By Los Angeles City Councilman Gilbert Cedillo (Ret.) Special to Brooklyn & Boyle Most people find the subject of redrawing political boundaries based on census data about as exci...
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A Christmas of RemorseAn audio story for the holiday season by Abel SalasOnce in a while, I like to remind myself that poetry can and does changes lives. It also saves them. This radio piec...
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Special to Brooklyn & Boyle by Hugo Merida, Chairman - Los Angeles Metro Hispanic Chamber of CommerceAs a Latino business leader in Los Angeles, I see that equity and inclusion for underserve...
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Photo: Avelardo Valdez By Avelardo ValdezI am in Mexican Hat, Utah, a way station along the San Juan River...
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Celebrate International Women’s Day, my charge. My fingers rebel, searching for something to celebrate. Viva la mujer? Can’t do empty platitudes. Or one-dimensional profiles...
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Late astrologer and iconic TV personality Walter Mercado is the subject of Mucho Mucho Amor a new Netflix documentary. By Alci RengifoFor the average Latinx millennial Walter Mercado was a consta...
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Salomón Huerta, Dr. Juan Gómez Quiñones, Oil on canvas, 2018 By Álvaro Huerta, Ph.D. Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE
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José Rizo (kneeling) leads a band called Mongorama in honor of legendary Mongo Santamaría. Photo by Dr. Andrea BruceBy Abel M. Salas Tranquil and dotted with the tall trees from which it ...
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Review by Patrick Fontes Mowing Leaves of GrassBy Matt Sedillo126 pp. Flowersong Press. $15www.flowersongpress.comIn Mowing Leaves of Grass Matt Sedillo gives us something special. More than...
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By William Alexander YankesOn August 11, 2020, a CNN-Chile TV caption announced an indigenous healer’s farewell to life: “Machi Celestino Envió Mensaje de Despedida: Será un orgullo dar la ...
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By Gil CedilloOne Saturday morning in late August 50 years ago, I finished my household chores early and slipped out of the house to meet some friends. We were going to the Chicano Moratorium Aga...
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By Dr. William Alexander Yankes We live in a scalding time of crisis, but it can be a good thing. Krisis is a Greek term meaning “threshold of transition for choice,” essentially an opportuni...
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East L.A. activists gatherat Atlantic Park to support BLM and oppose police brutality. Photo: Olivia Llanos By Aurelio Medina At 3:00 pm, on Sunday, June 7th, 2020; my girlfriend, a womyn friend ...
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Angelinos protest the death of George Floyd. Photo by Quran Shaheed, courtesy L.A. Sentinel By Alci Rengifo “Now is the time of the furnaces, and only the light can be seen”-- Jose Mart...
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Iglesia de Dios de la Profecia, where a police officer was caught beating a suspect on April 27th. Photo by J.N. Arias. By Jeremy Arias It was a hot afternoon. All week the humidity had dr...
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EDITORIAL OPINION by David Trujillo LOS ANGELES—This is about more than just the daily statistics, anxious review of we each, as fathers, and family member, conduct of the . It is about living ...
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By Shirlee Smith Boyle Heights - African Americans Were There, our organization, seeks to develop a historical perspective documenting the early arrivals and the continuous influx of our elders i...
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Deepak Ramapriyan on Convention Floor at NAMM 2020. Photo: Lori Gonzales By Lyzz Angeles If you’re a music industry aficionado and have never attended a music trade show, consider this f...
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Raquel Zamora seeks election to L.A. City Council as a representative of the 14th District. Editorial by Abel M. Salas Like María Cabildo, the East Side community advocate, visionary affo...
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Lys Pérez and José Alejandro Hernández in Let it Go, Esa by Mónica Pérez. Photo: Lorena Ortega. By Abel M. Salas Now in its eighth consecutive year and armed with an all-new slate of origina...
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