Freestyle Music Refuses to Die
You could hear it everywhere – on the radio and throughout the club circuit; the music was inescapable. If you were in or around the Bronx in the 1980s and early 1990s, and you were Latino, then there is a definite chance that freestyle music touched your life.
Guayaquil: The Pearl of the Pacific
Picture yourself walking through a neighborhood with narrow cobblestone streets, where the houses are painted in bright colors, and the architecture takes you back to the 18th and 19th centuries.
Schomburg’s Legacy Lives in Harlem
By Earl Mcfield Bronx Journal Staff Writer When Arturo Alfonso Schomburg was growing up in his native Puerto Rico, a teacher told him that, “black people have no history, no heroes, and no great moments.” The statement made such an impact on the young boy, that he set out on a life-long crusade to prove […]
Ché Guevara: ¿Héroe, Asesino o Accesorio?
Para Michael Reyes, usar una camiseta con la imagen del Che Guevara significaba sólo una declaración de moda más. No sabía que lo podía meter en una pelea a puñetazos. El Ché”, un argentino que luchó junto a Fidel Castro en la revolución cubana para derrocar a la dictadura de Fulgencio Batista, significa cosas muy distintas para diferentes personas.
Russians in New York
Нью-Йорк – город контрастов. Это замечаешь сразу, как выходишь из аэропорта JFK.
Pregones: Una Joya Cultural en el Bronx
Es un lugar que ayuda a los latinos a recordar quienes son y de donde vienen, un teatro en donde ellos pueden ver sus vida en escena, un espejo que refleja la experiencia hispanoamericana. Es el Teatro Pregones, una joya cultural en el Bronx.
Court TV Documentary Shows: How Government Failed Us on 9/11
September 11, 2001 marked the worst attack on American soil. But the thousands of people who were killed by terrorists that day was not the worst part of the attack. The worst part was that our own government could have prevented it.