CULTURE & POLITICS

If You Build It They Will Come…Mountain Bike Course Builder Sammy Mercado Knows Firsthand

April 26, 2017

This April, Sammy Mercado, 28-year-old bike-jump-aficionado, invited mountain bike professionals, Carson Storch and Darren Berrecloth, to Riverside, CA to joyride through his handmade mountain bike dirt-jumps. How It Began From humble beginnings in Gua...

Trayvon Martin’s Death 5 Years Later…What, If Anything Has Changed?

José Albino, M.A.

February 27, 2017

It’s been five years since then the death of Trayvon Martin. By now the entire world knows the story. A 17 year-old Trayvon – a black unarmed teenager – was killed by George Zimmerman. Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer, was found not guilty of second d...

Trayvon Martin: Through a Latino Lens

Carlos Omar Gardinet

February 22, 2017

On February 26, 2012 a young African American man named Trayvon Martin was shot by a neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman, who is Caucasian and Peruvian. When I initially heard of the Trayvon Martin shooting, I pictured a white face behind the tri...

Mexico’s Message to Silicon Valley in the Age of Trump…Come On Down

‘LLERO Editors

February 16, 2017

At a time when anti-immigration and protectionism positions in the U.S. are at levels not seen in decades, and with these positions focused largely upon Mexico, the country of Mexico has begun to take matters into its own hands. How? Taking a page from former ...

Trump Starts His Rollback on Immigration…Read the Executive Order Here…

‘LLERO Editors

January 26, 2017

And so it begins. President Trump took his first actions on immigration today. Issuing an Executive Order, which temporarily stops the U.S. refugee program and suspends some visas, other reported action includes directives to begin constructing a wall al...

The Release of Oscar Lopez Rivera Gives Puerto Rico Hope

Jessica Rodriguez

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...

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