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Bailes Are Back — And the New Generation Is Making Sure They’re Inclusive

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As Trump Threatens Mexicans, Their Firefighters Are Battling LA’s Wildfires

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Latina-Fishing is Rampant on TikTok — & It’s a Problem

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Love Island USA Season 6 Reproduced The Same, Tired Spic...

Until recently, tropes to depict Latinas were exclusively reserved for film and scripted television. But if you’ve seen season six of Love Island USA, yo

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As a Kid, I Hated Sending Clothes Back Home — Now It’s My W...

In 2003, before I had an iPod, my uncle gave me a CD player for Christmas. With this heavenly gift, I could escape my parents’ screaming matches as I sou

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Mexican Regional Connects Me With Family Despite Physical & Cultu...

The phrase “ni de aquí, ni de allá” — Spanish for “not from here, nor from there” — has echoed in my mind for as long as I can remember. I

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Enter the Luxurious World of Chicane Lowrider Culture

Following a family of four, I shuffle into the Anaheim Convention Center for The Takeover, an annual car show displaying and celebrating the sickest lowrid

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A Cundina Is the Mexican Version of Mutual Aid — Here’s How to St...

For the last decade, Gina Lara has spent almost every Friday evening collecting envelopes filled with about $100 in them, later using the money to deliver

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How 1960s Chicana Cheerleaders Led the Charge for Civil Rights In...

More than 50 years ago, Chicana teenager Diana Palacios wanted to be part of the cheerleading team at her high school in Crystal City, Texas. Despite havin

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Señoras, Stop Asking When I’m Having Kids — I’m No...

There’s the saying, “Always a bridesmaid, never a bride.” Well, for me, playing with my Cabbage Patch Kid as a child, I was always the ba

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