Hispanic Heritage Month

Most recent stories in Hispanic Heritage Month

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  Camila Cabello: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

  NPR - Anamaria Sayre

  From Sept. 15 through Oct. 15, Tiny Desk is celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month with an "El Tiny" takeover of the (home) concert series, featuring J Balvin, Camila Cabello and several more musicians from...

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  How #NiUnaMenos grew from the streets of Argentina into a regional women's movement

  NPR - Jaclyn Diaz

  Six years ago, the brutal murder of 14-year-old Argentinian Chiara Páez sparked a movement. Páez, who was pregnant at the time, allegedly wanted to keep the baby. But her then-16-year-old boyfriend didn't....

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  Yolanda López's first museum show opens Saturday, just weeks after the artist's death

  NPR - Vanessa Romo

  Yolanda López lived to be 78 and yet that was not long enough to see her very first museum solo show. The trailblazing, feminist Chicana artist died of cancer in her San Francisco apartment in September...

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  1999's 'Latin Explosion' chased crossover hits. Today, Latino artists don't need them

  NPR - Andrea Gutierrez , Sam Sanders , Jordana Hochman , Anjuli Sastry Krbechek , Liam McBain

  1999 was a big year at the Grammy Awards. Lauryn Hill won five Grammys, including for album of the year. Celene Dion won record of the year. Shania Twain and Alanis Morissette won multiple awards. Even...

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  40 years ago, San Francisco lowriders organized to fight police harassment — and won

  NPR - Joe Hernandez

  Growing up in San Francisco's Mission District, Roberto Hernandez loved zoot suits. He loved art, too. It was only a matter of time before he started lowriding. "It was in my DNA," Hernandez said. As as...

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  It's Lit! Latina Novelists On Living With (And Writing In) Two Languages

  NPR - Felix Contreras

  Novelists Isabel Allende and Sandra Cisneros do not have much in common — their personal histories, writing styles and subject matter all differ — but what they do share is a towering presence as icons...