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Criselda Vasquez's parents posing in front of the artist's painting “The New American Gothic” (2017) (photo courtesy the artist) Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has detained the father and ...

One of the many tools of the farmworker movement in the 1960s was Teatro Campesino, a traveling theater troupe that told the plight of the farmworkers through “actos,” or short skits. Why it matters: ...

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — This spring, Chicana women throughout the metro will be celebrated at ¡Viva La Chicana! 2026. The event is hosted by Latinx Education Collaborative, RevED KC, and Chicano Center for ...

This post was updated March 19 at 10:45 a.m. UCLA’s Chicana/o studies department unanimously voted Wednesday afternoon to remove César E. Chávez from its name following sexual abuse allegations ...

Paramount Pictures has enlisted James Wan to direct its “reimagining” of “The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil.” Don Lee (Ma Dong-seok), the star of the original, critically acclaimed South Korean film, ...

WASHINGTON – The granddaughter of a bracero, who waited 50 days to take her seat in Congress, Rep. Adelita Grijalva stepped to the podium on the House floor and told her colleagues, "Our democracy ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Colorado drivers may soon notice a new license plate design brightening up vehicles across the state. With a bright orange, red and yellow background ...

"Those characters I played in 'Training Day,' in 'American Gangster' — it might look like they were close to me, and I could tell you they were, but I wasn’t no gangster," said Washington in a recent ...

Patssi Valdez, a Chicana artist drew inspiration from the activism in her community to pursue art. Patssi Valdez, an American Chicana artist raised in East Los Angeles, drew inspiration from the ...