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San Judas Tadeo: Patron Saint of Every Latino W...
Walk through any Latino neighborhood and you'll find him. On chains around necks. Tattooed on forearms. Printed on candles in the grocery store aisle between the beans and the hot...
San Judas Tadeo: Patron Saint of Every Latino W...
Walk through any Latino neighborhood and you'll find him. On chains around necks. Tattooed on forearms. Printed on candles in the grocery store aisle between the beans and the hot...
Vaya con Dios — The Blessing Behind the Farewell
My abuela never said "goodbye." Not really. What she said, every single time — whether I was walking to school or boarding a plane to a different country — was...
Vaya con Dios — The Blessing Behind the Farewell
My abuela never said "goodbye." Not really. What she said, every single time — whether I was walking to school or boarding a plane to a different country — was...
Padre: What the Word Really Carries in Latino F...
There are a lot of ways to say "father" in English. Dad. Pop. Pops. Old man. But none of them land the way padre does. In Latino families, padre isn't...
Padre: What the Word Really Carries in Latino F...
There are a lot of ways to say "father" in English. Dad. Pop. Pops. Old man. But none of them land the way padre does. In Latino families, padre isn't...
El Nacimiento: Corazón de la Navidad Latina
En diciembre, antes de que lleguen los tamales, antes de que suene "Feliz Navidad" en la bocina del vecino, antes de que alguien saque el ponche — aparece el nacimiento....
El Nacimiento: Corazón de la Navidad Latina
En diciembre, antes de que lleguen los tamales, antes de que suene "Feliz Navidad" en la bocina del vecino, antes de que alguien saque el ponche — aparece el nacimiento....
Virgencita de Guadalupe: Por Qué La Llamamos Así
No le decimos "la Virgen de Guadalupe" cuando estamos solos con ella. Le decimos virgencita. Esa palabra — con su diminutivo suave, casi susurrado — carga todo lo que no...
Virgencita de Guadalupe: Por Qué La Llamamos Así
No le decimos "la Virgen de Guadalupe" cuando estamos solos con ella. Le decimos virgencita. Esa palabra — con su diminutivo suave, casi susurrado — carga todo lo que no...
The Luchador Shirt: The Mask Is the Message
Lucha libre is not a sport that borrowed from Mexican culture. It is Mexican culture — one of the most specific, most technically demanding, most theatrically rich traditions that the...
The Luchador Shirt: The Mask Is the Message
Lucha libre is not a sport that borrowed from Mexican culture. It is Mexican culture — one of the most specific, most technically demanding, most theatrically rich traditions that the...