While the Trump administration uses tattoos to target and deport Latino immigrants, these artists are tapping into Chicano tattooing’s origins to resist and uplift their community.

Across the Pacific, tattoos are etched into the culture. Finding meaning in your own ‘story on skin’ helps honor the tradition. A young man in Oahu, Hawai‘i, gets a tattoo the traditional way, with a ...

55 years ago, young Chicano activists took to the streets to proclaim, “our fight is in the barrio, not Vietnam.” Their protest still resonates to this day. An image from the 1971 film Chicano ...

At the 2025 Chicano Music Hall of Fame ceremony and Noche Tradicional Concert on July 24, four local legends were inducted to the 23rd Class of Nuestra Musica de Chicano Music Hall of Fame. The ...

In a leafy park in Mexico City, beside colonial era fountains and food stands, Italia Segovia's designs are turning heads, as usual. A pink ruffled dress with white lace and big bow; a high-school ...

Lea este artículo en español: Chicano de Mayo celebra la herencia latina con Joshua Josué y Edna Vazquez Joshua Josué, a Chicano rock musician who was born in Los Angeles and has spent much of his ...

Anti-deportation demonstrators protest the Trump administration's deportations near police officers blocking an entrance to the 101 freeway on Feb. 2, 2025, in Los Angeles, California. Thousands ...

Chicano tattooing has an undeniable power in American imagery. “I feel like how far it’s gained traction shows how popular and accepted Chicano culture has grown across the country and globally,” says ...

Tomás Ybarra-Frausto thought that his 1989 essay “Rasquachismo: A Chicano Sensibility” might spark conversation. The eminent Chicano scholar had no idea that the discussions would continue for decades ...

There’s a story about the late Austin artist José Francisco Treviño that some of his friends and family members tell. It’s 1993, and the Mexican American artist, then 52 years old and on a day off ...

Houston was once known as the murder capital of the country. In 1979 alone, there were 664 murders, and one in every four was Hispanic. Discrimination, distrust and a language barrier exacerbated the ...

Even if sports aren’t usually your thing, there are plenty of reasons to tune into this year’s Paris Olympics. Other than the obvious fact that it’s incredible to see the world’s top athletes vying ...