For Quiara Alegría Hudes, the recent news that she had won a Pulitzer Prize last month was shocking. “It was so far from my radar of anything that would possibly be happening in my life,” said Hudes, who lives in Washington Heights in Upper Manhattan. “It gives me permission to keep doing what I’m doing, […]
Read moreKelly From the Block
Here’s a photo of New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly with Jennifer Lopez at the 32nd annual New York City Police Foundation gala, from this slideshow of the commish’s increasing social activities. This of course in the context of rumors that the 70-year-old Kelly might make a run at the mayor’s office once Bloomberg’s term […]
Read moreThe Beauty of the Beasties
Somewhere on 6th Street in the mid-1980s a siren dressed in white played me a scratchy tape of “Cookie Puss”; she thought it was the funniest thing she’d ever heard and sensed that someday everyone would hear that crazy noise she could claim as her own. She had a baby bump from a local Rastaman […]
Read moreGirls and the Absence of Color
Been noticing all the hype about the new HBO series Girls, most notably the “controversy” about the all-white casting. Have to admit I’ve only seen one episode, the first one, and I found it remarkably tedious, although this is part of an aesthetic that has been referred to as mumblecore in the past. One good thing […]
Read moreColombian Cover-up
This is Dania Suárez, from Cartagena, Colombia and if you’ve been reading the Daily News or some other tabloid lately you’ve seen her picture several times by now. She is the sex worker at the center of the Secret Service prostitution scandal, which has since branched out into the El Salvador prostitution scandal and the Brazil prostitution […]
Read more¿Quién Es George Zimmerman?
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 […]
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