Cinematic Fantasy, Economic Reality Collide On Whitter Blvd.

One of the first places I used to go to upon declaring my conditional independence from my parents’ household was Commerce Theater out by Goodrich and Whittier Blvd. I still […]

According to a new research study published this week in the journal Pediatrics, lack of play time and leisure activity has contributed to Latino kid’s excess weight. Researchers at Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital […]

By Elsie Rivas Gomez, from Spanglish Baby, where this story was first published. My daughter Marisol’s name is the source of some pronunciation issues for our friends and even family, […]

By Esther Aguilera Reflecting on the 2010 Census results and the dramatic increase in the U.S. Latino community, I ask myself how we once again find ourselves in the same […]

There were four basic food groups at my house; beans, lard, tortillas and Tang. I was always able to count on three or all of them to make an appearance […]

A sad, sad story from Texas that is being complicated on all sorts of ways. The basic story is this: Starting in September of last year, an 11 year-old girl […]

If you’re reading this article, you probably have a family member, friend or co-worker that’s in an interracial relationship. You’ve seen them struggling with negative criticism and you want to […]

Latina youth attempt suicide at rates that are often twice that of other ethnic groups, we’ve reported on this before and noted that one reason may be the culture clash […]

[Editor’s Note: Yvonne Condes is a blogger in LA, YvonneinLA, and her work is reposted here with permission.] There are so many times when I regret not speaking better Spanish. […]

I was riding on the bus today, on my way to work, when I was accosted by the weirdest solicitor of all time. He was a young man, about 17 […]