The Sí, se puede spirit must mean Yes, we can progress together, so long as we hold ourselves accountable.

San Diego police are hunting for a gunman after a 64-year-old man was found shot to death yesterday on a sidewalk near ...

I love lowriders and the culture of Mexican American familia that is integral to them. Lowriders are amazing, extremely ...

The Latine context also impacts the intricacies of the story. In “Oedipus el Rey,” Jocasta is given a much more prominent, ...

Four leaders of the Brown Berets (from left, Fred Lopez, David Sanchez, Carlos Montes, and Ralph Ramirez) in 1968. Previously known as Young Chicanos for Community Action, the group advocated for ...

During a time not unlike the one that ignited the historic founding of Chicano Park, thousands of people turned out Saturday at the iconic gathering space to celebrate their culture, stoke their ...

Artists, filmmakers, and singers once championed Cesar Chavez as a hero. But now the late union organizer has been discredited — after revelations that he sexually abused two minors in the 1970s and ...

Decades after a pivotal moment in Chicano history, the Latino Theater Company is reaching back to the height of resistance movements in Los Angeles. “August 29,” a play set in 1990, centers on a young ...

Today marks the 55th anniversary of the Chicano Moratorium in Los Angeles: A peaceful protest by thousands of Chicanos against the Vietnam War that people who were there say ended in violence by law ...

55 years ago, young Chicano activists took to the streets to proclaim, “our fight is in the barrio, not Vietnam.” Their protest still resonates to this day. An image from the 1971 film Chicano ...

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It’s music that has defined a movement. Chicano music broadly encompasses various musical styles created by Mexican Americans, often reflecting themes of cultural identity, resistance, and the Chicano ...