Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. POC mother and daughter A proposed law protecting those with natural Black and Afro-textured hair is on the line in Puerto Rico.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Virginia-based Afro-Puerto Rican orchestra Kadencia announced its participation in the Apple TV+ series “Swagger,” a ...

It’s Latinx Heritage Month, and in the wake of the right wing’s attempts to erase Black history, ESSENCE wants to make sure that you know about one Afro-Latino who spent most of his life dedicated to ...

CHICAGO -- Brenda Torres-Figueroa is an Afro-Puerto Rican who examines gender and racial identity as a visual and performance artist. "Performance is an art form that works with identity politics and ...

As Latine Heritage Month unfolds, it’s crucial to spotlight the contributions of Afro-Latine figures who have shaped history and culture. Among them is Arturo Alfonso Schomburg, a Puerto Rican ...

Alanis Ruiz Guevara was 8 years old when she was sent home from her private school in Ponce, Puerto Rico, for wearing cornrow braids. “I was so scared and I felt so bad,” Ruiz Guevara said, who ...

SPRINGFIELD — Nearly 10,000 people are expected to line Main Street on Sept. 14 to celebrate their culture as the 35th annual Springfield Puerto Rican Parade steps off. “Part of our mission is to lift ...

From left to right: Luisa Géigel, "Mujer con niño en brazos" (c. 1940), Imna Arroyo Cora, "La casa de Yemayá" (2006), Ramón Bulerín, "Los Tres Amigos" (1996), Shellyne Rodríguez, "Los poderes ...

In the 1970s, Puerto Ricans came to represent 10% of New York City’s population. But while the diaspora searched for its roots, pejorative terms such as Nuyorican also took hold. Today, the city ...