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STEFA*’s Origin Stories
When vocalist, composer and multi-media performance artist Stefa Marin Alarcon — also known as STEFA — takes the stage, it feels like walking through…
4 years ago
Lydia Cacho, a Journalist in Exile
Mexico is the most dangerous place for journalists in the world. And Lydia Cacho —a Mexican investigative journalist who worked in the country for ov…
4 years ago
An Unresolved Past
For this special Latino USA presentation of In The Thick, Maria and Julio are joined by Al Letson, host of Reveal and the new podcast series, “Missis…
4 years, 1 month ago
Healing Chimayó
Lupe Salazar is a grandmother in Chimayó, northern New Mexico on a mission to disrupt the cycle of opioid addiction and the trauma caused by it in he…
4 years, 1 month ago
Breaking Down Bedroom Pop
In the late 2010s, dreamy, nostalgic music produced from the homes of young, independent artists became hugely popular, especially online. This style…
4 years, 1 month ago
The English Learner Who Became Secretary of Education
For Dr. Miguel Cardona, growing up in a Puerto Rican household in Meriden, Connecticut —straddling two languages and two cultures— uniquely prepared …
4 years, 1 month ago
How I Made It: Las Cafeteras
Las Cafeteras are a band out of East LA that met while doing community organizing. They began playing at the Eastside Cafe, where they discovered Son…
4 years, 1 month ago
Reclaiming Our Homes
On March 14, 2020, Martha Escudero and her two daughters became the first of a dozen unhoused families to occupy one of over a hundred vacant houses …
4 years, 1 month ago
Flickering Fame
Latino USA presents another episode from the new season of Port of Entry, which focuses on artists and musicians who’ve turned pain into superpowers.…
4 years, 1 month ago
Gig Workers vs. Big Tech
How does technology affect labor? How are tech corporations like Uber and Lyft redefining what it means to be a worker in the United States?
Californ…
4 years, 1 month ago