George Zimmerman, acusado del asesinato del joven Trayvon Martin en un pueblo bastante desconocido: Sanford, Florida, ha provocado un análisis sobre “la raza latina” en Estados Unidos. El tema racial ha protagonizado desde siempre el drama principal de los Estados Unidos. El conflicto entre blancos y negros, sea un conflicto violento o una mera competencia […]
Read moreOzzie Guillén Has Been Saying Weird S**t Since Forever
Many moons ago I traveled to Chicago to do a feature story on Ozzie Guillén, largely because I noticed how popular he was every time he came to Yankee Stadium. Bush Sr. was president, the White Sox were still playing in the amazingly dreary Comiskey Park, and it was 87 degrees and sticky for three […]
Read moreBabygirl World Premiere At Tribeca Film Fest!
For all of you interested in independent film and Latino subject matter, I’m suggesting you check out Babygirl, which has its world premiere next Thursday, April 19th as part of the Tribeca Film Festival. I served as Musical Director for the film and helped out in other areas. The film’s main characters are New York […]
Read moreDEPORTES: MELO’S BONITA BANDERA
While it’s been written about or alluded to here and there, Carmelo Anthony’s Puerto Rican identity is not one of his most celebrated aspects. In fact he has been more recently been saddled with the tag of “selfish ball-stopper,” the anti-hero of a racially tinged drama called “Pass First vs. Iso-Melo.” The jury is still […]
Read morePolicy Wonk Special: Latinos and the Philanthropic Agenda
Latinos and the Philanthropic Agenda: The Foundation Center/HIP’s Hispanic “One Percent” Report By Ed Morales (April 3, 2012) Special to The NiLP Network on Latino Issues It hasn’t been easy adjusting to our increasingly “free” society, where federal entitlements are called handouts, and the common good must always be stamped by a corporate logo. As […]
Read moreKickin’ It En Español: American Music Legends Look South of the Border (Again)
The news dropped earlier this month that two giants of English-language pop music, Bob Dylan and Smokey Robinson, were planning to incorporate something of a Latin tinge in their upcoming albums. The Dylan rumor comes from a report in the Aspen Times that David Hidalgo, a Mexican-American guitarist for the East L.A. band Los Lobos, […]
Read moreGeraldo Rivera Shows True Colors
It’s not like this hasn’t been a long time coming, particularly if you followed Geraldo’s late-night show on CNBC during the OJ Simpson trial, where notorious conservatives like the tag team of Joe Di Genova and Victoria Toensig were regular blowhards. This pattern was repeated during the Bill Clinton-Monica Lewinsky affair, this time helping to […]
Read moreHuffington Post Latino Voices Game-Changer
Huffington Post Latino Voices Still Strikingly Inane Just yesterday we got new revelations about how the Latino vote will affect this year’s presidential election: Cuban-Americans now make up the majority of Latinos in the U.S.! In this March 19th post by Sarah Gates, she reveals how Eva Longoria, in her new role as political spokesperson […]
Read moreMira que verde es mi isla
Yo te busco más allá de la espera Más allá de yo mismo Y te quiero tanto que ya no sé Quién de nosotros está ausente [Paul Éluard, traducción mía] It was an uneventful plane ride, but at least I hadn’t bothered to fetch my laptop out of my bag. There was a certain calm […]
Read moreMarco Rubio and the Politics of Nada
Marco Rubio is the most hyped Latino/Hispanic politician in America today. As a senator from Florida, he plays a much more visible role than, say, Luis Gutiérrez, a representative from Obama’s political home, Chicago. And despite the sporadic buzz about Puerto Rico governor Luis Fortuño as a possible player in the Republican Party’s attempt at […]
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