El Matador – Chi-Chi Rodriguez
The putting green was his stage, a golf club his prop and the 18-hole course his partner; it may be an unlikely medium for a poor, Puerto Rican boy in the 1940s to find his calling, but Chi-Chi Rodriguez did t...
Piri Thomas | The Flow Master
Living in a dichotomous world where color was chosen over culture, Piri Thomas an Afro-Cuban-Puerto Rican man busted open a literary door for future Latino writers to successfully walk through. For so many ...
Puerto Rico One Year After Hurricane Maria
One year ago today the people of Puerto Rico were bracing for a Category 4 storm named Hurricane Maria. It touched down just two weeks after Hurricane Irma, a Category 5 storm, grazed the island killing three p...
Pedro Albizu Campos – Lessons in Independence
At some point, everyone dreams of being free - from work, from bosses, from obligations. Only some manage to do it which means the rest of us have something to learn. With September 12th marking the birthday ...
The Original King of Comedy…Cantinflas
At the dawn of Mexico’s golden age of cinema, a single man helped start the party. He remains an indelible star and symbol of his country’s humility, humor and people. Fortino Mario Alfonso Moreno Reyes, pr...
Is Room 28 the Next Saturday Night Live? SNL Thinks So!
Whether they're invading your mobile device with viral ROFL YouTube video parodies, making political statements with anti-Trump songs, or staging live shows, Room 28 wants to make one thing clear: they're aft...
The Nuyorican Poets Cafe
The Nuyorican Poets Café kicked off a movement. Intentional or not, poetry fans across the world know the name of the little building known as the Nuyorican Poets Café. The Nuyorican is also synonymous with...
How to Have A Drink with Your Papí on Fathers Day
Ties, coffee mugs, t-shirts—you’ve bought all this and more for your papa. It’s time to switch it up. If your dad enjoys a good trago (who doesn’t?) why not raise a glass of the good stuff in his name?
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Chef Ronaldo Linares is Cooking With Flavor
When people think of healthy food, Latino cuisine with double fried tostones and a religious devotion to pork, isn’t the first food that comes to mind. That is until you meet Chef Ronaldo Linares. Linares, a Co...
Take the Bull’s-Eye Off of Black and Latino Boys
Growing up I knew a lot of boys who were “troublemakers.” The serendipitous alphabet often put these boys just seats behind me in grammar school--the ones who couldn’t contain their energy, boredom or their boy...