Intellectually Entertaining. Socially Relevant.
I want books. Good books by and about Latinos. Since Latinos comprise a large and growing part of the U.S. population, with increasingly significant purchasing power, I naturally assumed that these figures would have translated into a flood of new Latino to Latino products, like books. But, as highlighted by a recent New York Times Read More
The Estefans have announced that a new Broadway musical based on their lives and music is in the works! The show will document the couples’ childhood in Cuba and transition to the United States. Their successes in the entertainment include the domination of the Spanish and English music world, winning Grammy Awards and an expansive fan base across the Read More
“Tia Tati’s Bronx is the Bronx I’ll always remember”, Angel Franco said in a recent interview. “She worked long hours in a Southern Boulevard sweatshop, making 10 cents a zipper, listening to radio novellas, taking 10 minute café breaks and back to the Singer sewing machine. Swoosh! ‘Nena, mira que hay!’ Chisme. No air conditioners, Read More
At this moment in the U.K., a huge number of our forests are suffering from the ominous-sounding Ash Dieback. While all the media is talking of the impending (or not) Mayan end-of-the-world prophecy, ash trees are being wiped out by a fungal disease apocalypse of their own. “Well, so what,” you might be thinking, “a Read More
I’m Boricua. Not from the island and not even from New York. I’m a Puerto Rican from Cleveland, Ohio. I imagine what many of you must be thinking–“What the heck is a Puerto Rican doing in Ohio?”… That’s a story for another article so, let me get to your question on how someone, who is Read More
“Vino descalso is what they called it”, Michael Houlihan exclaimed with his hearty Northern Californian accent. “When they gave us a nickname I knew they loved it!” What Houlihan is referring to is the smashing success Barefoot Wine began to experience once it began to be marketed to Latino communities in the mid 1980s. This Read More
“This is not a get rich quick plan,” said Michael Houlihan during our first phone conversation in November. “Too often people try them out and after awhile they fail.” What Houlihan says not untrue and does occur far too often. What he’s alluding to though are the stories readers will discover in his new book Read More
Two stories connected through nonsense: “From the small parishes with Latino church goers on the East Coast to the Los Angeles cathedral that houses the country’s largest Hispanic congregation, America on Wednesday will pay tribute to Mexico’s patron saint. The Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe, patroness of the New World, is a day Read More
Today many Catholics in Mexico will celebrate and honor Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe. Thousands of believers have made their pilgrimage to the Basilica de Guadalupe on the outskirts of Mexico City. It’s a celebration that has mariachis singing the mañanitas to our lady, to traditional dance performances and penance. One of our writers shares the history of Our Lady of Guadalupe Read More
It’s tough being a Latino atheist. What with religion, especially Catholicism and superstition, being such an intrinsic component of Latino culture, turning your back on the Almighty and lucky trinkets is tantamount to abandoning the community altogether. And Latinos are a highly superstitious group. We believe in virgens and Jesus on the Cross and God Read More