearby, a tattoo of the Dominican flag, in its colorful glory, is proudly displaye...
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Do College Fraternities Still Matter?

Miguel Guadalupe
Recently, some of my friends and I reached a special milestone. April 1st marked the 20th anniversary of the founding of our small chapter of the college fraternity we belong to. Which fraternity doesn’t really matter, what does matter is that it is one that f...
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Let’s Reclaim the Puerto Rican Day Parade

Miguel Guadalupe
That Was Then… When I was a little boy growing up in 1980s New York City, one of my greatest memories was of the summers I spent in a small drum major group; young girls twirling batons or pom-poms, older girls playing portable xylophones, and a group of dr...
Puerto-Rico

PR Day Parade – Bandera Bonita o Manchada?

Jessica Rodriguez
The National Puerto Rican Day Parade. For some of us, it’s practically a national holiday. It’s the one day a year you can set foot in Manhattan and see the flag, hear the songs and see Puerto Rican culture on display. For natives, the experience provides that...
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Duty, Honor, Patria – The Borinqueneers

Jennifer Rodriguez
I’ve come to say goodbye to the boys Because I am off to war And even if I fight in faraway lands I am fighting for my rights, my homeland and my honor These are the lyrics to an original song performed by boricua cuatro guitar player Marcos Melendez i...
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Cinco de Mayo – The Backstory

Tony Azios
While we all know how we celebrate Cinco de Mayo, many of us don't know why we do. For those of us who like to observe the holiday well into the night with a few rounds of Bohemia or Dos Equis, it can appear as nothing more than a Latino's St. Patrick's Day - ...

Mil Mascaras – The Man of 1,000 Masks

Jessica Rodriguez
Flying through the air with the greatest of ease to drop opponents in a single bound is the hallmark of the original masked luchador, Mil Mascaras. With his debut in the mid-1960s the legendary wrestler blazed a trail for hooded grapplers everywhere. An as...
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