On December 8, 2019, Jakelin Caal Maquin, a 7-year-old Guatemalan girl who was crossing the border with her father, died in the custody of U.S. Border Patrol. Horrified by this story, Chicana artist Sandy Rodríguez painted a portrait of Jakelin to honor her memory. It became one of…

I think we can all agree that cafecito ☕️ rules many of our lives. I mean, it’s no surprise that Hispanics drink significantly more coffee than other ethnic groups 😜 according to studies. Latin America already produces most of the world’s coffee 🌎 so we’ve had access to…

Lowrider Magazine, the 43-year-old publication honoring lowriding, the tradition of car modification started by Chicanos in the 60s, announced in 2019 that they’d stop print publication. The magazine engaged lowrider lovers across the globe, but also showcased lowriding meccas like Los Angeles, San José and Española, New Mexico.…

Across the country, our communities are being displaced because of high rent hikes and job insecurity. As this displacement continues, our culture is also being wiped away. “Mural de La Raza,” was created in 1985 in San José, California by a group of artists as a way to…

Inspired by civil rights movements and leaders of the time, The Young Lords fought for the rights of all Latinos and “Third World People.” Because Puerto Rico is a U.S. colony, and neither a state or its own country, the island’s people have always been a target for…

Mulowayi Iyaye and Mapenzi Chibale are Puerto Rican sisters who have made their mark internationally as “Las Nietas de Nonó” by… transforming their grandfather’s house in Barrio San Antón into a community center and farm! Here, they share knowledge with young people about how to live off the…

When this activist group began fighting injustice, a lot of internal gender dynamics went ignored… then the group’s women demanded a voice.  In the 1960s and 1970s, a group of Puerto Rican activists who called themselves The Young Lords (TYL) fought against the mistreatment of their people. The…

Our story starts with José “Cha-Cha” Jiménez, a Puerto Rican member of the Lincoln Park, Chicago gang in the 1960s. He was in jail when a prison librarian introduced him to the teachings of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. Once out, José committed himself to social…

“Are you a U.S. citizen?” The Trump administration did not have good intentions when they proposed adding that question to the Census. Even though the Trump administration claimed the reason for adding a citizenship question to the Census was to enforce the Voting Rights Act, months of investigations…

There is power in numbers, and the U.S. Census is one way Latinos can show our government who we are and what we need. Every 10 years, each person living in the U.S. has a chance to fill out the Census form. The responses generate updated statistics of…