LatinaLista — Roots & Curas is a new series that elevates the common variety gardening podcast to new heights by adding a pinch of Latinx spice. Part of the TTM Hispanic Podcast Network, and produced by Treviño TodaMedia, Roots &…
GritoBlast! Mission: To not only raise awareness for the kid’s books that celebrate diversity but to get more of these books into classrooms and libraries. Valarie Budayr of the website Jump Into a Book and Mia Wenjen, creator of…
LatinaLista — With current political rhetoric painting a broad characterization of who Latinos are these days, amplifying the Latinx voice and experience is as important as ever. A new imprint of Ohio State University (OSU) is creating such an…
GritoBlast! — College completion rates among Latinos, while improving, are still astronomically low across the country. According to some of the most recent statistics, only 15 percent of Latinos have a bachelor’s degree or higher. The problem is that…
LatinaLista — Actress Ruth Livier has never been content to play by the rules. She was part of the groundbreaking cast Resurrection Blvd., the first Latino drama on cable TV (Showtime) that had majority Latinos in front of and…
LatinaLista — While the nation has grown accustomed to seeing marches, rallies and sit-ins as different democratic approaches to protest injustices and inequality, another form of protest, especially popular among the Latino/Chicano communities, has been through art. Whether it…
LatinaLista — Making tortillas hasn’t changed much since that day when the Mexican army defeated invading French soldiers, better known in the U.S. as Cinco de Mayo. As Latinos and non-Latinos gear up this year to celebrate the historical…
By Obed Manuel LatinaLista “Until I have a voice.” That’s the reply Javier Mejia, the lead character of “Deferred Action,” gives when he’s asked how long he’s willing to fight for immigration reform. “Deferred Action” sheds light on the…
By Jackie Serrato LatinaLista (This story appears in its entirety on Gozamos.com) Murals are as old as the Aztec and Maya writings, and the murals in Pilsen derive from that historical influence. The Chicago muralistas of the late…
AFTER years of torment and bullying, a man lost 17 stone and now spends his time jetsetting across the world for modelling shoots. When Michael Sullivan, 23, from County Kerry, Ireland, was called a “fat b—-ard”, he decided he…
In an interview published earlier this year, Jamie Dornan revealed that, in preparation for his turn as a serial killer in the BBC series The Fall, he once followed a woman off a train “to see what it felt…
Taylor Swift’s Giant Squad During her 1989 World Tour, which ran May 5 to December 12, Taylor Swift went all-out: light-up wristbands, 50,000-seat arenas, and, of course, her squad, which was a lot bigger than any of us could…
In a season packed with parties, how do you make your gathering a standout event? We asked three pros to create the ultimate holiday party: Toronto’s hottest chef and owner of The Good Son restaurant, Vittorio Colacitti; Vancouver’s coolest…
By this time, party prep is in full swing. With only a couple of weeks left on the calendar countdown, everyone is busy getting ready to host family and friends. Usually, that involves a massive clean, elbows deep in…
From Pierre-François-Pascal Guerlain’s first bottled scents, unveiled on the Rue de Rivoli in 1828, to the game-changing launch of Coco Chanel’s iconic No. 5 in the roaring ’20s, the French love of fragrance runs deep. Who better, then, to…
Earlier this year, researchers at the University of Missouri–Columbia published a study in the journal of Addiction Research & Theory in which they observed 374 tipsy undergrad students and discovered each of them took on one of four personalities after a few too many: the Mary Poppins,…
LatinaLista — The Mexican drug war and its fallout has inspired dozens of movies, documentaries and TV shows over the years and it would be easy to think they are all the same. Yet, the latest entry into this…
Has there ever been a Christmas movie as beguiling as Love Actually? In the past couple of years, the rom-com bonanza has at times come under fire. “Love Actually is one terrible Christmas movie that has strong-armed its way…
By Melissa Vasquez LatinaLista If it weren’t for the insistence of Ramiro Peña’s wife that he go back to school, he would not have earned a bachelor’s degree, and he probably would not be working toward his Master…
LatinaLista — According to consumer research, 70 percent of people trust brand recommendations from their friends. The same can be said for books too. How many times have we picked up a book — either at the library, book…
Obed Manuel Latina Lista Have you noticed how some companies have started targeting Latinos with bilingual commercials? They may be onto something. Researchers with MAGNA GLOBAL and the Center for Multicultural Science have found that the language-only based marketing strategies…
By Belen Chacon LatinaLista When he was working late one day, Jaime asked his ex-wife if she could pick up his kids from school. Jaime’s wife never showed up, and when school employees got a hold of Jaime…
LatinaLista — Juan Felipe Herrera is the first Latino granted the distinction of being U.S. Poet Laureate. With a background iconic of the migrant farmworker experience, Herrera's trajectory from the son of migrant farmworkers is reflective in his works,…
By Obed Manuel Latina Lista 5. Not enough of us maintain a healthy diet According to the latest findings by the State of Obesity, 77 percent of adult Latinos in the U.S. are obese or overweight. The report…
LatinaLista — Campaign: Day of the Dead DAY OF THE DEAD – A human celebration of life – is a contemporary artistic experience which will allow viewers to go deep inside of a never told story about this annual…
