Mic Check: Ben Ortiz Dishes on Preserving Hip-Hop Culture
Curator Ben Ortiz in the archives at Cornell University (2018, photo by Allison Usavage).
Latinos have always been at the helm of creating hip-...
Walter Mercado’s Life Story is Coming to Television
Walter Mercado is more beloved than ever before. The Puerto Rican pyschic and astrologer died at the end of 2019. Leaving a hole in our coll...
‘LLERO Stands with Black Lives Matter
“Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.” ~Martin Luther King, Jr.
Black Liv...
Veteran J.W. Cortés Reflects on How the Military Saved His Life
J.W. Cortes in military uniform.
I enlisted in the Marine Corps to escape a really bad situation. It was a decision that I have often stated saved ...
How Far Have Latinos Come?
Hispanic Heritage Month gives us a chance to celebrate the presence and contributions of Hispanics/Latinos. It's an ideal time to acknowledge our ...
Latino Hollywood Writes Letter to Querida Familia
"We've got your back." That was the message Latino Hollywood sent via their Querida Familia letter which was published on August 16, 2019. Querida Fa...
Anything but Mexican
"When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending their best...They're sending people that have lots of problems, and they're bringing those prob...
Why Latinos Will Choose The Next President in 2020
The second round of Democratic debates for the candidates running for President kicked off last night in Detroit. Candidates debated about immigr...
4 Reasons Not to Miss Afro Latino Festival 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...
“I’m a progressive and I support gun rights.”
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 pr...