In this episode, originally broadcast on Sunday, April 20, 2014, I am joined by student, musician, and filmmaker Ángel Isaac Rivera, and we discuss a film he is currently making called Boricua en el Medio. This film focuses on the question of what it means to be Puerto Rican in the Midwest. We are also…
In this episode, originally aired on Sunday, March 2, 2014, I share information about my ongoing research on the Young Lords movement. In addition to reading from and expanding upon a research paper I recently wrote (entitled Asserting a Right to the City: The Young Lords, the People’s Church, and the Poor People’s Movement), I…
Flying solo in these episodes! I listen to and discuss audio from Palante, a radio program produced by the New York Young Lords Organization (later known as the Young Lords Party), and originally broadcast on WBAI Radio in NYC beginning in March 1970. In addition to listening to segments of these programs, I discuss the…
In this episode I am joined by my good friend and colleague John Terry as we listen to audio from an interview I conducted with Young Lords Organization (YLO) Minister of Information Omar López in March 2013. As Minister of Information, López was the person most responsible for producing the Young Lords’ newspapers. In this…
In this episode, originally broadcast on 10/06/2013, I am joined by my good friend and colleague, John Terry. We listen to audio from an historical walking tour I recently attended featuring the words of activists affiliated with the Young Lords movement of Lincoln Park. John and I discuss the comments made by Young Lords, Black…
Down and to the Left 