BY Led Black (@Led_Black) View this post on Instagram A post shared by Uptown Collective (@uptowncollectiv) on Feb 18, 2019 at 1:35pm PST “It is a source of happiness to do whatever can be done for our country that…
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BY Led Black (@Led_Black) There is something happening in the Dominican Republic. What IT is? No one is certain for sure. The one thing you should know is that, first of all, it isn’t going to abate anytime soon.…
Story & Photo by Sandra E. García The busy intersection of 181st Street and St. Nicholas Avenue was more crowded than usual this past Sat., Jun. 16th. “The last time I saw Manolo was November 28th, 1963,” said Anastacio…
BY John Gutierrez In the spring of 1961, Julio Peguero was a 21-year-old sailor stationed at the Dominican military base at Haima. He was three and a half years into what would become a nearly decade-long military career. But…
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Trópico de Sangre is more than a movie; it is a riveting, eyes-glued-to-the-screen, journey to a Dominican Republic that most Dominicans my age have only heard about in the stories of our elders. In the…