¡Viva la chancla! After a two-year hiatus, the San Anto Cultural Arts Barrio Block Party is back. This year’s theme is Chancla Fest, a celebration sure to bring some extra ¡Sas! to the neighborhood.

Carmen Tafolla never had to dodge a chancla when she was a kid. The very sound of those flip-flops on her elderly tias’ rapidly approaching feet was enough to both thrill and terrify the future poet ...

It can be too easy to reach for la chancla. I’m talking about the flip-flop or slipper deployed as disciplinary tool on errant children that now serves as a trope of Latino parenthood. La chancla has ...