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YouTube To Charge 18% Hispanic Tax, TelevisaUnivision Launches “Do the Right Thing Google” Campaign to Challenge Discriminatory Practices

The campaign calls attention to Google’s YouTube TV and its plan to discriminate against Hispanic viewers by removing Univision from its main programming bundle on September 30. YouTube TV will force millions of Hispanic viewers to pay an 18% premium – a “Hispanic tax” – to maintain access to trusted Spanish-language news, sports, and entertainment.


Congrats! To 2024 Class Of The Chicano Music Hall of Fame


What’s New At The Denver Zoo, It Could Be You, Go Down Under, Come Say G’day

Kangaroos, wallabies and cassowaries, Oh My! If it has been a while since you have been to the Denver Zoo this spring and summer may be the perfect time to take a visit and go Down Under, a new multi-species habitat where guests and members will come nose-to-nose with wallabies in a first-of-its-kind immersive pathway experience at the Zoo, and view other species native to Australia and its surrounding areas, including tree kangaroos and cassowaries.


Orcas, From Fear To Admiration & Awe: A Whale Of A Good Time, At Denver Museum of Nature & Science

Orcas are known to some Indigenous communities as the guardians of the sea. To some people, Orcas represent the strength of love and the bonds of family because of their strong group behavior. The Orca is a symbol often centered around luck, compassion and family.


‘Lindita’s Kitchen’ Now On LatinLifeDenver.com


Mexican Rodeo Extravaganza, Bar None, The Best Rodeo Show In The Country!

One of the major attractions of the National Western Stock Show each year is The Mexican Rodeo Extravaganza. This production truly has it all, in one place, in one show. It’s an all in one rodeo experience. From mutton busting, to bull riding, bareback riding, the Westernaires trick riding and even matador bull fights. All in all, there are 25 distinct performances over the two hour extravaganza. Produced, directed and choreographed Jerry Diaz and Family this year’s extravaganza entertained two near capacity shows January 7, 2024. (see photo gallery)


Peruvian, Trap Music Artist Renata Flores Dazzles Denver at Biennial of the Americas

Her lyrics are messages of freedom and female empowerment. Her stage presence is imposing, full of colors and traditional Andean garments adapted to her modern style. Her sound mixes panpipes, violin, and trap bases.


April 14th Proclaimed Steve Lopez Day By Denver Mayor Michael Hancock, Lopez Will Be The first Hispanic to win the Damon Runyon Award

Lopez will be the first Hispanic American to win the award. He’s a four-time nominee for the Pulitzer Prize and the author of “The Soloist,” a New York Times bestseller that inspired a film of the same name starring Robert Downey Jr. as Lopez. In 2020, the Pulitzer Prize Board lauded his “purposeful columns about rising homelessness in Los Angeles, which amplified calls for government action to deal with a long- visible public crisis.”


The Legacy of La Malinche, Traitor, Survivor, Icon: Feb. 6, 2022, Denver Art Museum


Hamilton, Cats, Moulin Rouge, Lion King & More! Broadway Theatre Returns To Denver Big Time