Our Monster in Panama
A little reminder after the death of “our man in Panama,” Manuel Noriega.
Lempira and the Eagle
The early history of Central America, told through verse
Black Is Black
A passage from Du Bois underscores the lie dividing Black Americans from their Afro-Latino cousins.
The Confederate States of Latin America
How Mexico and the rest of Latin America nearly became one huge slave plantation for the South
Beauty Is Politics
It’s no mystery why beauty pageants, cosmetics and plastic surgery are booming industries not only in Venezuela but wherever concealer and rhinoplasties are sold.
Why Latino Lit Isn’t Progressive
Reading Latino literature, you’d think everyone either lives in a shack in the desert or a bohío in the jungle and that there are dirt roads everywhere, zero medical clinics, and zero schools or universities.
Let’s Do This With Music: New Beginnings Playlist
“Yo no creo en fronteras, yo cruzaré, yo cruzaré, yo cruzaré…” – Las Cafeteras
Narco-State of Mind
This is gritty journalism.
