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Guate Gualan has been open since 2015. Photo: Guate Gualan.
Business
Without any authentic Guatemalan restaurants in city, Veronica Lopez opened one in the heart of North Philly
By Tiffany Rivera

Guate Gualan in North Philly is a family business full of love for their country’s cuisine.

Photo: Office of Governor Andrew Cuomo
Politics
It’s time for Andrew Cuomo to face the music
Semper Utilities' CEO, Mike Diaz, has more than 30 years of experience in the utility industry with work in distribution, transmission and subway utilities. Harrison Brink
Entrepreneurs
The Wiz Behind Semper Utilities

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Photo: Office of Governor Andrew Cuomo
Politics
It’s time for Andrew Cuomo to face the music
Secretary Mayorkas is spearheading FEMA’s collaboration with the City of Philadelphia to open the city’s first mass-vaccination site. Photo: Nigel Thompson/AL DÍA File
Politics
DHS Sec. Mayorkas, FEMA join Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney to unveil Convention Center Vaccination Site
Robert Unanue giving a speech at CPAC. Photo: Getty Images
Politics
Goya’s CEO is still peddling false election claims
Workers across the country held demonstrations in support of Bessemer warehouse employees. Photo: Jason Redmond/Getty Images
Politics
Biden, other members of Congress join the fight for unionization at Amazon’s Bessemer warehouse
Miguel Cardona was nominated as President Joe Biden's Education Secretary in Dec. 2020. Photo: Devin Leith-Yessian/ Berlin Citizen/ Record-Journal via AP.
Politics
Dr. Miguel Cardona officially confirmed as the second-ever Latino Secretary of Education
DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas laid out a potential pathway to citizenship for reunited families separated under the Trump administration at a press conference on March 1. Photo: Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images.
Immigration
Families separated under Trump will be allowed to stay in the U.S.
Photo: Juntos Facebook page
Politics
Juntos launches its Sanctuary School campaign as the district sets March 8 as its new reopening date
Artwork by Meg Lemieur/Shut Down Berks Coalition
Politics
Families at Berks County Detention Center released, now the entire facility should close
President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill passed the House early Saturday morning. Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images.
Politics
The House passed Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill. What’s next?

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The movie would face the identity of Jaime Reyes, the third bearer of the Blue Beetle's powers. PHOTO: IGN
Film & Television
Blue Beetle: all set for the Latino superhero's solo film
A syncretic album but with a whole universe of references to the cosmos of Afro-Brazilian rhythms, which doesn't renounce to the most absolute modernity of jazz formats. PHOTOGRAPHY: Blue Note
Music
Joe Chambers echoes Brazilian jazz in 'Samba de Maracatu'
Juliet Menéndez. Photo: Luis de León Díaz.
Literature
'Latinitas,' 40 amazing Latina dreamers who made history
Photo: Joao Leopoldo Padoveze en Flickr. 
Social
Racial capitalism and 'Dixie' music: Brazil's last confederates
"Pop is a parasite of all genres that needs to stick to others and then goes on its way. Pop is like a black hole and absorbs everything around it." PHOTOGRAPHY: Composition / Al Día News
Music
El Chombo and The Death of Reggaeton,'Pop is like a black hole and absorbs everything around it'
La serie de tres partes empezó a rodarse en Chile a inicios del año 2020. Photo: Isabel.
Film & Television
Isabel Allende's 'vices and virtues' to become an HBO series
Chinese-American director Chloe Zhao shined yesterday by winning Best Film and Best Director with the social film Nomadland. PHOTO: NBC
Film & Television
The Golden Globes of 'Schrödinger', when diversity is both dead and alive
Nomadland está dirigida por Chloe Zhao y protagonizada por una espléndida Frances McDormand. 
Literature
The true story behind 'Nomadland,' the Golden Globes' winner movie
Johnson & Johnson's one-shot COVID-19 vaccine was developed by the company's pharmaceutical arm, Janssen. Photo: TIME.
Health
FDA approves Johnson & Johnson’s one-shot COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use

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The School District in Santa Ana is providing free meals for its students. http://digitalpromise.org/
Leaders
Santa Ana Unified School District workers in California are providing free meals to local children in need
Guate Gualan has been open since 2015. Photo: Guate Gualan.
Business
Without any authentic Guatemalan restaurants in city, Veronica Lopez opened one in the heart of North Philly
Semper Utilities' CEO, Mike Diaz, has more than 30 years of experience in the utility industry with work in distribution, transmission and subway utilities. Harrison Brink
Entrepreneurs
The Wiz Behind Semper Utilities
Brooke and Jim Higgins moved from Boston to Philly to open Sweet Lucy's Smokehouse in Northeast Philly. Photo: Sweet Lucy's Smokehouse.
Business
How Sweet Lucy’s Smokehouse in Northeast Philly kept delivering savory North Carolina BBQ amid COVID-19
The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity is an annual celebration of the best in creative communication. Photo: Cannes Lions
Business
Hear that roar? U.S. Hispanic advertising agencies are on the rise at the Cannes Lions
Mike Strauss opened his BBQ joint over four years ago in East Passyunk. Photo: Philly Inquirer.
Business
How Mike’s BBQ in South Philly has kept the smokers churning through a pandemic
The unique eatery offers coffees and bike repairs: Photo: Kayuh Bicycles and cafe
Business
How Henry Sam, owner of Kayuh Bicycles and Cafe, kept his business riding amid the COVID-19 pandemic
Afro-Latinos are a major reason why the Latino cohort as a whole has major economic effects. Graphic: Hispanic Star
Business
U.S. Afro-Latinos would rank among the top 25 economies in the world
Dinorah Márquez started her non-profit program in the fall of 2002. Photo: jsonline.com
Non Profits
“From Mariachi to Mozart”, this program shows Latino children the art of classical music through virtual concerts

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Leaders
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Father Nelson, Finding New Hope for Philadelphia
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Social
Philly becomes the country's celebration center as Joe Biden wins
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