Executive Producer of Latino USA
There’s a mildly viral video out there now, showing Enrique and Guillermo De Fazio doing some amazing fraternal dance steps.
I think what amazes me most is that neither my brother nor I can dance without looking at our feet. These…
Latino USA underwent a pretty significant web redesign a few weeks back, and as part of our increased effort to bring you the freshest ideas in the Latino community both on-air and online, we’re pleased to welcome some new writers to…
This week, we’re delighted to be able to present another story in our series “New American Voices.” The story documents the daily life of Muslim teenagers in Manchester, New Hampshire — as they skate a path between traditional cultural expectations at home,…
Latino USA is distributed to public radio stations across the country on Friday afternoons. Your station decides when the program will air in your local market. Some stations air the program on Fridays, some on Saturdays, and some on Sundays.
This…
This week, I ran across an excellent photo essay on MSNBC’s website. Justin Sullivan took a series of deeply moving photographs of the men and women who have moved into a tent city on the edge of the American River in…
Here are the ideas that are floating around for the next edition of Latino USA. The program will be on the air the weekend of February 20-21-22. Be listening for:
Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Arizona’s Maricopa County seems to like publicity. He’s good at calling out the press to cover his antics in Phoenix. His Tent City Jail got headlines. His pink underwear for inmates got headlines. Even his cheap…
A few weeks ago, Latino USA began a new series of pieces called “New American Voices.” It’s our chance to dig deep into the issues of immigration. We’re especially interested in the ways newcomers are changed by being in America, and…
This week on Latino USA, we’re exploring the relative boon in immigrant-owned businesses in Detroit. The stories of Detroit’s (for that matter, Michigan’s) economic woes have occupied headlines across the nation for more than a year. In some way, it…