CULTURE & POLITICS

Men of the Year 2017

March 6, 2018

They come from all walks of life: government, law enforcement, the culinary arts, sports and entertainment just to name a few. In 2017 — they inspired, they united, they lent a helping hand or simply dared to DREAM. What they all share in common is the positiv...

Edward James Olmos…A True Hollywood Don

Jessica Rodriguez

February 22, 2018

Sometimes you choose your profession and sometimes a profession chooses you. You might say this is what happened to Edward James Olmos. Despite harboring dreams of being a baseball star, the 70-year-old Mexican American’s fate was sealed the moment he took an ...

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Narrowing the Racial Gap in Teaching—And Why It Matters

Casandra Robinson

February 12, 2018

The racial make-up of faculties at American public schools doesn’t match that of their student bodies—and it’s not even close. While students of color are now the majority in public schools, the number of teachers of color remains low. One group in whic...

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Leonard Foglia Talks Making America’s First Mariachi Opera

Miguel Guadalupe

February 9, 2018

Cruzar La Cara De La Luna, produced by the Houston Grand Opera, is an opera that follows the life of Laurentino, who, upon his deathbed, reveals to his American-born son and granddaughter that he had a family in Mexico, years before he came to the United Sta...

Freddie Prinze – A Prinze Among Men

Jessica Rodriguez

January 29, 2018

“Loooooking good!” That single line let loose from the wide grin of a handsome and lanky kid from New York City’s Washington Heights, cemented Freddie Prinze as a cultural icon and comic legend. Frederick Karl Pruetzel was born in 1954 to a Puerto Ri...

‘Ride of the Dead’ Honors a 1,000 Year Old Oaxaca Treasure

‘LLERO Editors

January 24, 2018

The Trans Sierra Norte. What is it you may ask? Just little a three-day enduro mountain bike race that rips through the Oaxacan highlands of Mexico. People from all around the world descend upon Oaxaca to participate. There are ups and downs totaling more than...

The Most Inspiring Latino Moments of 2017

‘LLERO Editors

December 29, 2017

To say that 2017 was a challenging year for the Latino community, would be an understatement. From the anti-immigration rhetoric and actions felt by those in the United States, to the natural disasters suffered by the citizens of Mexico and Puerto Rico and the...

Meet Rescate Ambar…A Team of Dominican First Responders Saving Lives On One The Most Dangerous Roads In the World

Miguel Guadalupe

December 20, 2017

Rescate is a documentary short by Canadian filmmaker Mark Bone. It tells the fascinating story of Rescate Ambar, who are a group of volunteer emergency responders in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic who try, with minimal training and very little in the way of ...

The Coquito Master’s

Candida L. Figueroa

December 11, 2017

Nothing can turn a family holiday into a group challenge like the sweet blended flavor of coquito. Sleeves get rolled up as bottles of rum fill the kitchen for the prized title of coquito connoisseur. Usually abuela or madrina grab the win but with the advent ...

Why I Marched for Puerto Rico

Miguel Guadalupe

November 21, 2017

On November 19th, at 4:30 a.m. on a cold, rainy Sunday morning in New York I joined one of many busloads of citizens traveling to Washington D.C. to participate in the Unity March for Puerto Rico. The march was organized by a small group of activists led by ...

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