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Continue reading →: Chicano Batman: Live at OPB
Story at OPBMusic.com by David Christensen and Juan Ramirez opbmusic | March 3, 2017 11:30 a.m. Los Angeles-based Chicano Batman today released their third album, Freedom is Free. That title is more than a rebuttal to the familiar Iraq war rallying cry “Freedom isn’t free,” but encompasses something of the…
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Continue reading →: The Day I Chose To Believe Obama Waved At Me
The Obama era has come to and end. Like many, I have mixed feelings about this past presidency. Obama’s legacy has now been set in stone—per say. He was often criticized by the “right” and rejected by the “far-left” or “woke” individuals, but not many people argued his “Liberal” title.…
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Continue reading →: Lente Movil: The Other Side Of My Community
I had the privilege to work with Pepe Moscoso, host of Fusion Arte Radio—Broadcasted out of Portland, Oregon from the KBOO Studios—to Co-produce Lente Movil: The Other Side Of My Community. Design by Pepe Moscoso “Lente Movil is a mobile art project that interweaves image and storytelling, featuring stories from the Latino arts…
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Continue reading →: The Bronx-Based BRUJAS Feminist Skate Collective Heads Out West
Article on Latino Rebels Brujas, a self-proclaimed free-form revolutionary feminist skate collective based out of the Bronx, recently visited Portland, Oregon, as part of the group’s West Coast tour. Lately, Brujas has been making waves in skateboarding and the millennial Latino online community. I had the chance to speak with…
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Continue reading →: Latino Pioneers in Skateboarding (PODCAST)
Story on Latino Rebels A conversation with the Latino Media Collective on the contributions and innovations made by Latinos to the creation of modern skateboarding. Including punk rock connections, the rise of skateboarding as a future Olympic sport and why people still perceive the sport as mostly white.
Juan Diego Ramirez is a multimedia bilingual journalist. His reporting expands from investigating Mexican corruption at the highest levels to reporting on US policies that affect undocumented immigrants and formerly incarcerated US citizens. His works include the 2023 Webbie Award-winning podcast, Idolo; The Ballad of Chalino Sanchez, USA v. Garcia Luna, and the NAACP Award-nominated podcast, The Sum of Us.
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