By Hillary Ojeda Living in Peru Last week, a group of natives in Boca Manu in the Peruvian Amazon took hostage about 40 tourists. They were demanding that the construction of a local road be finished. After two…
By Obed Manuel Latina Lista They’ve marched. They’ve sat in congressional offices. They’ve been deported. DREAMers around the nation have take a leading role in the fight for immigration reform. And on Saturday, Dallas became the first city in…
By Nick Wooldridge LatinaLista The murder of a Latino gang member reported this past May in Vice serves as the backdrop to the widespread attention currently being pushed on California’s record dryness and its struggling agriculture production, much of…
By Sarah Dalen LatinaLista It starts with a photograph. Two men pose for a portrait, lightly, but affectionately, holding hands. The pose might not seem extraordinary today, but this photo, taken around 1935 in Douglas, Arizona, features two Sonoran…
By Obed Manuel LatinaLista There was a special feeling at the end of the night as the first ever Taco Libre festival in Dallas came to a close. Even as the bright red stage lights flashed on the dancing…
Managing Editor Obed Manuel and photographer Daniel González went out to the first-ever Taco Libre festival in Dallas on June 28, 2015. Here’s what they saw. (Photo credits in info box.) … Powered by Cincopa Video Hosting for Business…
LatinaLista — In 2013, during the NBA Finals between the San Antonio Spurs and Miami Heat, one action on the court made it into the annals of unforgettable — and it had nothing to do with making a basket….
LatinaLista — The newly released Pew report, English Proficiency on the Rise Among Latinos, highlights what is an inevitable outcome for any immigrant community whose current growth can be traced to more native births than foreign ones — English…
By Niema Jordan LatinaLista (Editor’s Note: This story was produced and was originally published by Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting.) Last year, reporters Trey Bundy and Daffodil Altan provided a window inside a space rarely seen by…
By Kellen McKillop LatinaLista Before the soft lavender of a San Francisco apartment, a woman dressed in a 1970s vintage, feminine dress holds a power stance with a strong fist in the air. Over her face, she wears a…
By Obed Manuel LatinaLista Nobody rises to lower expectations. That’s what Martha Casazza, an education consultant from Chicago, learned during the four years she spent interviewing Latinos in Chicago’s working-class Pilsen neighborhood. Casazza’s book “Dreaming Forward: Latino Voices Enhance…
LatinaLista — This year’s YouthfulCities Index found young people, ages 15-29, voted New York City (NYC) their favorite town. The survey cited three areas where young people gave NYC high points: film, fashion and music. Any visitor to NYC…
LatinaLista — Any real movie buff who considers herself an expert in film knows the cinematic masterpiece GIANT. Filmed in 1955, 60 miles from the Mexican border in a small West Texas town called Marfa, GIANT starred some of…
By Sarah Dahlen LatinaLista “I am whom I have been waiting for/No one can complete me/Because I can complete myself.” These lines from Cinthya Martinez’ poem “The East” are a fitting beginning to a book on Latina spirituality. Fleshing…
LatinaLista — Museums have always been a refuge from the hustle of everyday life where visitors, at their own pace, contemplate the masterpieces that surround them. It’s a privilege that, unfortunately, excludes those who can’t see. Aside from the…
By Obed Manuel LatinaLista Latina Lista sat down with Octavio Solis, one of the country’s most prominent Latino playwrights, as he awaits the regional premiere of his 2008 Pulitzer-nominated play “Lydia” in the city where he got his start…
By Sarah Dahlen LatinaLista Have you heard about Hutto? That is, the T. Don Hutto Correctional Center in Taylor, Texas that came under scrutiny for its incarceration of immigrant children (along with their parents) who were apprehended by Immigration…
LatinaLista — In 1994, the Cooperative Children’s Book Center of the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison began to keep track of the diversity in children’s literature. The cooperative didn’t just want to know how many books…
LatinaLista — What does a zombie, whiskey and an outlaw have in common? They are the main characters of a new short film by aspiring, and recent California State University Fullerton graduate, Colombian filmmaker Carlos Cortes. The action-horror short,…
By Valarie Budayr CBC Diversity We are thrilled to welcome yet another author to our Multicultural Children’s Book Day Spotlight: Shining the Light on Inclusive Authors & Illustrators series! This week we are shining the spotlight on Meg Medina,…
By Kenny Garcia LatinaLista In 2010, the Arizona state legislature passed H.B. 2281, which prohibited the teaching of courses that were designed for a specific ethnic group, advocated ethnic solidarity, promoted the overthrow of the United States government, or…
LatinaLista — Carlos Santana is more than just a Latino musical icon. Over the years, this talented guitarist has used his “stage” to promote literacy, expose discrimination, support up-and-coming Latino/a artists and given a voice to those who suffer…
Andina The city of Irving in Texas, United States, is currently hosting the magnificent travelling exhibition “Peruvian Gold: Ancient Treasures Unearthed,” that features Peru’s pre-Inca masterpieces. The opening ceremony, held on 2 October, was chaired by the Peruvian Ambassador…
By Juan Carlos Pérez-Duthie tintafresca.us Albert Espinosa’s vision of life could have been bleak and dark indeed. Yet it isn’t, in spite of the cancer that nearly killed him. Instead, for this writer, director, screenwriter for film, theater, and…
LatinaLista — When it comes to money, Latinos see spending, saving and investing through a different lens. While the Suze Ormans and Dave Ramseys of the financial world bluntly advise people to think of themselves first when it comes…
