Mexican musical legend Paquita la del Barrio has died at the age of 77. Her passing was announced on her official social ...

Paquita la del Barrio sang of heartbreak and the pain of infidelity, spitting out insults with relish, and empowering a whole generation of women. She has died at 77.

The ranchera and bolero singer took aim at machismo as if it were a piñata. For decades, she wrote and sang feminist anthems full of pain, rage and empowerment.

Americanism. Quite the opposite—it is an expression of cultural pride, dignity, and resistance in the face of racism and intolerance. In the United States, waving the Mexican flag—or any national flag ...