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 Much like that outdated shop standing tall in...