It’s Not Easy Being Brown
From the health factors that make us COVID fodder and eugenics laws that try to limit our numbers, to the calls for a wall to keep us out, it takes cojones to be a Latino.
Transcending Through Actions: New Beats and Rhymes From Chile’s FreeLee Hernández
With the release of “Cuando Mueran Mis Ojos,” Chilean producer and beatmaker FreeLee Hernández shares a sample track off his next album, ‘Future.’
Book Review: Wild Tongues Can’t be Tamed: 15 Voices From the Latinx Diaspora’
It is from a germinal line about silencing those who resist stereotypes and restrictions placed on identity that Black Honduran author and founder of the Bronx is Reading, Saraciea J. Fennell, builds this remarkable anthology.
MANO’s Favorite Sounds of 2021 — Plus New Sounds for the New Year
The MANO Pasado y Presente Playlist tiene un poquito de todo—some of our favorites that dropped throughout 2021, pero also music from artists who have announced releases for 2022.
Favorite Films of 2021
I watched 145 films last year. But since I have yet to see some of the key titles released, I decided that this year, instead of a “Best Films of the Year” roundup, I would put together a list of my favorite films of 2021.
One Year After the Riot
One year after the bedlam on Capitol Hill, the nation is more divided than ever. But regardless of our political viewpoints, most of us recognize the significance of January 6.
A Look at Hermanos Gutiérrez and ‘Amor Profundo’
Music journalist Sandra Treviño speaks with Alejandro Gutiérrez of the Ecuadorian-Swiss band Hermanos Gutiérrez, to talk about their music and their newest single, “Amor Profundo.”
Political Tribes Are Forever
With politics becoming as rigidly a part of one’s identity as race or generation group, asking a conservative to vote Democrat is like asking them to drink kale smoothies while listening to NPR in their Prius.
Book Review: John Murillo’s ‘Kontemporary Amerikan Poetry’
John Murillo’s ‘Kontemporary Amerikan Poetry’ does what all great poetry should: it cuts into our lives, infiltrates all the spaces of our thinking.
Democracy on Life Support
When you let people who don’t believe in democracy take power, you get moves toward minority rule.
Film Review: Steven Spielberg’s ‘West Side Story’
For my money, this version of ‘West Side Story’ is far more definitive and richer than the 1961 version that has long haunted Puerto Ricans across the globe.
Holiday Gift Ideas for Latin Music Lovers
Some gift ideas that allow you and the music lovers in your life to listen to or learn about new music while supporting the artists who create it.