Our Pre-Mayflower Thanksgivings
Our Pre-Mayflower Thanksgivings
By Miguel Perez, Hidden Hispanic Heritage For Latino immigrants, no other American holiday is more precious than Thanksgiving. “El dia de accion de gracias,” as we know it in Spanish, […]
Latin Thanksgiving Recipes: Spanish Turkey, Pumpkin Pie Empanadas
By Nicole Sinanan, Voxxi The United States of America was the first country to have a holiday solely for giving thanks. It was such a good idea that it spread. […]
Thanksgiving Day: Why Gratitude is Good for Your Health
By Silvia Casablanca, Voxxi When I tune my mind into gratitude mode, the world looks almost immediately brighter. If I am feeling down and whiny, I swiftly grasp a wider […]
Jazz de México
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco Another Friday, another week done! High fives all around. The best thing? The holiday’s are upon us! It doesn’t get much better than that, unless of […]
Pocho Ocho Ways You Gabacho Guys Might be Hispandering
By Jose Jimenez, Pocho Ñews Service Since the election, all the cool guys want to be Latinos and maybe you do too, Mr. White, Non-Hispanic-American. We understand, but we want to […]
Modern Macho: Bigotiembre (Movember)
By Claudio Alberto Cortes, Gozamos Emiliano Zapata, Vicente Fernandez, Pedro Infante, Salvador Dali, Cantinflas, and Teddy Roosevelt. All famous mustached men, all icons, and torch holders of the ideals held […]
Movie Review: Steven Spielberg’s ‘Lincoln’
By Gabrielle Bondi, The Young Folks For the past several years, Steven Spielberg’s films haven’t excited me as much as they used to. Despite its Best Picture nomination, last year’s War […]
Photo Collection: Immigrants as Superheros
By Angelina, Our Tiempo “Superheroes: Latino Immigrants Who Make New York,” is now on display at Columbia University. Photographer Dulce Pinzón has captured images of New York immigrants who daily […]
Five Reasons Why Rolling Stone’s “Latino” Issue Misses Mark
By Julito, Latino Rebels The current wave in marketing has agencies everywhere telling brands that if you don’t go “Latino,” you will miss out on the NEXT BIG THING. So in […]
Old News: Few Latinos in Mainstream News
By Yessenia Gutierrez, Being Latino Recently The Huffington Post’s Roque Planas reminded us yet again of the lack of diversity at major newspapers — a topic regular readers are well aware of. […]