by Bill Teck | Aug 17, 2016 | Slide
“For any Olympic athlete, it’s a tremendous honor to be selected as a your country’s flag-bearer – but sometimes being thrust into the national spotlight can have unintended consequences. In the case of Puerto Rican wrestler and Olympic silver medalist Jaime...
by Bill Teck | Jun 17, 2016 | Slide
“The U.S.-Mexico border is typically thought of as a place where people flow from south to north. They leave Mexico, it’s thought, in search of something better in the United States – not the other way around. But Americanos, a series of photographs taken by the...
by Bill Teck | May 26, 2016 | Slide
Eddy Martinez from Remezcla interviews Radiolab co-host, Jad Abumrad. “The WNYC podcast – which we recently profiled here – is, in a nutshell, amazing. Last week, they released a new episode titled Los Frikis, exploring the story of Cuban punk rockers in late...
by Bill Teck | Jan 20, 2016 | Slide
De La Peña was the first Latino to win the John Newberry Medal for his childrens book, “Last Stop on Market Street.” Remezcla writes: “For the very first time, a Latino author won the Newberry Medal. NPR reports that Matt de la Peña’s Last Stop on...
by Bill Teck | Jan 14, 2016 | Slide
Remezcla gets to know 23 year old, Itzel Alejandra Martinez, who has taken photography to a whole new level. “Itzel Alejandra Martinez is a 23 year-old multimedia artist and photojournalist with roots in Mexico. As an artist, her fresh perspective is informed by...
