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Texas’ current state poet laureate is Lupe Mendez, who helped “smuggle” books to Arizona in Librotraficante caravans. Source: Twitter

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Librotraficantes are Back

Smuggling books to Arizona in caravans.

March 15th, 2022

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Panoramic view of Buffalo, NY.

Empowering Latinos in NY

September 5th, 2023

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Oxford University Press

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Showing the Sacred

January 23rd, 2023

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Yosemite National Park.

Empowering Latino Culture

December 19th, 2022

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Courtesy Smithsonian Institution

Heritage and History

The Latino Footprint

June 27th, 2022

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María Rita Valdez era nieta de Luis Quintero Valdez, quien formó parte de las 11 familias reclutadas por el gobierno de España para fundar la ciudad de Los Ángeles. Photo: Getty Images.

Heritage and History

Valdez Boulevard?

March 15th, 2021

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La Iglesia de San José se inaugurará el 19 de marzo después de un proceso de restauración tan complejo como revelador. Photo: AP

Heritage and History

What the walls hide in PR

March 15th, 2021

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Photo: Carlos Moreno / KCUR.

Heritage and History

The "Other" Kansas

March 3rd, 2021

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Imagen de la marcha de la Moratoria Chicana contra la guerra de Vietnam en Los Ángeles. Photo: LA Times

Heritage and History

Streets full of memories

December 14th, 2020

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The popular actress joined the partisan group of legislators that introduced a bill Thursday to create an Smithsonian National American Latino Museum on the National Mall. They ask for an institution that recognizes Hispanic contributions to American history.

Orange is the New Black's…

June 16th, 2017