How Has 40 Years Of The Drug War Affected Latinos?

[Editor’s Note: This column is written by Lalo Alcaraz, a cartoonist, artist and creator of the first nationally syndicated, politically themed Latino daily comic strip, “La Cucaracha.”] It’s been 40 years […]

The Two Marco Rubios On Immigration Who Are We Celebrating On Father’s Day? Texas Anti-Immigrant Bill Is Filled With Inconsistencies Socialist Dreams And Beauty Queens: Arriving In Venezuela  

[Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt from “Socialist Dreams and Beauty Queens: A Couch Surfer’s Memoir of Venezuela” by Jamie Maslin from Skyhorse Publishing.] Caracas, Venezuela — Dawn had […]

By Melissa Pitts Making mole can be a long and often frustrating journey. It often takes several different specialty food stores, a few days, and the criticism that it doesn’t […]

Port-au-Prince, Haiti — Considering the conditions in the camp, it was no surprise that cholera reigned rampant mere months later. Cholera spreads in areas with inadequate treatment of sewage and drinking […]

By Efrain Nieves & Victoria Cepeda Often times we witness or read stories about individuals that were ahead of their era.  The saying goes “inquisitive minds want to know”  and, for […]

On May 23 of this year, two bulldozers and two truckloads of armed men arrived at Delmas, a self-governed district inside the capital of Port-au-Prince. Within minutes, the armed men […]

If you didn’t read our post last week about an analysis from Pew Hispanic Center that divvied up the Latino population in the U.S. into ethnic sub-groups, here it is again […]

Named after the Havana institution, Buena Vista Social Club brought back the sounds of 1940s Cuba in a critically acclaimed album and Oscar-winning documentary. The album by this ensemble of […]

By Efraín Nieves There has been some criticism towards President Obama’s future visit to Puerto Rico.  For example, Juan Gonzalez of the New York Daily News titled his article “President Obama’s upcoming […]