On Cinco De Mayo in 1991, a Black officer shot a Latino man in a murky confrontation. What followed in the “powder keg” of Mount Pleasant brought lasting.
The barrios of La Indepe used to be the margins of the industrial city, but now they are encircled by urban development. Given the government’s initiatives, often presented as progress, these barrios are the last obstacle standing in the government’s way.
The Día de Muertos parade is a sumptuous, extravagant delight. It might surprise some to hear that the parade stemmed from a single scene in a James Bond movie in 2015.