Puerto Rico
Young Lords turn 40
October 11, 2009Many celebrated in August the founding of the Young Lords Party in New York. But the Young Lords started in Chicago. The following is a brief history of that time and place.
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Jesús Colón: A Puerto Rican in New York
June 16, 2006Two excerpts from “A Puerto Rican in New York and Other Sketches” by acclaimed author, newspaperman, activist, and communist Jesús Colón (1901-1974).
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Dont worry, we’ll raise the money
October 28, 2005When author and activist Jesús Colón wrote his book “A Puerto Rican in New York,” he told a story about one of his nightmares. He dreamed he read a notice in bold type boxed in the...
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The Vanquished: A Puerto Rican novel
September 19, 2003Book review The Vanquished by César Andreu Iglesias University of North Carolina Press, 2002, 232 pp., Paperback, $19.95 This coming week, on Sept. 23, thousands of Puerto Ricans will converge on the mountain town of Lares...
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Martín Espada, singing truth in dark times
October 24, 2002Espada has stubbornly insisted on writing from, for, and with the communities he grew up in.
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