Latino Gang Profiled African Americans In LA
Latino Gang Profiled African Americans In LA
The Azusa 13 gang in the San Gabriel Valley, east of LA, systematically targeted African-Americans in that community with the aim of running them out of town, according to a […]
Celebrating American Holidays With My Mexican Father
As a child, my father would always take my sister and I to the front door and repeat his favorite saying, “No me importa lo que diga Tom Bradley ni […]
I’ll Never Understand Surprise At Stereotypes In The Movies
I remember when the groundbreaking film “Beverly Hills Chihuahua” first came out, there was outrage. Lots of it, insisting that it was somehow a discredit to Latinos everywhere. Personally, I […]
Villaraigosa, Others Skip $15 Million In Parking Tickets
[Editor’s Note: The following is an op-ed from the Mexican American Political Association and is shared with permission.] By Magdalena Barela I’m not an aspirant of a Gold Card, and I […]
New Museum Opens In East LA
A new museum has opened on the East Los Angeles College campus, courtesy actor Vincent Price, who donated 2,000 works of art to the recently opened Vincent Price Museum of Art […]
The Hot, Sweaty Summer Of Richard Ramirez
The summer of 1985 was a particularly hot one — and not just because of the weather. Everyone forced themselves to suffer the indignity of staying indoors. After all, there […]
The Birth, And Death, Of My Chicano Activist Career
If the death of Cesar Chavez in 1993 ushered my rebirth as a Chicano, then the Zapatista uprising of 1994 only cemented it. Before that moment, I considered myself to […]
A 2011 Reading Of “The Revolt Of The Cockroach People”
I remember the first time I read Oscar Zeta Acosta’s super-Chicano novel, “The Revolt Of The Cockroach People.” I was in eighth grade, during silent sustained reading, and happened to […]
Jotería Art Project Examines Latino Sexuality With Humor
Imagine La Malinche as a feminist — or El Valiente as a woman who’s coming out — or better yet, imagine La Rosa as a girl with pink hair. These […]
Help A Latina Filmmaker Highlight Love, Family In New Movie
Aurora Guerrero is a movie writer and director who has a lot to say — but she needs your help. The Latina filmmaker, daughter of Mexican immigrants and San Francisco […]
