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Organizing and Belonging Here and There

June 5, 2024Perla M. Guerrero, Gretel H. Vera Rosas, Esmeralda Flores and Leni Alvarez

The final installment in the May-June 2024 series on Deportation and Coerced Return in the Americas is a video conversation with Professor Perla M. Guerrero,

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The Trump Administration’s War on DEI

February 27, 2025Kevin R. Johnson

For decades, colleges and universities have combated a history of exclusion of racial minorities and established an array of programs designed to that end. President

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Latinx Studies Scholars and the 2025 Political Landscape

February 22, 2025David J. Vázquez, Lee Bebout, Audrey Lucero, Theresa Delgadillo, Carmen R. Lugo-Lugo, Louis Mendoza, Delia Fernández-Jones and Isabel Espinal

At our November 2024 Editorial and Advisory Board meeting, we decided to create this collective/roundtable essay made up of each of our individual analyses and

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Latinx Shoppers and the Making of Class and Racial Identities: A Portrait of the Mall at Bay Plaza in the Bronx, NY

December 12, 2024Jean Tobar

Introduction: Luxury’s Timely Arrival in the Bronx In 2015, Sam Shalem, owner of Prestige Properties, cut the ribbon for the opening of the Mall at

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Women, Ecofascism, the Latinx Threat, and The Handmaid’s Tale

October 24, 2024Abigail Martinez

Capitalism’s reliance on commodity production manufactures oppressive societal structures that treat people as tools for expanding the capitalist state. It is dependent on the subjugation

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Beyond the Jersey: Latino Relationships with U.S. Sports

October 10, 2024Melissa Parra

Sports such as baseball, soccer, football, and tennis have long been recognized as America’s pastimes. Major League Baseball, Major League Soccer, the National Football League,

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“The Chicano Voice is Shouting to be Heard!”: The University of Minnesota’s 1971 Midwest Higher Education Institute

September 3, 2024Carla Gonzalez

In 1969, Chicano[i] students at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities (UM-Twin Cities) organized a student group called Latin Liberation Front (LLF) to advocate for an

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Interview with Felipe Hinojosa, Author of Apostles of Change (University of Texas Press)

June 19, 2024Felipe Hinojosa and Theresa Delgadillo

Apostles of Change: Latino Radical Politics, Church Occupations, and the Fight to Save the Barrio by Felipe Hinojosa (University of Texas Press, 2022) Theresa Delgadillo:

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Organizing and Belonging Here and There

June 5, 2024Perla M. Guerrero, Gretel H. Vera Rosas, Esmeralda Flores and Leni Alvarez

The final installment in the May-June 2024 series on Deportation and Coerced Return in the Americas is a video conversation with Professor Perla M. Guerrero,

Continue reading
The Trump Administration’s War on DEI

February 27, 2025Kevin R. Johnson

For decades, colleges and universities have combated a history of exclusion of racial minorities and established an array of programs designed to that end. President

Continue reading