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Returning to El Barrio

Arts, Culture & Media

New York City’sEl Museo del Barriohas reopened after a well-deserved multi-million dollar renovation. The museum was started 40 years ago by performance artist Rafael Montaez Ortiz in a public school classroom with the mission of highlighting Puerto Rican artists. Since then, it’s grown into an important cultural institution with a collection of more than “6,500 […]

attorney

How can ‘sanctuary cities’ resist Trump? This lawsuit could provide a blueprint.

Education
Mexican-American singer Lila Downs is voting in her first election

‘I hope for the best,’ says this first-time Mexican American voter

Music
Residents of Chicago's Englewood neighborhood gather for a candlelight vigil against gun violence.

This new book looks at all the kids killed by gun violence on a random day in America

Conflict
Brothers John and George Campbell ride donkeys in the forests of Segovia, Colombia.

‘OK, Dad. Why did you kill Spanish in our family?’

Culture
Ospizio al Colle del Piccolo S.Bernardo, Italy. Languages such as Italian ('ospizio') and Spanish ('hospicio') have words that sound like 'hospice'. But they mean something different: old people's home, poorhouse, refuge for migrants.

What happens when the doctor says ‘hospice’ and you understand ‘poorhouse’?

Health & Medicine

Many words sound similar in English and Spanish: car, carro; fruit, fruta. But watch out: ‘hospice’ and ‘hospicio’ do not mean the same thing. Many words sound similar in English and Spanish: car, carro; fruit, fruta. But watch out: ‘hospice’ and ‘hospicio’ do not mean the same thing.