Editor's Pick Spotlight
On Thursday, December 4, the Latin Grammy-nominated artist Ángela Aguilar returned to Los Angeles to deliver an outstanding performance at the…
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Los Angeles-based photojournalist and writer Zaydee Sanchez has received the prestigious $100,000 American Mosaic Journalism Prize for her pow…
Last month marked 79 years since the Zoot Suit Uprisings in L.A, which involved numerous violent confrontations between young Latinos/as and Chicanos/as against police officers, deputy sheriffs and members of the armed forces, including Marines and sailors, which were most often instigated by the latter. Chicanos like Trujillo had served in the military in high numbers, but many servicemen viewed Pachucos as World War II draft dodgers, according to History.com. Trujillo’s work flips the script and reveals Pachucos for the Latino cultural heroes they are.
Many say Cinco de Mayo, the celebration of the defeat of French forces in Mexico in 1862, is more of an American excuse to party than to celeb…
But some of us, well, we had it in us to feel a moment of pride. We remember the old stories about how Mexico stood up to and eventually defeated the Second French Empire at the Battle of Puebla in 1862. The French sent ferocious combat forces. Some Mexican fought with machetes and pitch forks. The impossible was made possible.