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Latinx Files: Anti-immigrant sentiments from Latinos is nothing new
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Latinx Files: Anti-immigrant sentiments from Latinos is nothing new

LA Times  

Back in August, while doing preliminary research for the De Los story package on música Mexicana, I came across this 2011 article from the Texas Observer about a handful of Tejanos in the borderland region of the Rio Grande Valley griping that conjunto music was disappearing and losing its cultural relevancy. “I listen to conjunto sometimes, and people ask me …

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Latinx Files: Spending Thanksgiving with your Trump-supporting relatives
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Latinx Files: Spending Thanksgiving with your Trump-supporting relatives

LA Times  

Periodically, the Latinx Files will feature a guest writer. “Knowing that we’re here again… I don’t know what to do but just sort of protest my family.” For Sarah, that means rocking passive-aggressive tees with political slogans to dinner or “coming in swinging when they start discussing Trump.” In realizing she’s struggling to have ideological conversations with her family, Sarah …

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Latinx Files: Why I’m taking a break from the Mexican men’s national soccer team
3 months, 1 week ago

Latinx Files: Why I’m taking a break from the Mexican men’s national soccer team

LA Times  

In recent memory, nothing has made me feel like more of a sucker than rooting for the Mexican men’s national soccer team. El Tri has fallen to such depths that following its early exit from the 2024 Copa America, where it scored one goal in three matches, my L.A. Times en Español colleague Eduard Cauich wrote that the best case …

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Latinx Files: What does the electorate look like in key swing states?
4 months, 1 week ago

Latinx Files: What does the electorate look like in key swing states?

LA Times  

Periodically, the Latinx Files will feature a guest writer. Back in June, Mike Madrid, a longtime Republican political consultant and author of “The Latino Century: How America’s Largest Minority Is Transforming Democracy,” made the following claim in this newsletter: “For 30 years, I’ve been asked this question by all types of reporters: ‘Are Latinos going to be the decisive vote …

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Latinx Files: These are the best tacos in Los Angeles
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Latinx Files: These are the best tacos in Los Angeles

LA Times  

With all due respect to other major cities in the United States, Los Angeles reigns supreme when it comes to tacos. “And since tacos are embraced by people of all ethnicities in Southern California, a comprehensive taco guide seemed like a natural way to offer service journalism to our readers, reflect our culinary culture and celebrate all the working taqueros …

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Latinx Files: How going vegan helped strengthen cultural bonds
2 years, 10 months ago

Latinx Files: How going vegan helped strengthen cultural bonds

LA Times  

Every so often, we’ll have a guest writer fill in for me. What The Times’ 1983 “Latinos” series can teach us about the value of diversity in the newsroom. Yesterday I was a guest speaker at a college class called “Latinx Representation in Media, Films, and Pop Culture.” The focus of my talk was this newsletter, the atrocious lack of …

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Latinx Files: The lost murals of El Monte
3 years, 2 months ago

Latinx Files: The lost murals of El Monte

LA Times  

With all due respect to my favorite Downtown Boys’ song, sometimes a wall is more than just a wall. In 1976, Chicano artist Glugio “Gronk” Nicandro painted “Señora With a Gun” on the side of a shoe store in El Monte’s Valley Mall business district. “I hope I never see the day when we have murals all over the downtown …

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Latinx Files: Remembering the El Paso mass shooting
3 years, 4 months ago

Latinx Files: Remembering the El Paso mass shooting

LA Times  

I woke up Tuesday morning feeling angry. On Tuesday, a federal judge temporarily blocked the governor’s recent order to state troopers requiring them to stop any vehicles suspected of transporting migrants “who pose a risk of carrying COVID-19.” “Not only has he not done anything, but we’ve gone in the opposite direction, the more dangerous direction on so many fronts,” …

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Latinx Files: TikTok creator becomes guardian angel for California food vendors
3 years, 7 months ago

Latinx Files: TikTok creator becomes guardian angel for California food vendors

LA Times  

Meet Jesus Morales, the TikTok content creator that has become a guardian angel for several street vendors in California. “Take it!” #Humanity 🎥 juixxe pic.twitter.com/agbWiwFduy — Brian Solis January 16, 2021 As has been the case with any group of marginalized people, the COVID-19 shutdown has been hard on food vendors. “That’s why Mexican Americans exist, because of the fact …

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Latinx Files: Cinco de Mayo means one thing, and it’s not margaritas
3 years, 7 months ago

Latinx Files: Cinco de Mayo means one thing, and it’s not margaritas

LA Times  

I grumbled the moment my editor suggested I write about Cinco de Mayo this week. That tactic was also used to promote Oscar De La Hoya, the Mexican American champion who was already considered a marketer’s dream given his good looks and “rags to Olympics to riches” story. For more on Cinco de Mayo, you should listen to Wednesday’s episode …

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Latinx Files: Exploring Selena’s legacy, from concerts to classrooms to Netflix
4 years ago

Latinx Files: Exploring Selena’s legacy, from concerts to classrooms to Netflix

LA Times  

Hello and welcome to the Latinx Files. I also appreciated that the showrunners acknowledged the role that the legendary variety show host Johnny Canales played in helping launch Selena’s career — so much so that I even wrote a primer on “The Johnny Canales Show” and its legacy. We all feel a sense of ownership when it comes to Selena …

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Latinx Files: The story behind the name, and why Latinx voters are exhausted
4 years, 1 month ago

Latinx Files: The story behind the name, and why Latinx voters are exhausted

LA Times  

Hello and welcome to the first edition of the Latinx Files, the Los Angeles Times’ new newsletter about the Latinx experience. Thankfully, many of you had plenty of great ideas — from sharing Latinx academics’ new research to helping readers brush up on rusty Spanish to shining a light on L.A.’s South American communities. You can About those Latinx votes …

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Why we chose the name Latinx Files for our new newsletter
4 years, 1 month ago

Why we chose the name Latinx Files for our new newsletter

LA Times  

It’s not lost on me that choosing to have “Latinx” in the name of The Times’ new newsletter might rub some people the wrong way. It’s not a coincidence that the word “Latinx” gained popularity after the 2016 Pulse mass shooting, where 49 people were killed at the LGBTQ nightclub. Many of those killed were Latinx — the shooter opened …

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