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“Ruda Phat”: Uncovering ‘lonja’ and body image

Mary Mata August 21, 2013

By Elda Silva, San Antonio Express News Lonja (lóne-hah). The word slips off the tongue, propelled by breathy vowels. In Spanish, it’s commonly used to denote rolls of fat or love […]

Mexico heads back to school with flawed textbooks

Mary Mata August 20, 2013

LATINA STANDOUT: Meet Mexican-American Piano Prodigy Daniela Liebman

Mary Mata August 19, 2013

Among the tacos and Mariachis, tiny youth orchestra blossoms in Boyle Heights

Mary Mata

By Mary Plummer, KPCC Mayte Castro’s bedroom door is decorated with stickers that read,”In a world where you can be anything, be yourself.” Three sets of butterfly wings made out […]

Latino Comics Expo: Javier Hernandez’s ‘El Muerto’ and beyond

Mary Mata

By Tony Castro, Voxxi Ever heard of Weapon Tex-Mex, El Muerto, ManSwamp or Dead Dinosaurio? They are the creations of Javier Hernandez, a Los Angeles comic book artist, one of several dozen who […]

Eydie Gorme, Voice of Sophisticated Pop, Dies at 84

Mary Mata August 12, 2013

By Anita Gates, New York Times Eydie Gorme, the lively singer with a remarkable range who performed a decades-long act with her husband, Steve Lawrence, that made them the sweethearts […]

Some of My Best Friends Aren’t Black Or Brown Or Asian…

Mary Mata August 11, 2013

By Gene Demby, NPR Let’s coin a new stereotype right here:Latinos are mad friendly. Ninety percent of Latinos said that they are friends with people of a different race, according to […]