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Secretary of Labor Tom Perez, shown in June 2016, is one of two Latinos whose names have been mentioned as potential Democratic vice presidential candidates. The other is U.S. Rep. Xavier Becerra.

A Latino for vice president — if Hillary Clinton wants a win

May 11, 2019 at 3:29 a.m.

As Democratic presumptive nominee Hillary Clinton and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren fire up campaign crowds, speculation about adding Warren to the ticket has prompted even conservative firebrand Sen. Mike Lee,...

Black activist Joanne Deborah Chesimard leaves a courthouse April 25, 1977, in New Brunswick, N.J. Now known as Assata Shakur, she escaped prison in 1979 while serving a life term for murder and has been living in Havana for three decades.

Why Cuba will never send Assata Shakur to the U.S.

August 21, 2019 at 5:22 p.m.

In May 2013, on the 40th anniversary of her arrest, Assata Shakur was suddenly and inexplicably named to the FBI's Most Wanted Terrorists list, with an award of up to...

Translating Junot

May 9, 2019 at 3:31 p.m.

When I first read "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao," my friend Junot Diz's novel about growing up nerdy and haunted by Third World curses and dictatorship, I was...

Translating Junot

December 24, 2018 at 3:51 p.m.

When I first read "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao," my friend Junot Diz's novel about growing up nerdy and haunted by Third World curses and dictatorship, I was...

Darko Rundek & Cargo Orkestar

August 21, 2021 at 12:20 p.m.

An adventurous spirit is imperative to appreciate Darko Rundek, who trades in various musical influences with his international Cargo Orkestar. In this callaloo, there's cabaret and tango, rock and poetry,...

Pedro Luis Ferrer

August 21, 2021 at 4:20 a.m.

Pedro Luis Ferrer's music has a wonderfully familiar, spine-tingling tropical sway -- an ebullience that's part and parcel of much of Cuba's traditional music. But as Ferrer himself says, there...

Siete Rayo

August 21, 2021 at 9:15 a.m.

Descemer Bueno is one of the more talented musical artists to come out of Cuba in the last 15 years. A co-founder with Andres Levin of Yerba Buena, the neo-funk...

Siete Rayo

August 21, 2021 at 8:40 a.m.

Descemer Bueno is one of the more talented musical artists to come out of Cuba in the last 15 years. A co-founder with Andres Levin of Yerba Buena, the neo-funk...

Juanes

August 22, 2021 at 4:04 p.m.

Multi-Grammy winner Juanes seems like a noble character with slick, stylish sound, but no matter how I position it, whether in the car or the deck, with or without mojito...

Celso Fonseca

August 22, 2021 at 3:26 p.m.

Fonseca is a charming, young Brazilian talent and this, his third international release, is chock full of sweet songs that showcase his breathy voice and stellar skills on the acoustic...

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