In 1994, in the midst of a poisonous political debate about immigration in California, cartoonist Lalo Alcaraz made up a name and a character: Daniel D. Portado. Twenty years later, D. Portado is back, and sadly, as relevant as ever. ► Lupa is our app for Spanish...
“All of us have someone out there who has our exact same name”. So begins "The Other, the Same," the fascinating story produced by Camila Segura for our second episode: Names. Although we all share our name with someone, not all of us have parallel...
Mexican fiction writer Yuri Herrera reads an excerpt from his acclaimed novel, and introduces us to Makina, a young woman looking for her brother in the US. It’s a dangerous trip, all the more so for a woman traveling alone. In this excerpt, Makina deals...
Mayer and Mario grew up in Callao, Peru, cleaning fishing boats and working hard to avoid hunger--until 1959, when they decided to sneak onto a ship that was headed to New York. This voyage, filled with challenges they couldn’t have foreseen, would mark their lives...