Portrait Of: ‘Taina’ And The Love Of Nostalgia TV
In 2001, Nickelodeon started airing “Taina,” a show about a Latina teen who attends a performing arts high school in NYC and daydreams of being a star. While the show only lasted two seasons, …
In 2001, Nickelodeon started airing “Taina,” a show about a Latina teen who attends a performing arts high school in NYC and daydreams of being a star. While the show only lasted two seasons, …
This Valentine’s Day, Maria Hinojosa and Yesika Salgado talk about love, lust, and being a hopeless romantic. Yesika grew up in Los Angeles in a Salvadoran family, and she calls herself a fat, fly …
Every holiday season, you can’t help but sing along to the infectious melody of José Feliciano’s 1970 mega single, “Feliz Navidad.” But aside from the holiday hit, the Puerto Rican singer boasts an …
For seventeen years, Ornella Pedrozo thought of her mom’s detainment by ICE as her deepest, darkest secret. When she was four years old, her mother Violeta, who had fled the armed conflict in Peru, …
Known by many as “La Reina del Rock,” the queen of Latin American rock, Alejandra Guzmán has built a legacy for herself through her soulful performances and scandalous lyrics. Her famous Mexican …
Recently, a local blogger broadcast his discovery of a warehouse full of aid supplies in Ponce, Puerto Rico, through Facebook Live — reportedly from disaster relief after Hurricane María in 2017. …
The novel American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins was released this January with much anticipation. Oprah selected it to be part of her book club, writer Don Winslow called it, “a Grapes of Wrath for our …
Jessie Reyez is a Canadian-born singer of Colombian descent. Her soulful voice and brutally honest lyrics form part of her signature sound that has garnered her fans around the world. In this …
In December 2019, a congressional ban made cockfighting illegal in U.S. territories. Animal rights activists argue the sport is cruel and inhumane. But Puerto Ricans say cockfighting is an integral …
In the 1970s, a string of devastating fires would help make the South Bronx a symbol of urban decay. In her documentary “Decade of Fire,” co-director Vivian Vázquez Irizarry, who grew up in the …