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Puerto Rican Poet Elisabet Velasquez’s Debut Novel is Raw and Painfully Real

Shayne Rodriguez ThompsonSeptember 20, 2021September 21, 2021

by Shayne Rodriguez ThompsonSeptember 20, 2021September 21, 202103842

Puerto Rican poet Elisabet Velasquez has penned her first novel and it’s a fast-paced roller coaster of a read that will hit home for many. Elisabet is a Brooklyn-born Nuyorican and mom-of-two who writes about what she knows best: her...

News and Entertainment

Jennifer Lopez Joins Skydance to Adapt Rodgers & Hammerstein Musical Catalog for TV & Film

Virginia IsaadJuly 14, 2021

by Virginia IsaadJuly 14, 202104484

Jennifer Lopez is a multi-hyphenated superstar and now the singer-dancer-actress is bringing the Concord catalog of musicals that includes the works of Rodgers & Hammerstein, among others to TV and film. The deal between Skydance and Nuyorican Productions from JLo...

Culture

Angel Aviles is “Too Happy to Be a Sad Girl”

V. Alexandra de F. SzoenyiDecember 8, 2020December 10, 2020

by V. Alexandra de F. SzoenyiDecember 8, 2020December 10, 2020010065

Angel Aviles is a fixture in Latinx pop culture. Her character of Sad Girl in the 1993 cult classic, Mi Vida Loca, repping the tough-as-nails East L.A. chola, has lived on. Although she isn’t acting much these days, Aviles has...

Culture

15 Famous Latinxs Who Hail from New York

V. Alexandra de F. SzoenyiSeptember 20, 2019July 29, 2020

by V. Alexandra de F. SzoenyiSeptember 20, 2019July 29, 2020011725

September 21 is National New York Day, where we celebrate the state that gave us hip-hop, Broadway, the best bagels and (arguably) pizza in the nation, chicken and waffles, teddy bears, toilet paper, hot dogs, air conditioning, frozen hot chocolate,...

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27 Times Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Has Tweeted the Truth

V. Alexandra de F. SzoenyiJuly 21, 2019August 3, 2020

by V. Alexandra de F. SzoenyiJuly 21, 2019August 3, 202004977

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez didn’t run for office to be meek and silent. She is part of the wave of Democratic politicians who decided to be the change they wanted to see in America. And change involves speaking the truth so...