Joseph I. Castro, grandson of Mexican immigrants and first-gen college grad named CSU Chancellor
09/25/2020 - 17:31
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Castro will be the first Mexican, first Latino, and first POC to lead the largest university system in the United States.
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Castro will be the first Mexican, first Latino, and first POC to lead the largest university system in the United States.
The historic Chicano Moratorium: Aztlan's warriors keep fighting for their rights 50 years later
08/28/2020 - 06:04
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Half a century has passed since the largest anti-war march by an ethnic group in the U.S. that was marked by police violence. What has changed after Black (& Brown) Lives Matter?
La histórica Moratoria Chicana: Los hijos de Aztlán continúan su lucha 50 años después
08/28/2020 - 05:38
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Se cumple medio siglo de la mayor marcha antibélica de un grupo étnico en U.S., marcada por la violencia policial. ¿Qué ha cambiado tras el Black (& brown) Lives Matter?
The largest and oldest Mayan monument in the world is discovered
06/10/2020 - 09:43
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This finding could prove that Mayan society was not as hierarchical as believed, but that community work existed.
The Tulsa Race Massacre: Past and Present of an Historical Shame
06/01/2020 - 11:49
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99 years after the Tulsa Massacre we are still not learning from history or compensating the victims of the tragedy.
The Tulsa Race Massacre: Pasado y presente de una vergüenza histórica
06/01/2020 - 11:49
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99 años después de la Masacre de Tulsa seguimos sin aprender de la historia ni compensar a las víctimas de la tragedia
"Against terrorist witchcraft!": Argentina experienced a witch-hunt, but in the 20th century
05/29/2020 - 11:37
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The magazines of the time talked about this "bad women troupe" performing secret rites and even they organised raids to arrest them.
The Alcatraz Sioux who became the voice of the Native Americans
03/25/2020 - 06:05
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Could a pirate radio program broadcast from Alcatraz have changed the Americans' view of a historical shame?
The Rainbow Coalition: An amazing interracial union in 1960s Chicago
01/15/2020 - 06:48
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When misery is commonplace, quarrels are set aside. This is the conclusion of a devastating documentary by Texas filmmaker Ray Santisteban, which PBS broadcast on January 27.
Pleibol: Latinos Who Changed the Culture of Baseball
01/14/2020 - 08:49
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From the 'barrios' to the Major Leagues, an unprecedented exhibition traces the Hispanic community's contribution to this national sport.
The Magic of Digital Archives
05/31/2019 - 13:25
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We live in a time of digital archives. With just one click, we access an overwhelming amount of information. But, traditional files are still important to keep our past intact. Budgetary constraints attached to that tradition are a threat to our political commitment to memory and history.
La magia de los archivos digitales
05/31/2019 - 13:25
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Vivimos en una época de archivos digitales. Accedemos a una cantidad apabullante de información con sólo un clic. Pero los problemas presupuestarios de los archivos tradicionales comprometen el compromiso político con la memoria y con la historia.
Spain's 1970s counter-culture brought out of the shadows for Madrid show
12/03/2018 - 11:02
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A new exhibition opened at the Reina Sofia Museum which features art and artists that were ignored during the 1970s.
Este actor no dejará que su hijo siga sin conocer la historia de los Latinos
08/24/2017 - 16:31
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El popular actor colombiano John Leguizamo regresará a Broadway, donde ha cosechado varios éxitos con sus monólogos, para llevar al escenario de Studio 54 su "Latin History for Morons", una sátira llena de humor que comienza el 19 de octubre, anunciaron hoy los productores.
Presenciar el Eclipse Total de Sol en Filadelfia
08/22/2017 - 10:45
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"Que la sombra de la luna caiga sobre un mundo en paz" – Frank Reynolds
“El General” y “Policía Asesino” es desfigurado en el mural del mercado italiano
08/22/2017 - 09:31
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Un nuevo día, un nuevo monumento al polémico Rizzo vandalizado en Filadelfia. Manifestantes de ambos bandos, a favor y en contra de este controvertido y corrosivo ex alcalde y comisario de policía de la ciudad, han sido convocados hoy para protestar frente a su estatua. Una de las manifestaciones tendrá lugar hoy lunes a las 4PM, mientras que la otra, convocada por los seguidores de Rizzo, ha sido denegada por el Ayuntamiento.
Witnessing the Total Solar Eclipse in Philadelphia
08/21/2017 - 17:56
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"May the shadow of the moon fall on a world at peace." - Frank Reynolds
"The General" and “Killer Cop” Defaced on Italian Market Mural
08/21/2017 - 12:20
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Another day, another controversial Rizzo monument vandalized in Philadelphia. Ralliers, both those in favor and those against the notoriously corrosive and prejudiced former police commissioner and Mayor, were set to protest today. One is set to occur at 4PM today, while the other, comprised of Rizzo's devotees, has been shut down by the City.
[OP-ED]: ¿Harán ahora perfiles étnicos de los blancos, como lo hacen del resto de nosotros?
08/21/2017 - 11:06
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Si es cierto, como algunos afirman, que por el aumento en la estridencia de los supremacistas blancos es aceptable mostrar prejuicios raciales, entonces los blancos comenzarán a sentir el dolor de ser asociados con un pequeño grupo radical de racistas extremos.
[OP-ED]: Will white people now be profiled, just like the rest of us?
08/21/2017 - 11:01
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If it’s true, as some assert, that the increased stridency of white supremacists has made it acceptable to show racial prejudice, then white people are going to start feeling the pain of being associated with a small, fringe group of over-the-top racists.
[OP-ED]: Marcelo: planet football’s best left back
08/18/2017 - 17:52
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Marcelo has always worked better with managers who are not tactically strict and allow him to move freely. The left back also benefits when having tough defensive midfielders on his side, currently Brazilian Casemiro, who covers him when he moves forward.
A Law that will fight hate
08/18/2017 - 12:24
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Congressman Adriano Espaillat (New York) and Rep. Dwight Evans of Pennsylvania have introduced a bill that will fight the resurgence of racial hatred in the United States.
El legado de Rizzo: ¿se merece una estatua?
08/18/2017 - 10:31
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El futuro de la estatua del polémico ex comisario de policía y alcalde Frank Rizzo está en el banquillo, especialmente después de las manifestaciones de la semana pasada en Charlottesville, Virginia, que empezaron como una protesta en contra de la retirada de un monumento al general Confederado Robert E. Lee.
The Legacy of Rizzo: Does He Deserve to be Commemorated in Bronze?
08/18/2017 - 10:25
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The future of a statue in the likeness of highly contentious former police commissioner and mayor Frank Rizzo is on the fritz, particularly after this past week’s rallies in Charlottesville, Virginia which began as a protest to keep a memorial to Confederate General Robert E. Lee from being removed.
37 die in clash between inmates, police at Venezuelan prison
08/17/2017 - 04:56
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As part of an effort to curb prison violence, the leftist government has imposed a militarized administration in roughly half of Venezuela's penal institutions. US Vice President Mike Pence said Monday in Cartagena, Colombia, that Venezuela is a failed state that threatens the security and prosperity of the entire hemisphere.