Hip-Hop’s 50th: The Latinos Who Shaped the Genre
Hip-Hop’s 50th: The Latinos Who Shaped the Genre
Hip-hop turns 50-years-old on August 11. In honor of the special anniversary, we're highlighting ten Latino rappers who hold an important place in hip-hop history. The list includes pioneers like Kid Frost, Mellow Man Ace, Lisa M, and Ivy Queen during her days with The Noise. Also, there’s rap stars [...]
Your Guide to This Summer’s SoCal Art Scene
Your Guide to This Summer’s SoCal Art Scene
This summer in the Southern California art scene we see a focus on both nurturing homegrown talent and contextualizing international artists’ work within the zeitgeist. Across museums and galleries, there is an emphasis on revisiting overlooked or flattened narratives in favor of plural histories and perspectives. Caps embellished with shards [...]
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 [...]
How Michelle Badillo Defied Her Own Barriers
How Michelle Badillo Defied Her Own Barriers
When Michelle Badillo reluctantly agreed to attend college, she told her mother that she would become a screenwriter. Badillo had the intention of alarming her mother; she did not anticipate that her mother would fully support her decision and pay for it, too. “I was an idiot,” Badillo laughs from [...]
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 [...]
Fred ‘Focus’ Lavergne Creates For His Community
Fred ‘Focus’ Lavergne Creates For His Community
Though we were originally supposed to meet at his office in Mott Haven, director Fred 'Focus' Lavergne and I ended up talking at his Bronx apartment, a modest, minimalist duplex. Lavergne, who is Dominican and Black, is the CEO of Spacedog, a production company most well-known for directing Nike’s Air [...]