The New York Times has recently published two good pieces (an exploration of the origins of magical realism, and a book review) on Gerald Martin’s definitive English-language biography of Gabriel García Márquez titled, Gabriel García Márquez: A Life.

Janet Maslin recalls:

In…

There is nothing good about the death of Luis Ramirez. Nothing. And the aftermath of this man’s beating death has been equally bad: for his family, his community, and the young men responsible for his beating.

This week, we report…

This week, we report on the buzz surrounding Judge Sonia Sotomayor. We talk with Prof. Jenny Rivera of CUNY’s Center on Latino and Latina Rights and Equality. She clerked for Judge Sotomayor.

Jeffrey Rosen’s piece in The New Republic “The Case Against Sotomayor”…

For thousands of families, this is one of the questions that haunts them: Where are they?

Their brothers, and daughters, and fathers, and uncles; their sons and mothers, their friends and lovers: ¿Donde Están?

This week on Latino USA we’ve tried to step…

I find myself uncharacteristically hopeful in this time of economic turmoil. I think everything I’ve learned about new things breaking through old structures gives me hope. I wonder if a little national economic crisis wouldn’t leave us better off.

Backyard conversations…

This week, we’re featuring the new release from the Chilean group RH+. It’s kind of electronica with some heart. What do you think of it?

Diego Silvério is an industrial designer based in Curitiba, Brazil. This set of furniture, inspired by the video game Tetris, is just waiting to slide neatly into place in your cool pad. We just hope the bottom layers don’t disappear…

Daniel Restrepo speaking Monday at the White House

Monday’s Press Briefing was conducted bilingually. Our best recollection is that this is a first. In announcing changes in U.S. policy concerning family travel and remittences to Cuba, Robert Gibbs was joined at…

While some Americans chafe at the notion of diversity (it’s talked about with a sneer in more than a few political circles) others have embraced the notion with a big yawn. At least that’s the impression you might get looking…

Google spends $20 million each year dealing with immigration issues. That’s a lot of clicks through a search engine. Perhaps it shouldn’t surprise anyone that a company spends that amount to iron-out issues related to visas and helping to recruit…