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In his new novel The Cholo Tree, author Daniel Chacón introduces us to 14-year-old Victor Reyes Jr. Victor has recently been released from the hospital, having been shot during some kind of ...

What’s next after the hip-hop look that has populated the malls and music scene for almost two decades? Make way for “cholo culture,” says trend guru Irma Zandl, who’s the hunting hound on the youth ...