by Greg Martinez On Tuesday February 22, a jury in Tucson, Arizona sentenced 43-year-old Shawna Forde to death for the May 2009 slayings of 9-year-old Brisenia Flores and her father, Raul. Just two years before the murders, Forde ran for a seat on the Everett, Washington city council and got nearly 6,000 votes, or approximately… [Continue Reading]
What I’ll carry with me: Lessons from my mother
02/28/2011 By 2 Comments
by Jen M.D. Matos I talk to my mother at least three times a day. It’s usually when I’m in the middle of an important meeting when she’ll call to ask what channel the news is on. Mind you, she’s been watching the same news program for about seven years now. These are the moments… [Continue Reading]
Autismo
02/28/2011 By 6 Comments
by Nancy Sepulveda In the years that followed my son’s diagnosis of autism, I continually recounted each moment of my pregnancy, his birth, and those first precious years of life, searching in vain for the cause of a disorder that has no explanation. After endless testing, re-testing, misdiagnoses, and misplaced conclusions, the motherly dreams I’d… [Continue Reading]
Latinos giving back – Shakira
02/28/2011 By 1 Comment
What were you doing when you were 18 years old? You were probably finishing high school, starting college, or working. An 18-year-old Shakira Mebarak was starting her Pies Descalzos foundation in Barranquilla, Colombia. She was already famous in Colombia in 1995, but the release of her CD Pies Descalzos brought her international acclaim, and Shakira… [Continue Reading]
BL’s Friday night cocktail- Daiquiri [video]
02/25/2011 By 1 Comment
Friday Night Cocktails The daiquiri originated in the small town of Daiquri in the east coast of Cuba. Some reports credit an American with its invention but others insist the drink existed prior to his arrival there. Its popularity so strong that it was President John F. Kennedy’s preferred before dinner drink. ¡Salud! For more… [Continue Reading]
The at-home cure for two left feet
02/25/2011 By Leave a Comment
There are health benefits to dancing, which include increased flexibility, strength and endurance, but one we don’t often think of is a sense of well being that comes from the social aspect of shaking what your mama gave you. If you weren’t born with natural rhythm and want to learn how to dance, but either… [Continue Reading]
Getting to know the BL team!
02/25/2011 By 2 Comments
Managing, Editor, Ulises Silva says, My role in BL is the voice of reason…if by reason we mean snark, sarcasm, and an unhealthy fixation with all things zombie. I got involved with the team when Lance and Libby put out a call for writers on Facebook, a decision I’m sure I’ve made them regret in… [Continue Reading]
Latinos don't win Oscars
02/25/2011 By 16 Comments
by Adriana Villavicencio Latinos don’t win Oscars. They star in movies, make movies, write movies, design costumes and write scores for movies, but very few have taken the coveted statuette home. In the history of the Academy Awards, only 15 Latinos have been nominated in acting categories and only 5 have won.
The demise of the music industry
02/25/2011 By 9 Comments
by Joe Barrett There are eight million stories about the death of the record industry. From former executives and worker bees (now out of the industry) to the few “hanging chads” that pepper the landscape and work within the major labels. All have their take on why the industry will soon be taken off the… [Continue Reading]