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María Rita Valdez, la mexicana descendiente de esclavos cuyas tierras se convirtieron en el opulento ...
Patricia Sulbarán, BBC News Mundo en Los Ángeles – Marzo 7, 2021 Antes de que Beverly Hills fuese una de las zonas residenciales más caras de Estados Unidos, una mujer hispano-mexicana y descendiente de esclavos fue la dueña de esas tierras. Se llamó María Rita Quintero Valdez Villa y, en ... -
Long Beach takes first steps in creating a Latino cultural district
By: Crystal Niebla, LB Post - March 3, 2021 Long Beach is looking to create a cultural district for Latinos that would serve as an economic hub for the city’s largest racial demographic. The new district, called El Mercado de Long Beach (“The market of Long Beach”), would be a ... -
Church known as a birthplace of LA's Chicano civil rights movement earns national recognition
The Church of the Epiphany in the 1960s became a center for the flourishing Chicano movement. Five decades later, it has earned a spot on the National Register of Historic Places. By Alejandra Molina, Religion News Service – February 8, 2021 LOS ANGELES (RNS) — Lydia Lopez was demonstrating in ... -
Despite sitting on billions, Catholic dioceses amassed $3 billion taxpayer PPP pandemic aid
By REESE DUNKLIN AND MICHAEL REZENDES, LOS ANGELES TIMES – FEB. 4, 2021 Scores of Roman Catholic dioceses in the U.S. had more than $10 billion in cash and other readily available funds when they received at least $1.5 billion from the nation’s emergency relief program for small businesses slammed by the ... -
Why a SF School’s Proposed Sale of Diego Rivera Mural Is So Controversial
By Nora McGreevy, SMITHSONIANMAG.COM – JANUARY 13, 2021 One of the oldest art schools in the country is currently in dire straits. Last year, the 150-year-old San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI) laid off dozens of employees and edged toward the brink of permanent shutdown. That fall, the University of California’s ... -
How do you move a $50 million Diego Rivera mural? An S.F. school hopes not ...
By JESSICA GELT, LOS ANGELES TIMES – JAN. 11, 2021 A Diego Rivera mural estimated to be worth $50 million has sparked outcry from artist Catherine Opie and others who worry that its owner, the financially troubled San Francisco Art Institute, might sell the work to keep its doors open. The ... -
Congress approves historic bill to create a national Latino museum
"We have overcome tremendous obstacles and unbelievable hurdles to get to this historic moment," said Sen. Bob Menendez, who co-sponsored the measure. By Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News – Dec. 21, 2020 Congress approved legislation Monday to start the process of creating a national Latino museum as part of a $900 ... -
CDMX es mi madre - González Iñárritu
Por: Eduardo Bautista, Chilango – 18 Diciembre 2020 Toda pasión colinda con lo caótico. Lo sabe cualquiera que se deja seducir por alguna forma de caos organizado. Algunos le llaman amor; otros, como Alejandro González Iñárritu, Ciudad de México. Solo un chilango reconoce en el concreto liberador de la jungla ... -
‘Amores perros’ 20 years later
By CARLOS AGUILAR, LOS ANGELES TIMES – DEC. 19, 2020 Given the choice, Alejandro González Iñárritu would have picked music over film as his preferred outlet of artistic expression. This truth, though surprising coming from one of the world’s most acclaimed directors, explains in part his storytelling sensibilities and his exhaustive ... -
‘Latinx’ hasn’t even caught on among Latinos. It never will
By Jose A. Del Real, Washington Post – Dec. 18, 2020 The term “Latinx,” modifying “Latino” and “Latina” to describe people in a gender-inclusive way, has become commonplace — in some quarters. Opponents of transphobia and sexism leaven their social media posts, academic papers and workplace Slack chats with the ...
