View this post on Instagram A post shared by Uptown Collective (@uptowncollectiv) Listen up folks, artist @lizaniacruz is in the process of putting together a fascinating, participatory art project titled ๐๐ฃ๐ซ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฟ๐ค๐ข๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ง๐ฎ for which she is looking…
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Judas and the Black Messiah (@judasandtheblackmessiahfilm) Judas And The Black Messiah tells the true story of the betrayal of the charismatic leader of the Illinois Black Panther Party, Fred Hampton…
On alert. President Donald Trump has ordered deportation raids to begin on Sunday in at least 10 major cities, according to published reports. On Thursday, the New York Times reported that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents will begin…
Story by Sherry Mazzocchi When ICE knocks, you donโt have to open the door. A recent video from Clayton, North Carolina, reveals a pre-dawn raid conducted by Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) where Juan Oliva, 33, says goodbye to his…
Mayor Bill de Blasio has ordered the New York Police Department (NYPD) to stop arresting New Yorkers who are caught smoking marijuana in public. On Sunday, the mayor informed the police to instead issue summonses for public marijuana smoking.…
By Gregg McQueen The second summit is coming. There are 2.4 million Latinos in New York City, according to the cityโs Department of City Planning (DCP). Next month, a conference focused on the needs and concerns of nearly a…
By Gregg McQueen New Yorkers of color are being targeted over whites for marijuana arrests, according to a police reform advocacy group. Citing statistics from the stateโs Division of Criminal Justice Services, the Police Reform Organizing Project (PROP) said…
Photos by Cristรณbal Vivar โI am pastelito con salchipapa.โ The MacArthur Fellow and Pultizer Prize-winning writer almost got usurped by the beginners. Before Junot Dรญaz took to the stage at the United Palace this past Fri., Apr. 13th, a…
Jack Veneno was the man. By far, the most well known Dominican wrestler of all time, Jack Veneno is held in an almost mythic regard by so many Dominicans of a certain era. Now his stirring story is on…
Even superheroes have human frailties. Pulitzer Award winning author Junot Dรญaz penned a powerful piece in The New Yorker about being sexually molested as a child. The repeated rape by a relative left the young Junot adrift, depressed and…