Natalie Saldarriaga In the notorious New York heat during the last summer of a turbulent decade, the Young Lords made their mark not only in El Barrio but around the … Read More
Ben Lapidus I started playing Cuban music in New Jersey in the 1990s, and that’s when I really began hearing about the “golden days” of Cuban music in Hudson County. … Read More
Gianncarlo Muschi After I completed my Bachelor’s degree in Social Communication in 2000, the idea of leaving Peru followed me day and night. Political and economic problems in the country … Read More
Eleni Boulinaris Introduction “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.”(Excerpt from Statue of Liberty inscription) Hudson County has always been a haven for immigrants … Read More
Melanie Z. Plasencia For my chapter, “‘La Iglesia Católica Es Mi Comunidad’: A Union City Latinx Destination from Arrival to Old Age,” I’ve developed a short film (9.15 minutes). The … Read More
María Josefa Canino-Arroyo Former professor of social work and public policy at the University of Puerto Rico, Rutgers University, and Hunter College, CUNY. This article was originally published in Centro … Read More