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Marriage Rates Among Latinas Are Falling—Here’s What’s Really Behind the Decline

Marriage Rates Among Latinas Are Falling—Here’s What’s Really Behind the Decline

Across the U.S. and Latin America, fewer Latinas see marriage as the default. Economics, informal work and education gaps are reshaping relationships. Singleness and cohabitation aren’t failure, they’re strategic choices rooted in freedom and stability.

Why We Must Remember Evelyn Hernández Alongside Laci Peterson in ABC Studio's Murder Has Two Faces

Why We Must Remember Evelyn Hernández Alongside Laci Peterson in ABC Studio's Murder Has Two Faces

Two pregnant women, two bodies in the San Francisco Bay but only one became a national obsession. Hulu’s Murder Has Two Faces finally puts Evelyn Hernández’s name beside Laci Peterson’s. As a Latina editor and founder of BoldLatina, I see more than true crime; I see a reckoning...

How Guatemala's Maya Achí Women Fought for Justice — and Won After 40 Years

How Guatemala's Maya Achí Women Fought for Justice — and Won After 40 Years

After decades of silence, Maya Achí women won historic convictions in 2022 and 2025 even as some never lived to hear the verdict. Their fight shows justice can be delayed, but it doesn’t expire.

Selena y Los Dinos: Inside Netflix’s New Documentary About La Reina del Tex-Mex

Selena y Los Dinos: Inside Netflix’s New Documentary About La Reina del Tex-Mex

Before Karol G, Becky G, there was Selena. Netflix’s new documentary Selena y Los Dinos: A Family’s Legacy dives into the Quintanilla archive with unseen footage and intimate interviews, showing how a young Mexican-American singer from Texas reshaped Tejano and global Latin pop.

The Mexican Women Who Use Embroidery To Remember Mexico’s Femicide Victims

The Mexican Women Who Use Embroidery To Remember Mexico’s Femicide Victims

Mexican women who are artists-activists formed Las Nombramos Bordando to embroider the names of femicide victims. Their beautiful quilts turn delicate craft into a forceful memorial and a demand for justice.

How Monstruos 3 Is Turning Latin American Legends Into Latina Horror Icons

How Monstruos 3 Is Turning Latin American Legends Into Latina Horror Icons

Universal Studios Hollywood’s Monstruos 3: The Ghosts of Latin America turns iconic legends into Latina horror icons. La Llorona, La Muelona, and La Siguanaba now take center stage redefining fear, power, and representation at Halloween Horror Nights 2025.

Bad Bunny at Super Bowl LX: What the ICE Threat Means for Latino Fans

Bad Bunny at Super Bowl LX: What the ICE Threat Means for Latino Fans

The NFL tapped Bad Bunny for the Super Bowl LX halftime on Feb. 8, 2026 — a milestone for Latino representation. But claims that ICE agents will be at the game have prompted backlash, official denials, and fresh debate about safety and inclusion.

Columbus Day vs. Indigenous Day: How Names Shape Colonization in the United States and Latin America

Columbus Day vs. Indigenous Day: How Names Shape Colonization in the United States and Latin America

October 12 or Indigenous Day carries different names across Latin America each one reveals how societies remember colonization. Read how countries reframed the holiday and why those names still matter today.

Femicide in Latin America: Argentina’s Shocking Femicide Case Highlights Gender Violence Despite Laws

Femicide in Latin America: Argentina’s Shocking Femicide Case Highlights Gender Violence Despite Laws

The recent global wave of far-right governments and neoliberal administrations has placed the political landscape on its head, with policies that include racist deportations in the US, major cutbacks in public health and education in countries like Argentina, and attacks on women's and minorities’ rights across the world,

Ecofeminism in Latin America: How Latinas And Indigenous Women Are Leading Climate Justice in 2025

Ecofeminism in Latin America: How Latinas And Indigenous Women Are Leading Climate Justice in 2025

Ecofeminism has become a powerful movement in Latin America. Latinas and Indigenous women are shaping global climate policy with solutions rooted in care, sustainability, and resistance.

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