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5 days ago · Latino USA with Maria Hinojosa, produced by The Futuro Media Group, is the longest running Latino-focused program on U.S. public media.
From Cop To Progressive Prosecutor: George Gascón - Latino USA
Dec 22, 2020 · Now, Gascón is returning to Los Angeles. In November 2020 he unseated former LA County District Attorney Jackie Lacey, who was known both for being the county’s first Black District Attorney and for her strong support from law enforcement unions. On December 7th, 2020, Gascón was sworn in as the leader of the largest local prosecutor’s ...
A Father and Son on Coming Out - Latino USA
By Erika Beras Jun 24, 2016. Family. LGBT. Luis Torres was 25 years old and married with two sons when he came out to his wife. A decade later, his son David came out as well. Luis is 51 now and David is 32. The father and son, who have a close relationship, sat down in David’s living room in Philadelphia to talk about what society expects of ...
Author Erika L. Sánchez on Why She’s Not a ‘Perfect Mexican …
Oct 28, 2018 · In 2017, writer and poet Erika L. Sánchez published her debut novel, I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter. It made it to The New York Times Best Seller list. The story’s main character, Julia Reyes, is a snarky, angry teenager who doesn’t relate to her immigrant parents—a character that Sánchez created out of her own teenage experiences.
How I Made It: Maná - Latino USA
Jun 8, 2021 · It all began when musician Fher Olvera formed an English-speaking band three decades ago in Guadalajara, Mexico. They quickly began singing in Spanish and in 1986, that band officially became Maná. Soon, Maná made a name for themselves playing fusions of reggae, salsa, rock, and punk even though they were told rock en español would never go ...
This Land Is My Land: The Story of Reies López Tijerina
By Megan Kamerick Mar 17, 2017. History. In New Mexico during the 1960s, Reies López Tijerina transformed the issue of land rights into an issue of civil rights. He led a movement of Hispanos –people with Spanish, Mexican and Native American ancestry– who had lost their communal land to private landowners or government agencies and ...
One of the Fathers of Black History Was Afro-Puerto Rican
Jun 30, 2017 · Schomburg was a Puerto Rican-born Black historian living in New York City at the time of the Harlem Renaissance. He arrived to the city from San Juan, Puerto Rico at the age of 17 in 1891, and from the get go, he began to navigate being Black and Latino in the United States. “Here we have a Black man with a German last name with a Spanish ...
The Diary of an ‘Undesirable’ - Latino USA
Sep 29, 2024 · It was during this time that the Mexican-American medic kept a secret diary and documented the horrors he witnessed inside the camp. Acevedo was liberated by American soldiers. After the war, he settled down in California, where he was born, but life after the war wasn’t easy. He suffered from PTSD. Yet, Acevedo held on to his war diary until ...
The 10 Best Songs of New Mexico Music, America’s Forgotten Folk …
Nov 8, 2017 · Religious tunes continue to play a big role in New Mexico, where Catholic traditions go back centuries. This haunting indita (a subset of New Mexico music distinguished by its use of indigenous rhythms or themes) is an homage to a Hispano nativity play that celebrates the conversion of colonial New Mexico’s most feared enemy: the Comanche.. This version was recorded in the early 1990s as ...
The Latino Vote in Presidential Races: 1980–2012 - Latino USA
Oct 29, 2015 · The GOP has been trending down ever since George W. Bush’s 2004 Latino vote percentage peaked at 40%, which came just two cycles after Bob Dole’s 1992 performance bottomed out at 21%, the worst showing with U.S. Latino voters from any presidential candidate since 1980. Ironically, Bill Clinton’s 1996 72% win (higher than Obama’s 2012 ...