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Rafael Jimenez and Phil Colon co-founders of EL SHOW
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EL SHOW: Uniting Passion, Culture and Baseball’s Rich Latino Legacy

Hailing from native New York neighborhoods, the South Bronx and Washington Heights, Phil Colon and Rafael Jimenez share deep roots in the heart...

Jasson Dominguez posing for EL SHOW
Jasson Dominquez EL SHOW
EL SHOW

From the Bronx to the Big Leagues

Jasson Dominguez’s Journey of Hope and Determination In the heart of the Bronx, where dreams are woven into the very fabric of the...

Politics

Green Card Veterans – Deported and Forgotten

In the Mexican border town of Tijuana, Edwin Salgado sat on a folding chair cracking jokes with fellow U.S. military veterans on a...

Hurricane Maria
Flickr
Politics

Pain by Numbers: A Year After Hurricane Maria

It’s been several months since Hurricane Maria had devastated the island of Puerto Rico. While some parts of La Isla have recovered, the...

Machismo
Politics

Gun in His House: An Argument Against Machismo

I come from a long line of Mexican machos, mustachioed and hard-working, brutal and generous, hilarious and cruel. Gun-toting, farm-laboring, factory-working, tequila and...

Llane Alexis
Photos by Peter Van Der Pas
Arts

Cuban Artist Llane Alexis: Why Sewing Machines Are Scary

Self-taught, Cuban-born artist Llane Alexis hand-stitches textile remnants to make whimsical and politically charged works of art. I’m a self-taught artist, born and...