Latinidad

Artist Julio Salgado Re-depicts Classic TV Shows with Diverse Casts

The Mexican-born undocu-queer artist got the idea to reimagine some of his favorite TV shows after fans began protesting POCs in the upcoming ‘Star Wars.’

  • Oct 21, 2015
  • 11:33 AM

Cuñao: Blood, Sand and Solidarity

A chat with Julio Montero, frontman for the Los Angeles-based Latin Folk group Cuñao, on the group’s latest album ‘Sangre y Arena.’

  • Oct 21, 2015
  • 9:17 AM

KY Prosecutor: Being Latino Is Probable Cause (VIDEO)

Courtroom video shows Kentucky prosecutor John Carter claiming that a driver’s being Latino is probable cause to pull him or her over.

  • Oct 20, 2015
  • 10:05 AM

Natalia Lafourcade: Orgullosa de sus raíces

Una plática con la cantautora rock mexicana sobre su música y su amor por México.

  • Oct 18, 2015
  • 12:12 PM

La melaza que llora: How to Keep the Term Afro-Latino from Losing Its Power

It’s time to bring our black grandmothers out of the closet.

  • Oct 16, 2015
  • 10:59 AM

Where is ‘America’?

There are two issues with the statement “Christopher Columbus discovered America”: the second deals with how people define the word “America.”

  • Oct 13, 2015
  • 3:34 PM

Art Against Deportation Displayed in Front of ICE Offices in Philadelphia

Artist Michelle Angela Ortiz’s “Familias Separadas” project involves a series of public installations on the effects of deportation on immigrant families.

  • Oct 13, 2015
  • 11:26 AM

What We Owe Columbus (And What We Don’t)

By still celebrating Columbus Day, we focus our reverence on the wrong people and actions. October 12 belongs not to the conquistadors, but to the people of the Americas.

  • Oct 12, 2015
  • 10:59 AM

Columbus, Latinos and the US Census?

“Wild tongues can’t be tamed, they can only be cut out.” ―Gloria E. Anzaldúa, Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza “Our identity is our spirit and our spirit has no name.” –Roberto “Dr. Cintli” Rodríguez “They forced their way into native settlements, slaughtering everyone they found there, including small children, old men, pregnant women, and even […]

  • Oct 12, 2015
  • 6:05 AM

Ana Tijoux: Conmemorando la resistencia indígena

Nuestra hermana Rebelde es una diosa del hip hop en español, dictando letras anti-coloniales, intrínsecas, fulminantes y poéticas.

  • Oct 11, 2015
  • 9:53 AM

#SomosMás: Reclaiming Latinx and Latina Identities on Social Media

A search for the hashtag #Latina results in mostly pornographic images. But beginning on Friday, October 9, we can change that.

  • Oct 9, 2015
  • 8:26 AM

Intelatin: Food + Music in Los Angeles With Wil-Dog

Wil Dog of Ozomatli visits Chef Jimmy Shaw at Lotería Hollywood to taste the Tres Cochinitos.

  • Oct 8, 2015
  • 9:19 AM

Brown Lives (Now) Matter

The National Council of La Raza is finally taking on the issue of police brutality against Latinos. What took them so long, and how serious are they?

  • Oct 6, 2015
  • 11:42 AM

Meet the Drug Policy Reformer who Established Puerto Rico’s Largest Syringe Exchange Program

Profile of Rafael Torruella, whose Intercambios Puerto Rico distributes over 150,000 clean syringes a year.

  • Oct 6, 2015
  • 10:07 AM

Meet LAK6, the Newest Latina Superhero by Darryl Makes Comics

DMC editor-in-chief Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez discusses their latest crime fighter, and why it’s important for kids of color to see themselves reflected in comics.

  • Oct 4, 2015
  • 12:42 PM

Entrevista con Edgardo Jusino-Campos, autor de ‘El harapiento de Betzaida’

Una conversación con el autor de su novela, las actualidades en Puerto Rico y la literatura latinoamericana

  • Oct 3, 2015
  • 9:09 AM

From NPR’s Latino USA: Are My Kids ‘Latino Enough?’

It’s so ok to talk about this.

  • Oct 1, 2015
  • 8:30 AM

It Isn’t Fun When People Can’t Name Latino Celebrities (VIDEO)

In a game dubbed “LaTina Fey,” the comedian and writer only manages to name eight Latino performers.

  • Sep 29, 2015
  • 5:11 PM

How Native Speakers Ruined Spanish for Everyone Else

Constant criticism from native Spanish speakers discourages non-speaking Latinos from learning the language

  • Sep 27, 2015
  • 10:06 AM

Emigrated Mexico and Enslaved Mexico

September 16 marked the anniversary of Mexican independence. But after over 200 years, Mexico still isn’t free

  • Sep 25, 2015
  • 10:30 AM

Annual Comadres and Compadres Writers Conference Fosters Latino Literature

Organizers Nora Comstock, Adriana Domínguez and Marcela Landres speak with Latino Rebels ahead of the annual conference in October in New York City.

  • Sep 25, 2015
  • 9:00 AM

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