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California Latinas and Latino Men Are 17 Points Apart on What Matters Most

California Latinas and Latino Men Are 17 Points Apart on What Matters Most

A UCLA and Berkeley poll found Latinas and Latino men in California 17 points apart on what they want from a governor.

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San Francisco Wants to Rename Cesar Chavez Street for the Women of the Farmworker Movement

San Francisco Wants to Rename Cesar Chavez Street for the Women of the Farmworker Movement

San Francisco may rename Cesar Chavez Street "Las Campesinas" to honor the women of the farmworker movement.

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What Each Day of Día de Muertos Means, October 27 to November 2

What Each Day of Día de Muertos Means, October 27 to November 2

Pets, sudden deaths, the forgotten, the angelitos. What each day of Día de Muertos honors.

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Miami Is Building a Celia Cruz Park. Here's Every Place in the U.S. That Already Carries Her Name

Miami Is Building a Celia Cruz Park. Here's Every Place in the U.S. That Already Carries Her Name

Miami's Plaza Azúcar will honor Celia Cruz in Little Havana. Plus every U.S. place named for her and what she accomplished.

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Our Silence Was Never Ours to Begin With

Our Silence Was Never Ours to Begin With

In this installment of BoldLatina’s Community Essay series, author, award-winning filmmaker, and keynote speaker Denise Soler Cox whom we previously interviewed about language and Latino cultural identity in “Being Latino Enough” reflects on the rape case that has shaken the nation.

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Barbie and Ken's 2026 Día de Muertos Dolls Are Here, and a Latina Designed Them

Barbie and Ken's 2026 Día de Muertos Dolls Are Here, and a Latina Designed Them

Mattel's newest Día de Muertos collection arrives with red satin, sugar-skull masks, and embroidery pulled from Mexican pottery.

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Chelo Alonso Built a Career As A ShowGirl on Her Own Terms, Then Walked Away

Chelo Alonso Built a Career As A ShowGirl on Her Own Terms, Then Walked Away

Europe wanted to sell her as spectacle but Afro-Latina actress and dancer Chelo Alonso who became a star in Europe, took the career, built a life, and left when she was ready.

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Who Actually Created Hispanic Heritage Month? The Law, Explained

Who Actually Created Hispanic Heritage Month? The Law, Explained

Hispanic Heritage Month started as a week in 1968. Here's the law, and the president, that made it a month twenty years later.

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Yma Sumac: The Peruvian Singer With a Five-Octave Voice

Yma Sumac: The Peruvian Singer With a Five-Octave Voice

Born on September 13, 1922, Yma Sumac became a global music icon with a voice spanning approximately four to five octaves. In our '100 BoldLatinas' series we honor the Peruvian singer who brought Andean influences to international stages and broke barriers for Latinas.

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5 Films and Resources That Center Latino and Immigrant Stories of 9/11

5 Films and Resources That Center Latino and Immigrant Stories of 9/11

Five films, interviews and resources that restore Latino and immigrant experiences to the story of September 11.

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