This year 32 million Latinos will be eligible to vote, so Latino super PACs are activating us to use our political power this election cycle. Super political action committees (PAC) are groups that raise and spend money to elect and defeat candidates, and influence laws. They are typically…

Sister Norma Pimentel sees hundreds of migrants daily at the Humanitarian Respite Center on the U.S.-Mexico border. She helps these migrants, freshly released from border patrol custody, navigate life in a new land. She’s the daughter of Mexican immigrants and grew up traveling between Mexico and the U.S. …

Racing hot rods were all the rage in the 40s and 50s, until Mexican Americans customized classic cars, made them lower and slower, and changed car culture forever. Inspired by the paseo, when young people gathered in town centers to flirt, caballeros would deck their horses out to…

While many demand inclusive Latino representation in the art we see on museum walls, the people who actually work in museums are often neglected…. We rarely see Latinos as curators, museum directors or historians. Of the 30% of people of color in staff positions in the U.S. art…

For those of us who express love by gift-giving, consider supporting independent Latino creators at marketplaces near you this Valentine’s Day, or some of these great finds: In gentrifying Washington Heights, M. Tony Peralta has a flagship studio store that celebrates his Dominican heritage through jewelry, clothes and…

Since the coronavirus outbreak has sparked fear across the globe, Google searches for the term “corona beer virus” and “beer virus” have gone up 🤔 Amidst the frenzy to protect ourselves from the disease, some have merged the two. Okay, let’s start by clearing up the basics… Coronavirus…

In December, Chicana writer Myriam Gurba set off a dialogue, writing, “a self-professed gabacha, Jeanine Cummins, wrote a book that sucks,” in an article about the issues with the literary world. The book she’s referring to is “American Dirt”, which is told from the perspective of a Mexican…

These Latino powerhouses are working behind the scenes to amplify our voice in the Democratic primaries. Analilia Mejia is Bernie Sander’s national political director and Chuck Rocha is his senior advisor. Both believe that “Tío Bernie’s” 🧓 🏻success stems from going into our communities,  rather than relying on…

Paola Chavez found a lump in her breast in September 2017, but she didn’t get it checked out. When her pregnancy was confirmed, she was also diagnosed with breast cancer, and had to undergo chemotherapy. Cancer is the leading cause of death for Latinos, and we have a…

(Not so new) news flash, the United States does not have an official language 🧐 Yet, there’ve been efforts from different groups to make English the official language for decades. Instead of being proud of our bilingual skills, we’re forced to conceal them. 22% of Latinos say they’ve…