Exploring Indigenous Legacies
Exploring Indigenous Legacies
By Eduardo Diaz, Director, Smithsonian Latino Center In 1662, William Sanderoft, the Archbishop of Canterbury, approved the Jamaican coat of arms, depicting an “Arawak” couple: she holding a food basket, […]
Kennedy Center Commission to Include Latinos
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco Remember all the commotion about Latinos and the Kennedy Center Honors a few months back? Back in September sharp words were launched back and forth between […]
Richard Blanco: Latino Makes History with Inaugural Poem
By Aiyana Baida, Voxxi Richard Blanco stood before 800,000 people at the nation’s capital to speak the message of ‘one’ America. At 44-years-old, Latino poet Richard Blanco made history at President […]
Our People, Our Future: Richard Blanco in Conversation
By Ricardo Blanco, Poets.org Click on picture to read story. [Photo courtesy richard-blanco.com]
Jazz de México
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco We made it to Friday folks! Congrats and high-fives all around. What are the big plans for the weekend? Somewhere between now and Monday make sure […]
Houston Symphony Hires 1st Latino Music Director
By Associated Press/Houston Chronicle Click on picture to read story. [Photo by El Humilde Fotero del Pánico]
Art Exhibit Uses Monarch Butterfly Symbol for Immigration
By EFE/Fox News Latino Click on picture to read story. [Image by Margarita Isabel]
Junot Díaz: Rewriting the Story of America
By LIN@R The life and work of Junot Díaz contains many worlds. His books, including National Book Award finalist This Is How You Lose Her and Pulitzer Prize-winner The Brief […]
What Chicanos Can Learn From Steve Jobs in a New Era
By DeeDee Garcia Blase, Huffington Post Latino Voices December 21, 2012, is a thing of the past now. We survived the end of the world even though some predicted it would end, […]
PRESIDIO: Malcontent and Machinations
(Editor’s note: “Presidio” is an exclusive NewsTaco Latino superhero web comic.) By Guy Nuesca, NewsTaco Click on each thumbnail to enlarge. To learn about Presidio’s genesis, the artist and why […]