Draco Still Livin la Vida Loca

Draco Rosa: From Livin’ La Vida Loca to Beating Cancer                 By ED MORALES March 20, 2013 For a while Draco Rosa was losing his grip… Read More →

Iraq War: Ten Years After

This week is the 10th anniversary of the beginning of the Iraq War. There’s an exhaustive summary of the costs of the war by Brown University’s Watson Institute for International Studies here. It’s… Read More →

So What Is Love, Then?

It’s a beautiful mystery, at least it was/will be before and after the postmodern era.

Obama’s Immigration Speech Strong at Heart, But…

January 31, 2013 President Obama’s speech on immigration Tuesday was a significant demonstration that the second-term president has embraced a mandate that demands rights for marginalized people. By making the argument that America… Read More →

Sonia Sotomayor: An Ordinary Woman?

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor and Elana Kagan arrives on the West Front of the Capitol in Washington.(Win McNamee, Pool/AP Photo)  Jan. 25, 2013 Two days before Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor swore… Read More →

The Night We Became Nuyorican

On Saturday night, the masses descended on the corner of Cortland Avenue and 151st Street, because in the end, all of the Nuyorican nation (and honorary Nuyorican isleños) eventually comes home, this time… Read More →

A New Deal for Puerto Rico?

Eduardo Bhatia, René Pérez, and Carmen Yulín Cruz backstage at Calle 13?s December 15th concert. (Eduardo Bhatia) Jan. 18, 2013 On Monday night’s inauguration in San Juan’s Parque Luis Muñoz Marín, new mayor… Read More →

“On the Road” Burns the Candle on Both Ends

Sam Riley (left), Kristen Stewart (center), and Garrett Hedlund (right) in Walter Salles’ film version of Jack Kerouac’s classic novel, ‘On the Road.’ (Gregory Smith/Courtesy of IFC Films) Early on in Walter Salles and… Read More →

How a Puerto Rican Jew Jump-started Hip-Hop

The Ghetto Brothers in the studio, recording their only album, Power Fuerza, originally released in 1971. (Courtesy of Truth & Soul Records) It happened a little over 41 years ago, in the middle of a… Read More →

JR Smith’s Latin Flava

Apparently New York Knicks shooting guard J.R. Smith learned some salsa moves from his high school AAU basketball teammate, NY Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz. After hitting the game-winning shot vs. Charlotte Hornets… Read More →