Latinx Talk – Research, Commentary, Creativity

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,

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“Some people ain’t got no choice”: Transborder Family Survival Against the Deportation Machine

May 29, 2024Kiara Padilla

Cause man, like I said, any place is a lot better than where I was. If you are here [Tijuana], you are out here

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Repatriating Veterans

May 22, 2024Alfredo González

Introduction Soon after his honorable discharge from the U.S. Army in 2001, Hector Barajas-Varela had trouble reintegrating into civilian life and found himself serving over

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