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Staging New Identities

In the 80s, Adela Vazquez, pictured above third from the left, found a home in the Bay Area’s emerging queer, Latina scene. All photos courtesy of Juliana Delgado   What would a Spanish-English...

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Shakira and the Fly

By Justin Sloane Sergio Ramírez served as vice-president of Nicaragua from 1985-1990. A former supporter and leader of the Sandinista block that removed Anastasio Somoza from office, Ramírez joined the...

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Haunting Harlem

A digital view of Harlem’s La Marqueta. Photo courtesy of Alejandro Epifanio Historic neighborhoods often seek creative ways to present and preserve the past, visible in the Lower East Side’s Tenement...

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Checkpoint

Damiana Cavanha lead the campaign to reclaim Guarani ancestral lands from a sugar cane plantation in Brazil. Courtesy Survival International Damiana Cavanha, a member of the indigenous Guarani-Kaiowà...

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From Coolie to Googlebot

A cover detail of M. P. Shiel’s The Yellow Danger, published in 1898. Courtesy Fales Library and Special Collections, New York University. Whether we’re giggling at the grotesquely comical mischievous...

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Please Don’t Ask My Name

  “Last name?” the receptionist asked, her face glowing a faint blue before her large computer screen. I let my older son answer the question. It was his orthodontist’s visit after all. “R-u-i-z,” he...

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A Desert-bound Iceberg

From “The Price of Doing Business in Mexico” by Bobby Byrd. All photos courtesy Bobby Byrd Since 1985, writer Bobby Byrd and his wife Lee Merrill Byrd have published over 130 books from what he calls...

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Behind the Golden Door

Jr, Unframed—Ellis Island, 2014. Courtesy of Save Ellis Island. According to popular immigration lore, Ellis Island was a beacon of hope to generations of immigrants, the first landing spot for huddled...

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Ese Gúey No Paga (That Dude Doesn’t Pay)

For many day laborers, getting cheated is practically an occupational hazard. In the rough and tumble world of the street corner shape-up, workers seeking an honest day’s pay often become targets of...

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Above the Noise

(Photo: Will Coley) At the workshop, surrounded by a small gathering of people holding colorful hand-scrawled signs, Lupe Mendez, poet and self-proclaimed “Librotraficante,” reflected on his adventure...

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