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“Simply Rob (2011) is a portrait of Bronx based Poet and Activist Rob Vassilarakis. Estranged from his family when he wasjust a teenager because of his sexuality, Rob fell into a world of self hatred and drug abuse. In 1993 he was diagnosed with HIV, he was 22 years old. After years of rehabilitation Rob Read More
Libel I call for an injunction, against all press that use the demonization of my people as a function. This verse I’m sending isn’t for commercial airplay. It’s first amendment speech for my fair say. Not waiting till Lou Dobbs’s ideologies grows to more anti-mexican sentiment-based policies . My impetus is how we’re Read More
The old concept of mami and abuela hooking you up with a “buena muchacha” or “buen muchacho” may seem old fashioned, but is the strategy tried and true? When it comes to finding your soul mate in the digital age, is online dating ideal or is old fashioned matchmaking still the way to go? I Read More
Are you cynical? Cynicism can destroy a relationship if not unchecked. Cynicism is defined as an attitude of scornful or jaded negativity, especially a general distrust of the integrity or professed motives of others. I have a friend who is very cynical and says “if you’re not a cynic in today’s world, you’re not paying Read More
Shortly after 70% of Latino’s votes contributed to President Barack Obama’s re-election, the RNC went back to the drawing board to try to figure out where they went wrong. It is fair to say that Republicans have traditionally underachieved when it comes to winning the support of Latino voters, who have historically supported Democratic candidates Read More
We’ve all heard the clichés about the differences between men and women, and about men not being able to understand the opposite sex. Deborah Tannen has written books about the linguistic differences between the genders. And now there is neurological proof. A PLOS ONE study published on April 10, showed that men were unable to Read More
Hector Luis Alamo, Jr. in his March 25th article on this website, Pope Francis is not Latino (and barely Latin American),claimed that as a child of immigrants to Argentina, albeit one born in Argentina, Jorge Mario Bergoglio could not be considered either Latino or Latin American since he is the first generation of his family born Read More
There is no doubt that Latinas have proven over time that we are capable of accomplishing everything that we set our minds to do and much more. We have an unstoppable force that drives us to continue working hard with total disregard for the possible road bumps. A perfect example to this tenacity is Irma Read More
When it comes to Latinos’ presence in media, Soledad O’Brien insists it isn’t about numbers, it’s about impact. In her interview with Jorge A. Plasencia, chairman of the National Council of La Raza at the Hispanicize 2013 closing Latinnovator luncheon held Saturday, April 13, 2013 in Miami, Soledad appealed to the room of social media Read More
Remember when you were a kid and the best part of the day was lunchtime? Maybe not because you were out of class and with your friends, but because you were able to compare and, if you were lucky, trade lunch items from each others lunch boxes. It was exciting to see the array of Read More