Watch the video on Rising Up with Sonali Thousands of Puerto Ricans marching on Las Americas expressway calling for Puerto Rican governor’s Ricardo “Ricky” Antonio Rosselló Nevares resignation following the leaked of private chats, on Monday July 22, 2019. FEATURING ROSA CLEMENTE – Mass protests continued in Puerto Rico on Monday, a day after embattled
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Co-hosted by award-winning journalists Maria Hinojosa and Julio Ricardo Varela, IN THE THICK has the conversations about race, identity and politics few people are discussing or want to discuss.
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A growing community of young, black, and indigenous people are questioning the very identity underpinning Hispanic Heritage Month. By Miguel Salazar in The Nation Featuring Amanda Alcántara is a Dominican journalist and digital media editor at Futuro Media Group. Daniel Alvarenga is a Salvadoran journalist and a video producer at AJ+. Rosa Clemente is
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The Guardian honors the impact of 200 living individuals who best embody the work and spirit of Frederick Douglass for his Bicentennial celebration.
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Dead Prez blazed into hip hop in 1998 with the politically-charged single, “It’s Bigger Than Hip Hop.” Their Let’s Get Free album spoke about Black self-determination in a way no one else was doing at the time, in hip hop or out. They were signed to Loud Records, but got screwed when Loud closed its
Algo interesante me pasó ayer. Alguien me dijo que no soy Negra.
Lee este artículo en español. Yesterday, an interesting thing happened to me. I was told I am not Black. The kicker for me was when my friend stated that the island of Puerto Rico was not a part of the African Diaspora. I wanted to go back to the old skool playground days and yell:
An open letter in response to Peter Noel’s article, “The Minster vs. the Mogul” which appeared in the Village Voice on April 25th, 2001: http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0117/noel.shtml Dear Russell: Here is a new flash, as quiet as its been kept YOU ARE NOT HIP-HOP! You didn’t know? Many of us have this conversation about you and others in the industry like
