‘El Hielo’: Music Video Inspires Immigrant Rights Activists, Goes Viral
‘El Hielo’: Music Video Inspires Immigrant Rights Activists, Goes Viral
By Valeria Fernandez, New America Media PHOENIX — Two immigrant mothers stood outside the downtown Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office holding a sign that read, “They have a Dream.” […]
‘Evangeline REMIXED,’ Featuring Los Lobos Perez & Hidalgo, Parallels Other Time
By Victor Payan, NewsTaco Los Lobos’ multitalented songwriter, drummer and guitarist Louie Perez remembers crossing the bridge from East LA to the West Side as a youth to see his first […]
Jazz de México
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco That was quick…no? Seems this week flew by and here we are, Friday…and Jazz de México. That’s definitely one of the better parts of Friday at NewsTaco. It’s the […]
Louis C.K.: I’m an Accidental White Person
The comedy superstar reveals how coming to the U.S. from Mexico shaped his artistic sensibility By Rolling Stone Where does Louis C.K.’s off-kilter comic vision come from? Turns out the […]
Jazz de México
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco First week of April, check. Friday almost done, check. Jazz de Mexico, only on NewsTaco, let’s go! It’s the best Latino jazz musicians and composers, brought […]
Pablo Neruda poisoned by the Pinochet government? Exhumation to follow
By Paloma Corredor, Voxxi The remains of Chilean poet Pablo Neruda (1904-1973) will be exhumed on Monday, April 8 to determine the true cause of his death. Neruda died on […]
Fans Remember Selena’s Legacy in Her Texas Home Town
By Bryan Weakland, NBCLatino CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – Cumbia rhythms blaring from loudspeakers, a young singer taking to the stage belting out familiar lyrics and the crowd dancing the “washing machine” […]
Intense Pre Surrealist gaze: La Pequeña Frida
From the textmex obsessed imagination of Daphne Strassmann Taken by her father Guillermo Kahlo (Carl Wilhelm Kahlo) on June 15, 1919. Daphne Strassmann: I am a Non-Fiction writer in Boston suffering from […]
1st Latino to Win PEN/Faulkner Award: Homeboy From US-Mexico Border
From Latina Lista In a prestigious literary competition where more than 350 novels and short-story collections by American authors published in the U.S. in 2012 were evaluated by a three-judge […]
Not a Lack of Latino Lit for Kids, But a Lack of Awareness
By Shelley Diaz, School Library Journal Librarians who serve children in predominantly Latino communities were shocked this past December to read a New York Times article claiming that there is a dearth of Latino […]