The Música Files
Singer Madi Diaz released a full track-by-track cover of Blink-182’s album ‘Enema of the State’ earlier this week to help raise funds for immigration aid through the Defending Our Neighbors Fund.
Latin Grammy-winning Puerto Rican filmmaker Kacho López Mari talks his most memorable music videos, including for Bad Bunny, Daddy Yankee and Calle 13.
The 68th Grammy Awards nominations were released Friday morning, with many prominent Latinx artists represented throughout the many categories, including Bad Bunny, Karol G, the Marías and Ca7riel and Paco Amoroso.
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Remember This Banger
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Thirty years after the singer’s death, we look back on the song that encapsulated what could’ve been.
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“Ahora Te Puedes Marchar” is Luis Miguel’s cover of Dusty Springfield’s “I Only Wanna Be With You,” Unlike the tender original, the track stings in its righteous resentment of a lover who let him down.
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Juan Gabriel wrote the ‘80s pop ballad ‘Gracias a Dios.’ The track cemented Thalía’s Latin music star status — an innocent, sexy and cheeky coquette brand was born.
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Released on April 11, 2005, the hit song “La Tortura” marked Shakira’s glorious return to the Spanish-language music world.
Latinx Files Newsletter
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What’s happening in Chicago feels like a mirror image of what transpired in Los Angeles over the summer.
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Nearly two weeks after Bad Bunny was announced as the halftime performer at the Super Bowl, right-wingers are still upset.
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As the Trump administration continues to make landmark political decisions through executive orders and judicial means, a human rights lawyer examines whether the U.S. has become the latest example of authoritarianism in the Americas.
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Hurricane Erin was the first major storm of the 2025 U.S. hurricane season. Here’s a look back at some of the most devastating hurricanes that deeply affected minority communities in the U.S. over the last 20 years.
Beyond Los Angeles
Las Valentinas del Valle de Coachella are a group of middle and elementary schoolers who are taking on the sport of escaramuza — an essential component of Mexico’s national sport of charrería, or Mexican rodeo.
For over 180,000 Ecuadoreans in New York City, ecuavoley, a sport from their homeland, brings together identity, community and an opportunity for mutual aid.
In the Inland Empire, where local news has been severely diminished, Ahmed Bellozo’s “On the Tira” local news videos, inspired by Huell Howser, are resonating on social media.