Latinidad

Editor’s Note: You can read Part I here and Part II here. JM: What are your thoughts on the immigration issue in the United States and how it pertains to Latinos? ND: The immigration debate is important, and it must be continued until everyone —Latinos and other groups— receive the same consideration that was extended […]

Editor’s Note: You can read Part I of the intreview with Nelson Denis here. Part III is here. JM: Do you feel the close ties between the Puerto Rican independence movement and Castro has hurt the cause? ND: Anything that enabled J. Edgar Hoover and Gov. Muñoz Marín to characterize the Nationalist movement as part of […]

Recently, I had the great pleasure of speaking with Nelson Denis, author of War Against All Puerto Ricans. I have long had an interest in the subject of Puerto Rico’s 1950 Revolution and whether you are familiar with this largely suppressed moment in our history or not, Denis offers sharp and exciting insights on mid-century […]

Remember when Gina Rodríguez wowed us all with her speech at the Golden Globes? She did it again at a recent appearance for Jane the Virgin. You can read the whole Vulture piece here, but we share an excerpt about what she said: So the industry says ‘let’s hire a Latino,’ and then the Latinos […]

St. Patrick’s Day is very special in Mexico because it is a time when Mexicans remember the San Patricios, or the Battalion of St. Patrick.

Health and wellness is a touchy subject, and so before I dive into it, I want to make a couple of things clear: This article is meant to analyze how media representation can affect people of different cultures and is my attempt at understanding how those representations embolden misconceptions about healthy living. People who are […]

“What are you?” “Where are you from?” “What kind of name is that?” “You don’t look Puerto Rican.” These are all things you hear a lot when you’re a three-quarter-Rican from The Bronx. I’m used to people being curious about my background, and my hippie-dippie first name, but I’ll never get used to people telling […]

During my travels and with many different endeavors, I have the privilege of meeting several bright and charismatic leaders from across the globe. As someone who has dedicated his life to developing positive, social change in a society where quantifiable progress comes slowly, we as Latinos often become tired of fighting, resisting and advocating for […]

So you’re celebrating carnaval… It may be at a club, it may be a house party, wherever it is and whoever it throwing it, it’s not for me to say, “Don’t go!” The rhythms, the costumes, the melodies, the floats, the skin; the spectacle that is carnaval worldwide, especially the Brazilian version, can be hard […]

Listen on Podbean or iTunes. This month at Intelatin, I was invited to watch Relatos Salvajes (Wild Tales) by Damián Szifron of Argentina. This film opens on February 20 in New York and Los Angeles. Eric Kohn at Indiewire says the following of the film: “Judging by the movies, Argentinians are itching to take a stand against the country’s backward social […]

I am one of hundreds of East Harlem artists denied housing at Artspace PS109. The Promise In the summer of 2014, 53,000+ people applied to live in 89 affordable apartments at Artspace PS109. This has become an all too common scene in New York City’s housing market. Decades of public subsidies and assistance for luxury development in NYC […]

For the record, we flipping love Al Madrigal, so we have no problem shamelessly promoting his January 22 “Half Like Me” special on Fusion. Here is the trailer. (PS, yeah that’s Lalo Alcaraz and Gustavo Arellano, too) (H/T @hugobalta)

We will never forget what actor and Golden Globe winner Gina Rodríguez said tonight: “This award is so much more than myself. It represents a culture that wants to see themselves as heroes.” Yeah, we cried. That Gina Rodríguez speech right now? We cried too. #GoldenGlobes — Latino Rebels (@latinorebels) January 12, 2015 And it […]

Most people have heard by now that extremely catchy Enrique Iglesias song “Bailando” that won three Latin Grammy awards in November, including Song of the Year. Its English version has proved to be a very successful crossover hit as well. Perhaps a little behind in my celebration of the song, I only recently made efforts […]

The Late 1800s Arturo Alfonso Schomburg —born in Santurce, Puerto Rico— was a prominent figure during the Harlem Renaissance. He moved to Harlem in 1891 at the young age of 17. Schomburg was a self-proclaimed Afroborinqueño who later helped found the Negro Society for Historical Research. Known today as one of the fathers of what […]

I wrote the following essay hours before New York City and the rest of the world reacted to the Eric Garner case. Once again, the system dehumanized another person of color. It is of little consolation that the pictures of Garner doing the rounds show him in cap and gown. Will the next Black or […]

Today, more U.S. Latinos than ever before are taking out loans to pursue a postsecondary degree. As the cost of postsecondary education continues to rise, Latinos are faced with an increasingly limited set of options for financing their education. As a result, students who pursue a postsecondary degree often assume massive amounts of student loan debt […]

We at Latino Rebels are honored to present the latest from Olmeca: “The Browning of America,” in collaboration with Puente Vision and NDLON. Here’s the backstory behind this song and the music video: Olmeca is rising hip-hop figure from Los Angeles with his own family story of migration. He’s been writing pro-migrant songs and performing […]

Much has been said and written about Latinos in the environment lately. From the coverage and content, you would be forgiven for thinking this is a nascent phenomenon, but Latinos’ environmental advocacy has long been the subject of misunderstandings. Starting from the erroneous idea that Latinos didn’t care about the environment – to the belief […]

In 2013 when Luis Rivera received deferred action, he was ecstatic. Life was going to be totally different now, he thought, he wouldn’t have to lie anymore and it would be easier for him to get a better job. As it turned out, that wasn’t necessarily the case and the Riverside, California resident continued struggling […]

In case you missed it, here is today’s Google Doodle from Google. The music is “La Bruja,” and this version is being played by Little Jesus. As expected, a lot of people really liked it (the following is just a sample of reactions): Have y'all seen the Google doodle today? It's a gorgeous little animation […]