CULTURE & POLITICS

Here’s What You Should Know About The Protests in Puerto Rico

July 18, 2019

Ricky Renuncia! That's been the chant coming from thousands of protestors in the streets of Puerto Rico. Citizens are demanding that Governor Ricardo Rosselló resign. Everyone from teachers to students, retirees and celebrities are tired of the governments beh...

4 Reasons Not to Miss Afro Latino Festival 2019

Jessica Rodriguez

July 10, 2019

Preparate! The Afro-Latino Festival NYC will be hitting the streets and stages of City Point Studios on Friday July 12 and 13 in downtown Brooklyn. The two-day event is a jam packed fete of indoor and outdoor concerts, artist showcases, markets, parties, a...

Carlos Vasquez and Miami EdTech are on a mission

Elbert Garcia

July 3, 2019

Carlos Vasquez is clear about what inspired his love for all things tech-- Mrs. Williams, his science teacher. Without her, the South Bronx native might not have pursued computer science. “We didn’t have the means to buy tech or play around with any of t...

“I’m a progressive and I support gun rights.”

Motecuzoma P. Sanchez

June 28, 2019

The gun! Go get the gun!" Hearing my mother yell this is one of my earliest memories. I remember that it was nighttime. My mother desperately pressed her weight against the front door of our triplex, trying to keep intruders at bay. The belligerents were...

Who Is Really A Latino?

‘LLERO Editors

June 26, 2019

U.S. postage stamp commemorating Hispanic Heritage Month. Most people agree that Latinos/Hispanics are not a race. They would even agree that our presence in the United States qualifies us as an ethnicity; a group of people of various races connected by a s...

“She’s Gotta Have It” Cast Celebrate Puerto Rico

‘LLERO Editors

June 21, 2019

Spike Lee's movie "She's Gotta Have It" has been rebooted! It is now a show on Netflix with leading Latino talent including rapper Fat Joe and Hamilton actor Anthony Ramos. Ramos who plays Mars Blackmon and Fat Joe joined show writer Lemon Anderson to share a ...

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson Talks Being Authentic

‘LLERO Editors

June 19, 2019

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson doesn't do anything small. This year Johnson, who stars in Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw, won the 2019 Generation Award at the MTV Movie & TV Awards. Johnson didn't just accept the award, he made a statement. Befor...

Up In Smoke: The Broken Promise of Proposition 64

Mario Solis-Marich

June 12, 2019

Top political consultants were worried. The ballot initiative that would legalize cannabis in California was on the ropes. It looked as if it would not pass. The biggest block of attainable votes would have to come from Latino voters. Polls suggested...

Puerto Rico: A Return to the Motherland

Mike Cordero

June 7, 2019

Artist and educator Michael Cordero has been living and working in Puerto Rico for the last year or so. A Brooklyn raised Puerto Rican, he decided to uproot his life and return to his ancestral land of Puerto Rico. These images are a chronicle of what he has e...

The Issue with Latinx

Motecuzoma P. Sanchez

June 6, 2019

I’ve been involved in the Chicano movement now for more than two decades. I’ve authored articles, taught workshops and Chicano Studies, and led Chicano organizations. I’ve seen a lot of changes. Some of them have moved the cause forward, and some of them h...

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