BREATHE – The Resistance to Police Brutality
BREATHE -- After a week of riots in response to the murder of George Floyd at the hands of police officer Derek Chauvin, we reflect one what was and where do we go from here. #VOTE2020
Paloma Mami Confined by Heartache
Lonely and sassy, Paloma Mami videos are timely escapes we can relate to at this moment. The game warscape tragedy of No Te Debí Besar. The bilingual graceful push-back on haters in Don’t Talk About Me.
Mexico Land of Refugees
In March of last year, Alba Luz Maldonado Paz left her Honduras town in search of a better life. The 36-year-old woman said she left her country due to a lack of economic opportunities and physical danger. She was terrified, she explains, when members of an international criminal gang, La Mara 18, threatened to kill her.
“Vida” is Getting Queer Sex Right!
Vida is the TV show of my queer Chicana dreams. Watching it is like an extremely on point targeted ad on Instagram — like wait, how did you know I needed this very specific thing? It’s like that but with spot-on Latinx storytelling about the messy lives of Mexican-American sisters, Emma and Lyn, who come back to East LA after their mom, Vidalia aka Vida, dies, and take over the bar their mom owned and managed.
¿La Industria Textil Mexicana Puede ser Sustentable?
¿La industria textil mexicana puede ser sustentable? Hay iniciativas que buscan demostrar que es posible. Es probable que no lo sepas, pero renovar tu guardarropa frecuentemente afecta de manera drástica al medio ambiente. Y es que después del sector petrolero, la industria textil es la más contaminante a nivel mundial.
Tekashi 6ix9ine Quarantined King
We know him as the volatile unicorn. The color soup longhair, graff-face representing hip-hop today. Tekashi 6ix9ine - self-proclaimed king of New York with Billboard numbers to back up his bravado.
The Midterms: Communities of Color Will Be Impacted
Hurricane Maria heavily damaged the island state of Puerto Rico, forcing many residents to find safety elsewhere. Unsurprisingly, many of those seeking a new home sought refuge in the nearest U.S. state: Florida.
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 real crisis in Puerto Rico has only just begun. INTELIGENCIA has examined the facts, figures, and history of how the United States initiated exploitative and heartless fiscal strategies that sucked its only colony bone dry of necessary resources to be a functioning governmental entity.
Bruja Seductress: Princess Nokia
Many of us met Destiny Nicole Frasqueri, better known as Princess Nokia, in the video for “Dragons.” She was low-key adorable, leaning against an arcade game in a midriff-baring knock-off Gucci tank before morphing into an anime fairy with generous eyelashes. The song ends with her naked in a shower, on some soft-porn while her man (rapper Wiki [link to Inteligencia article]) clutches a bottle of Old English Malt Liquor.