LatinaLista — Activism used to be a lonely club. Not to mention, a dirty word. Though among conservative circles, it’s still as distasteful a word as “liberal.” But unless you were a hardcore activist who regularly took to the…
By Layidua Salazar Rewire.News Tax Day is here and with it comes the reminder of my status in the United States as an undocumented taxpayer—meaning someone who doesn’t have a legal pathway to citizenship, despite having temporary protection from…
LatinaLista — Undocumented immigrants have always lived “in the shadows” of society. Yet, it depends on who is in the Oval Office as to how far their retreat into those shadows. As a result, there are many citizens who…
LatinaLista — Biasness is so systemic within our society that it not only rears its ugly head in face-to-face interactions but online between bots and people — and it seems between educators and their students in online classrooms too….
LatinaLista — If you haven’t yet heard of Emma Gonzalez, you probably have already fallen back into your old habit of going on with life, as if the deaths of 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in…
LatinaLista — Over the last several decades, Colombia has weathered a spate of bad publicity. Whether it was their infamous drug cartel (Pablo Escobar) history or its decades-long civil war, or the rampant corruption that, unfortunately, exists in most Latin…
LatinaLista — Go to most towns and cities in the country and you’ll most probably find one section where whites live, another for Blacks and still another for Latinos or other residents of color. Some small towns were even…
LatinaLista — Sometimes there’s a good reason to send a kid to juvenile detention and sometimes there isn’t. A 16-year-old who decides to bring a gun to school and show everyone who’s boss is someone who deserves to be…
LatinaLista — Too often when national surveys or research focuses on ‘minority’ perspectives/experiences with the criminal justice system, Latinos are left off the list. Four Reasons Black Incarceration Rates Are Going Down, While White Rates Are Going Up Criminal…
LatinaLista — Sheriff Joe Arpaio may have been pardoned but his legacy of unlawfully detaining people perceived to be undocumented Latino immigrants is unforgivable in the court of public opinion and, apparently, in U.S. federal court. As a result of…
LatinaLista — In California’s Central Valley, farming has deep roots. A third of all the produce — more than 230 different crops — grown in the United States are planted, nurtured and harvested in this region that receives nearly…
LatinaLista — The notion of a free press is quickly devolving into just that — a notion. Everywhere, journalists have come under threat of either legal action or physical harm if, in the course of doing their jobs, they…
By Nick Roll Inside Higher Ed Princeton University and Microsoft have joined together to file a lawsuit against President Trump’s rescinding of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. A DACA-protected student at Princeton, Maria De La Cruz Perales…
LatinaLista — It used to be that the term “future” encapsulated not hopes and wishes but expectations that life would be better for ourselves, our nation, but most of all, for the children — all children. Yet, a new…
LatinaLista — Since the immigration ban was imposed by the Trump administration, resistance has erupted from all corners of society. Protests organized at airports across the country. Immigration lawyers rushed to defend pro bono the rights of those who…
LatinaLista — Throughout my 20+ year journalism career, I’ve had the privilege of meeting many Latino and Latina trailblazers who fought, and are still fighting, for justice and social equality defending the rights of Latino communities. They were Latino…
By Sam Fulwood III Center for American Progress Few human decisions are more important to household and community stability than a family’s choice of where to live. For those with the requisite resources, staking out a preferred neighborhood; selecting an…
By Philip E. Wolgin Center for American Progress To date, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, has allowed more than 741,000 young people a reprieve from deportation and a renewable work permit. Studies haveshown that having DACA brings…
LatinaLista — At a time when it’s physically dangerous to champion environmental causes — the international environmental watchdog Global Witness documented a 59 percent rise since 2014 in the murder of environmental activists worldwide — it would seem political…
By R. Hans Miller VoiceBox Media The state of Texas is home to 11 detention facilities for immigrants who have entered the United States. Many of these immigrants are women with small children, running from situations in their Central…
LatinaLista — From all the Monday morning-after Oscar critiques on the major networks, one would think there were only four things of noteworthy importance about the Oscars: Chris Rock’s monologue, Leo DiCaprio’s Best Actor win, Spotlight’s surprise Best Film…
LatinaLista — University of Georgia historian Claudio Saunt reveals in his 2014 book West of the Revolution: An Uncommon History of 1776, how the United States, between 1776 and the present, seized roughly one eighth of the habitable world by treaty and…
By Aubrie Iverson Voice Box Media Every so often, in every community, an enigma rises to the surface. Living unassumingly in the quiet of a small town or the manicured lawns of suburbia, a mystery neighbor lurks suspiciously out…
LatinaLista — If anything positive has come out of Donald Trump's presidential campaign, it's the fact that he's "un-hooded" racism in this country. Unfortunately, it's his own racist views that he's revealing. The sad fact is that while many…
LatinaLista — One of the cushiest government contractor jobs is those who receive federal funds for operating immigrant detention centers. Working with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, these facilities are virtually guaranteed an uninterrupted flow of federal monies for…
