When you see a sugar skull, one thing probably comes to mind: Dia de Los Muertos. The skulls are decorated colorfully in honor of loved ones passed, and placed out on ofrendas. If you’re heading ...
Injustice is brewing in ICE detention: 43-year-old Cuban immigrant named Roylan Hernández Diáz died at The Richwood Correctional Center in Louisiana this month. He had no prior criminal background aside from his immigration charge. What’s ...
Saturday Night Live has had no shortage of material these last couple of years. Since Trump won the 2016 election, the live comedy show has had a plethora of material to play with. With the ...
Halloween is right around the corner, and while many of us are scrambling around for our costume, or materials to make one of our own, celebrities are getting ready for one of the biggest nights ...
As the saying goes, there are two sides to every story. It’s easy to assume that all members of any marginalized community all have the same viewpoints, but that couldn’t be further from the truth. ...
Día de los Muertos was brought to East Los Angeles in the 1970’s by the folks at Self Help Graphics and Art, as a way to enrich and reclaim Chicano identity. Since then, the celebration ...
Jose Antonio Vargas came to the U.S. at age 12, not knowing that he was in fact smuggled into the country illegally. Being undocumented played an emotional role in Vargas’s upbringing and caused him to ...
Immigrants from south of the border are willing to risk everything they have for a shot at making it to The United States. For some, especially those with very little money or resources, “La Bestia” ...
Let’s face it, Americans sometimes have a very interesting relationship with their bosses. Most of the time, you either love them or hate them. But whether your boss is the best boss in the whole ...
Youtube channel De mi Rancho a Tu Cocina (literally translating to “From my ranch to your kitchen”) started about a month ago and already has almost 1.4 million subscribers! The person responsible? Doña Angela, an ...
The millennial culture is different from generations prior by pretty much every way imaginable. Although any baby boomer will tell you we’re just a bunch of iced coffee drinking, avocado toast eating, industry killing genderless ...
A quintessential American breakfast will usually include some eggs, pancakes, bacon and sausage, a glass of orange juice and maybe even a coffee. But what does breakfast look like for the rest of the world? ...
Lorely Rodriguez, known by her stage name “Empress Of,” is an first generation Honduran-American singer, songwriter, musician and record producer. Rodriguez gained attention back in 2015 with her debut album Me. Urban Outfitters Television decided ...
Meet Sebastian Hernandez, an LA based performance artist who draws inspiration from their queer experience and puts it towards a multi-faceted art practice. In this inspiring video by Bese, they show us how the complexities ...
When you think of the word “halloween,” we can guarantee one thing comes to mind: candy. From sugary candy corn to caramel-covered candy apples, the American Halloween traditions are definitely not something that would make ...
Voodoo Music & Arts Experience, or Voodoo Fest, is a multi-day music and arts festival held in City Park in New Orleans, Louisiana. The festival began back in October of 1999 and has since seen ...
Have you ever had a traditional buñuelos? If not, it’s time for you to drop everything immediately. A buñuelo is a delicious fried dough ball or fritter, typically prepared around the Christmas holiday in many ...
Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is a celebration of life and death. The holiday originated in Mexico, but is celebrated in many Latin American countries all over the world. It is ...
Cacao is serious business in Oaxaca. It’s sold in all outdoor markets and there are even several international companies based in Oaxaca that are dedicated to selling cacao and chocolate products. It’s one of the ...
With the release of Joker on October 4th, star Joaquin Phoenix has been in the news quite a bit lately. Phoenix has had a pretty troubled life filled with everything from homelessness, to cults, to ...
The number of Latinx-owned small businesses is exploding at 3 times the national average. But most individual Latinx businesses aren’t growing at all. Twin brothers Kenny and Sean Salas wanted to change that by creating ...
Divorce court: it’s likely the worst place for any marriage to end up. It’s a showcase of a blow out battle of who said and did what, to who and why we ended up here. ...
Bartolina Sisa was probably one of the most badass Latinx women to ever exist. Not only did she realize the colonial systems worked against the indigenous and native people of upper Peru, but her and ...
Halloween is around the corner, which means we’ll blink and it’ll be Thanksgiving and then before we know it – boom – Christmas. Anybody with kids will understand the perils of keeping presents hidden until ...
Banks have be a standard part of American life since 1791. It’s our go to place to store money, receive our income payments, and get loans. But are banks still the best option? Credit Unions ...
Look, I know it’s still “early” to talk about travels for the holidays. But when it does come next month, that means a lot of us will be spending a considerable amount of time in ...
Choosing a career industry can be incredibly stressful. The pressure to decide what you want to do for the rest of your life can be almost crippling. So what can you do to make this ...
It’s October! The weather is getting cooler and crisper, the leaves are changing colors and falling off the trees and Halloween is right around the corner! What better way to celebrate fall than with some ...
The 90’s were a magical time. For those of us fortunate enough to grow up in an era free of the the internet and cell phones, we really understood the importance of television commercials. We ...
Latinxs are everything. They’re artists, journalists, war heroes, even contributors to some of the most important scientific discoveries in all of history. Take for example Latinx chemist Mario Molina. Molina was responsible for discovering the ...