Coinciding with Hispanic heritage month, cable giant Comcast has brought back its on demand Xfinity Free View Latino programming, with all-access passes for customers for two weeks.
Millennialis are so tech-savvy and socially involved that they even use their smartphones and other mobile devices to enhance faith and inspirational experiences. Likewise, "plugged-in" Hispanics are expected to use tech and social media to document their experiences during Pope Francis' U.S. visit.
Alma P. Rodriguez, former educator and author of "Los Marmolejos: The Dance of the Alleles Vol. 1" is a novelist who is committed to sharing rich stories about family history, and passionate tales about the origin of identity.
Here are five facts that will help acquaint you with Pope Francis to better understand why his arrival and impending address to Congress gives cause for excitement.
As the curator of Latino art and history at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, Taína Caragol has been shining a spotlight on the contributions of U.S. Latinos in American history and links the historical interactions between Latin America and the U.S. through the 19th Century to the present.
Imagine a life spanning some of the most important events of the 20th century, working with three of arguably the most iconic artists of that century and creating images of important modernist architecture. This was the life of the photographer Pedro E. Guerrero.Largely unknown during his lifetime, Mr. Guerrero's life and work will be seen in a new documentary in partnership with "American Masters," and VOCES tonight on PBS.
It wasn’t that long ago the former drug addict and gang member faced a possible 35-year sentence. On Sunday, former Mexican gang member Richard Cabral could win an Emmy for his portrayal of Hector Tontz on ABC's "American Crime.
Happy 78th Birthday Orlando Cepeda! One of the greatest first baseman in Major League Baseball history turns 78 today. Orlando Cepeda has been retired for more than 40 years, but his greatness on the field will never be forgotten.
Jennifer De Leon, educator and author of "Home Movies" and "The White Space" has always loved stories. Since toddlerhood, she's loved listening to stories, writing them and telling them, and while her parents weren't educators or writers, they were great storytellers, who easily articulated warm stories about their home nation, Guatemala.
There are 600 new Latino teachers in the classroom this fall. There are 600 new Latino teachers in the classroom this fall. The newest crop of incoming teachers, trained by Teach for America, is spread out nationwide and represents 15 percent of the 4,100 teachers in the class of 2015, according to Jorge Santana, Managing Director for Programs at TFA.
"Preservation of one's own culture," Cesar Chavez once said, "does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures." For too long, we in America did not live by this golden rule. The official histories of our nation tended to exclude more people than they kept in. At the National Trust for Historic Preservation, we are working to remedy this deficit, and to engage with Americans from all backgrounds to help save and revitalize diverse places that matter.
As recently as 2006, around eight in 10 Latinos who were raised in the church and maintained the tradition as adults. According to the The Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA), a Catholic research center, this number has gone down to seven in 10 last year.
Many Latin Americans who were alive in 1973 will remember the date 9/11 for another reason Sept. 11 of course marks the terrible anniversary of the 2001 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center Twin Towers in New York City by al-Qaida.
Boston's segregation and racial division has had a widespread and unfathomable impact on the city's Hispanic residents who live in low opportunity neighborhoods and have very little access to healthy development resources.
Alejandro Morales, accomplished author and professor of Chicano/Latino studies at the University of California, is a covert speculative fiction novelist and a tireless employer of bilingualism in his prose.
While nearly just 16 percent of U.S. residents indicated they're bisexual, a whopping 31 percent of individuals under the age of 30 consider themselves something other than heterosexual, according to new research.
