Raizado Festival: The Latinx House Plants its Roots in Aspen
Raizado Festival: The Latinx House Plants its Roots in Aspen
Among its incredible vistas and high-alpine charm, Aspen, Colorado is also known to be expensive and inaccessible to most. The Raizado Festival is looking to change that. The premise of the festival is simple: to bring together Latino changemakers and to uplift the workers who often [...]
New Music Picks: Kenia Os, Selena Gomez, Omar Apollo, and More
New Music Picks: Kenia Os, Selena Gomez, Omar Apollo, and More
Welcome to LATINA’s weekly roundup of the best new music. This week’s list includes the return of Selena Gomez, the latest Latin pop bop from Kenia Os, and Omar Apollo's ode to his coming out story. Also on the list: the emergence of Mexican act Latin Mafia, Feid's feel-good song, [...]
Melissa Lucio Deserves to Go Home
Melissa Lucio Deserves to Go Home
A little over a year before Casey Anthony caught national attention in 2008 for allegedly murdering her young daughter Caylee, a woman named Melissa Lucio was fighting for her life in a Brownsville, Texas police interrogation room. Cameron County Sheriffs had accused Lucio of murdering her two-year-old daughter Mariah, the [...]
Human Rights Activist Cesar Espinosa Fights for Immigrant Families
Human Rights Activist Cesar Espinosa Fights for Immigrant Families
At first glance, many might think Cesar Espinosa, 36, is too young to know much about immigration reform. Espinosa, who studied pre-law and political science at the University of Houston, has spent over a decade advocating locally and nationally in many public campaigns. He has fought for immigrant and student [...]
Argentina Is Doubling Down On its Lithium
Argentina Is Doubling Down On its Lithium
A three-part series exploring the current state of South America’s “Lithium Triangle,” comprising Bolivia, Argentina, and Chile. We explore the challenges each country faces in successfully mining and monetizing “The New Oil.” The three countries inside South America’s Lithium Triangle represent a spectrum of success in extracting and commercializing the [...]
This Week’s New Music Releases: Arca, Omar Apollo, Karol G, and More
This Week’s New Music Releases: Arca, Omar Apollo, Karol G, and More
Welcome to LATINA’s weekly round-up of the best new music. This week’s list features Colombian superstar Karol G taking "Un Viaje" with Jotaerre, Venezuelan producer Arca's mind-blowing "Cayó" music video, and Omar Apollo's debut album "Ivory." The most recent Latin Grammy winner for Best New Artist, Juliana, teams up with [...]
Jeanne Córdova: Trailblazing Chicana Lesbian Feminist Activist
Jeanne Córdova: Trailblazing Chicana Lesbian Feminist Activist
Born in 1948, Chicana feminist activist Jeanne Córdova devoted her life to advocating for lesbians and women of color in the United States. She was a key organizer of the first national lesbian publication, The Lesbian Tide, which began publication in 1970; the first National Lesbian Conference in 1973; and [...]