El Mercadito Carrusel in Santa Ana unites the Latino community

El Mercadito Carrusel in Santa Ana unites the Latino community

By Baylee Maust – DailyTitan.com – Photo: Dominique Kaye Villamor | Daily Titan. El Mercadito Carrusel, or “the little carousel market” in English, is a food and craft festival named after the merry-go-round in downtown Santa Ana, which attracted...
Latino, Tucson History Told Through A Comic Book

Latino, Tucson History Told Through A Comic Book

By Paige Phelps, Mark Brodie, Lauren Gilger – KJZZ.org – Comic Book Image: J Gonzo. Comic Book Image: “La Voz de Mayo: Tata Rambo” by Henry Barajas. In early 1970s Tucson, Arizona, Ramon Jaurigue co-founded the Mexican, American, Yaqui and...
Cultural writer and Latino art advocate Ed Fuentes dies at 59

Cultural writer and Latino art advocate Ed Fuentes dies at 59

By – LATimes.com – Photo: Isabel Rojas-Williams | Courtesy. Photo: Cultural journalist Ed Fuentes poses in front of artwork by Colette Miller at the 2016 Los Angeles Art Show. Both Fuentes and his camera became fixtures of the downtown Los Angeles Arts...
Chasing Tijerina: “They Called Me King Tiger”

Chasing Tijerina: “They Called Me King Tiger”

By Molly Boyle – SantaFeNewMexican.com – Photo Not Credited. Photo: Reies Lopez Tijerina in 1969 at Ghost Ranch. In making a documentary about the controversial Tijerina, Mexican director Ángel Estrada Soto found that people who spent time with the...
What is a real Latino, American anyway?

What is a real Latino, American anyway?

By O. Ricardo Pimentel – ExpressNews.com – Photo: Charles Krupa /Associated Press. Photo: Julian Castro, former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and candidate for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. Are we assimilating too fast or...
Welcome to the Wild World of Tokyo’s Underground Lowrider Culture

Welcome to the Wild World of Tokyo’s Underground Lowrider Culture

By Ken Saito | Filed to: Lowrider Photo Not Credited. “No Music, No Life.” In the heart of Shibuya, home of Tokyo’s youth culture, there’s a massive multi-story Tower Records shop with that sign hung in the middle of it. Much like that outdated shop standing tall in...