Chispa and GreenLatinos Want to Help You Foster Connections Based on Your Values
Chispa and GreenLatinos Want to Help You Foster Connections Based on Your Values
One thing that the over 366 million users worldwide can agree on is that — and there’s no surprise here — online dating can be tough. Finding the right match on apps like Tinder and Hinge can be hard when there are so many options and everyone’s out to make [...]
Friday Film Roundup: Guardians Vol. 3, Love Again, One Ranger, and More
Friday Film Roundup: Guardians Vol. 3, Love Again, One Ranger, and More
Welcome to LATINA’s Friday Film Roundup, our bi-weekly picks for the new movie releases on our radar. Weeks like these are always interesting. There is very clearly one movie on track to become the weekend’s biggest success, so much so that distributors are avoiding this Friday like the plague. [...]
Claudy’s Kitchen is a Small Latino-owned Business Fighting for Its Life
Claudy’s Kitchen is a Small Latino-owned Business Fighting for Its Life
For Claudia and Richard Berroa, owners of the Michelin-rated Claudy’s Kitchen, there is a concise motto that sums up their culinary success: “Hacemos comida que es buena, bonita, y barata.” A small Latino-owned take-out restaurant located on the upper boundary of the Bronx, where the 1 train ends and Westchester [...]
Trans Kids Need Our Support, 12-Year-Old Adelyn Shares Why
Trans Kids Need Our Support, 12-Year-Old Adelyn Shares Why
When Adelyn was 7-years-old, she would regularly pray for one thing before going to bed at night: that God would make her a girl after death. Now, at twelve, she is living openly as a transgender girl in South Texas. In a newly released video, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) [...]
The History of California’s Punjabi-Mexican Communities
The History of California’s Punjabi-Mexican Communities
In 2017, a video began to spread across Twitter and Facebook, capturing an “impromptu neighborhood dance party” that began when neighboring Punjabi and Mexican families in suburban Stockton, California, combined their respective house parties in the street. Clips of the party captured on cell phone were edited to show how [...]
Familial Bonds and Political Divides: 11 Brazilian Films to Watch
Familial Bonds and Political Divides: 11 Brazilian Films to Watch
Brazil — home of samba and João Gilberto, Rio de Janeiro’s Carnival and the revered Pelé, pão de queijo and the Amazon — is a vast country with a culture as lush as its jungles. Accordingly, the cinematic scene that has emerged from this fascinating country is unparalleled. Subsequently, o [...]
Op-Ed: If We Want Healthcare Equity, We Need to Get Radical
Op-Ed: If We Want Healthcare Equity, We Need to Get Radical
My life changed forever the day that my mother received her leukemia diagnosis. At least, I thought, Mama’s job will come through for her. For the decade prior, my mother had been working in health insurance. While we processed the difficult news, my family assumed that my mother’s job-secured healthcare [...]