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April 16, 2024
Community
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Environmental Justice
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Society & Culture Team
How a group of Latinas is advocating for cleaner air
*Leer en español. When Montgomery County school bus driver Carmen Cortez first took the wheel of an electric bus in......
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April 15, 2024
Literature-Literatura
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Poesía-Poetry
Tres variaciones sobre el tema de la paz y la paloma-poema
Poema de Rei Berroa: Tres Variaciones sobre el tema de la Paloma...
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April 9, 2024
Community
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Literature-Literatura
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Society & Culture Team
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SPEL Stories
Virginia librarians are pushing back against book bans
In recent years, there have been increasing battles in several parts of the country over what books children are permitted......
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April 8, 2024
Literature-Literatura
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Poesia Visual
Amor en el viento-poema visual
Amor en el viento-poema visual...
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April 2, 2024
Poesía-Poetry
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Afro-LatinX Experience Team
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Hola Cultura
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SPEL Stories
In “Artistas” this month, Samuel Miranda on how to ensure a picture lasts forever
Every artist holds their own inspiration and motivational stories. Each story leads to creation, and these pieces tell vast and......
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April 1, 2024
Afro-Latino Culture
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Film-Video-TV
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Literature-Literatura
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SPEL Stories
Miles Morales: El impacto y evolución de un fenómeno afrolatino de Marvel
*Read in English. A pesar de su popularidad entre el público, los superhéroes afroamericanos y latinos han sido poco utilizados.......
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March 26, 2024
Arte-Art
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Arts & Humanities Team
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SPEL Stories
How Nando Álvarez uses art for social justice
*Leer en español. Since Nando Álvarez reached adulthood, art has been a constant presence in the life of the Ecuadorian-born......
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March 25, 2024
Arte-Art
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Arts & Humanities Team
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SPEL Stories
Nando Álvarez: la justicia social a través de su arte
*Read in English. Para Nando Álvarez, artista visual nacido en Ecuador, el arte ha sido una presencia constante desde que......
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March 19, 2024
Exhibitions
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Arts & Humanities Team
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SPEL Stories
Interview with curators of “¡De última hora!: Latinas Report Breaking News”
*Leer en español. Did you know women have worked as reporters and writers at U.S. Spanish-language newspapers dating back as......
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March 18, 2024
Exhibitions
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Arts & Humanities Team
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SPEL Stories
Entrevista a las curadoras de “¡De última hora! Latinas Report Breaking News”
*Read in English. ¿Sabías que las mujeres han trabajado como reporteras y redactoras en periódicos estadounidenses en español desde el......
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March 12, 2024
Hola Cultura
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SPEL Stories
Be part of Hola Cultura’s SPEL summer session!
Are you a high school student looking to sharpen your writing skills and college readiness? Are you a college student......
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March 11, 2024
Poesía-Poetry
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Literature-Literatura
No fue en el bar – poema
Poema femenino entre el amor y el placer...
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October 24, 2023
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SPEL Stories
Get the cempasúchil! Time to celebrate Día de los Muertos in the DMV!
Across all cultures, death and loss are handled very differently with a multitude of special traditions. Día de los Muertos,......
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October 17, 2023
Environmental Justice
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Society & Culture Team
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SPEL Stories
Letter from Puerto Rico: Power outages worsen islanders’ climate change challenges
ARROYO, Puerto Rico – After a summer when temperatures soared here and around the globe, renown chef and food impresario......
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October 10, 2023
Hola Cultura
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SPEL Stories
SPEL storytellers start fall 2023 session
From Washington, D.C. to California, nearly two dozen interns and fellows — returning and new — have kicked off our......
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October 3, 2023
Arte-Art
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Afro-LatinX Experience Team
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Arts & Humanities Team
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SPEL Stories
Painter Julio Valdez on making art for the times we live in in the next episode of “Artistas in the Capital”
Latin American countries have their own cultures – different kinds of music, dances, accents, art, and history. However, they share......
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September 26, 2023
Music-Música
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Arts & Humanities Team
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SPEL Stories
Jorge Anaya: An Inspirational Musician
Music has been a constant presence in the life of guitar-playing singer-songwriter Jorge Anaya. His father was also a musician.......
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September 19, 2023
Community
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Afro-LatinX Experience Team
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SPEL Stories
In D.C., a new space to bring together professionals of Dominican heritage
The Dominican community, one of the first Latin American diasporas to settle in Washington, D.C., maintains a visible and enduring......
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September 12, 2023
Arte-Art
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Arts & Humanities Team
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SPEL Stories
D.C. artist Stephanie Mercedes’ creative response to gun violence
Mass shootings are in the news so much these days, and so are the angry public debates over whether the......
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September 5, 2023
Dance-Baile
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Arts & Humanities Team
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Hola Cultura
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SPEL Stories
In this month’s episode, choreographer Gabriel Mata discusses dance and self-expression
The United States is the country with the most immigrants in the world, with 45.3 million immigrants as of 2021.......
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September 1, 2023
Environmental Justice
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Community
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Society & Culture Team
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SPEL Stories
Letter from Oakland: Lack of trees in low income neighborhoods fuel inequality
*Leer en español OAKLAND, California – The oak tree is this city’s symbol, but not all areas of Oakland have......
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August 25, 2023
Environmental Justice
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Community
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Society & Culture Team
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SPEL Stories
What’s it like to sell food on the street in D.C.’s extreme heat?
*Leer en español Every day, hundreds of young people, children and seniors walk the one and a half miles between......
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August 22, 2023
Hola Cultura
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SPEL Stories
Level up your skills in SPEL’s fall session!
*Leer en español Join us this fall for our next semester of the Storytelling Program for Experiential Learning (SPEL)! Hola......
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August 18, 2023
Environmental Justice
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Community
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Environmental Justice Team
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Society & Culture Team
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SPEL Stories
The hidden costs of flooding in D.C.’s poorest wards
This project was supported with funds from the Pulitzer Center and Spotlight DC. We co-published this story with the Washington City......
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April 10, 2023
Literature-Literatura
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Reseñas
Ariel Dorfman: Poemas desde “El Otro Lado”
Reseña del libro: ¨Palabras desde el otro lado de la muerte" de Ariel Dorfman...
LEER MÁS
April 3, 2023
Cultural Events-Eventos
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Books
Feria del libro de arte
“Feria del Libro de Arte en la Capital” que se llevó a cabo en el North Hall del Eastern Market...
LEER MÁS
March 27, 2023
Featured Photo
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DC-Photos
Reflexiones en torno al tiempo II
Reflexiones en torno al tiempo 2, collage de fotos...
LEER MÁS
March 20, 2023
Cultural Events-Eventos
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Afro-Latino Culture
Margarita “Tata” Cepeda: la Bomba
Margarita “Tata” Cepeda, La bomba. The National Museum of the American Latino...
LEER MÁS
March 6, 2023
Featured Photo
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DC-Photos
Reflexiones en torno al tiempo
Reflexiones en torno al tiempo, serie fotografica...
LEER MÁS
February 27, 2023
Poesía-Poetry
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Literature-Literatura
Donde reside la tristeza
Poema tomado del libro: “Capullos en el último tramo de vida”...
LEER MÁS
February 20, 2023
Arte-Art
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Performance
Arte, disfraces y máscaras
Artomatic: fiesta, concurso de disfraces, Arti-grass DC...
LEER MÁS
February 13, 2023
Museums
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Arte-Art
“The Cheech” museo de arte chicano
Reseña del museo The Cheech en California...
LEER MÁS
January 30, 2023
LEER DC
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Reseñas
Hablar Solos: reseña
Reseña del libro de Andrés Neuman, "Hablar solos"...
LEER MÁS
January 23, 2023
Film-Video-TV
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film review
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Reseñas
Bardo: realismo mágico visual
Reseña de cine: Bardo, falsa crónica de unas cuantas verdades...
LEER MÁS
January 16, 2023
Tributos
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B&BLM
MLK – del sueño a la vanguardia
Martin Luther King Day...
LEER MÁS
January 9, 2023
DC-Photos
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Featured Photo
Feliz año nuevo 2023
Feliz año nuevo 2023...
LEER MÁS