The Short, Sad Ballad of Tapatío Hot Sauce

[Editor’s Note: Author Oscar Barajas works in Los Angeles and will be writing dispatches for us from East LA.] I have grown up and spent most of my life in […]

Five Chicana artists will be part of an exhibit, “ChicaChic: The New Wave Of Chicana Art” for the next few weeks. The show runs at the California Institue of Integral […]

“You don’t look Mexican” is something I hear a lot. I hear it from whites, African-Americans, Asians, Mexican nationals, Latinos from Latin America, just about everyone. Of course, in polite […]

[Editor’s Note: This story, written by David Martin Davies, was originally published by the Texas Observer] EVERY YEAR, AROUND FEB.19, a crowd of tourists gathers in front of the Alamo to […]

Latinas want big butts and boobs, according to a story about ethnic plastic surgery by The New York Times. What’s different about the new wave of almost post-recession plastic surgery […]

The reviews are in for “The Real Housewives of Miami” and, well, they’re not good. The Miami Herald’s Glenn Garvin gave a less-than-glowing review of the show, which apparently had […]

Rubén Salazar was a journalist critical of the powers that be in Los Angeles when he was hit in the head with a gas canister fired by a Los Angeles […]

There is little known about the origin of the national Chicano movement – where it started, how it started, what brought about the discontent that resulted in the creation of […]

Just because you weren’t there when El Chicano came onto the music scene, doesn’t mean you can’t appreciate their awesome music. The band came from Los Angeles and combined all […]

[Editor’s Note: Teresa Garza writes a very cool movie blog called Checalamovie. She’s from Monterrey, Mexico, and is currently based in Los Angeles where she has awesome access to the […]