When the Spanish conquered central Mexico in 1521, the gold-loco conquistadores burned the codices of the Aztecs and destroyed their […]
California
It is Saturday night, and El Monte’s atmosphere is buzzing with a youthful glow. As the parking lot and the surrounding streets began to fill with vehicles from the American golden age of automotive design with names like Galaxie and Mercury, the space became saturated with cosmic energy.
At the close of Teatro Campesino’s 1972 film Los Vendidos/The Sellouts, originally a play written by Luis Valdez, a menagerie […]
Thinking through California, Texas, and the United States’ many migrations.
To borrow from our millennial friends, it is very on brand for the Tropics of Meta crew—composed mainly of Gen X Nirvana-loving kids who eat hot Cheetos and drink cold beer—to drop new books in a global pandemic.
In June 1942, Kenji and just over one hundred other children were taken from their parents and relocated to Manzanar.
In this short story, a group of teens confronts environmental racism and the invidious question: “Why don’t you just move?”
The pillars that once divided Barrio Logan are now the foundation that shapes this rich Chicanx landscape.