Afro Rebels

The Grammy-nominated artist was detained on Sunday, February 3 by ICE.

The law firm says that “never hid his immigration status.”

Depicting a romance between an enslaved woman and a slaveowner? We got problems.

“Been through some things so I can’t imagine my kids stuck at the border,” said 21 Savage during his performance on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon, on January 29.

Let #AmandaLaQueManda explain. 

In this episode of “Amanda La Qu Manda,” Amanda Alcántara lists five songs from Latinoamérica y el Caribe that touch on this topic.

Amazon says it wants to build one of its headquarters in Long Island City in Queens, and communities are taking a vow to fight back.

Latino Rebels Radio: December 2, 2018

AMANDA LA QUE MANDA is back, and we’re so happy to feature Amanda here.

Poet Melania-Luisa Marte started it, hoping to bring more visibility the term.

How are Colombians reacting to Will Smith’s Instagram videos?

“Es un proceso interno en Costa Rica, y un proceso en América Latina de la visibilización de los pueblos afrodescendientes, que se consolida con esta victoria electoral”, le dijo a Latino USA.

It’s notable that so few people weighing in on this debate even recognized Puerto Rico as a site of the African diaspora.

Latino Rebels Radio: March 25, 2018

So what’s liberating about a movement if it reifies old hierarchies of color and class?

Despite all its other well-documented faults, the show stands out in its representation of Afro-Latinx characters.

Like many women, my whirlwind of failed romances left me fearful and insecure.

“That Black people know that we are beautiful, that we are strong, that we are intelligent. This is very necessary.”

The fifth Afro-Latino NYC Festival this past weekend in Harlem and Brooklyn was the best one yet.

Listen to this now.

“Say no to racism.”