Latinx Talk

Interview with Sylvanna Falcón, Author of Power Interrupted

March 27, 2018Latinx Talk and Sylvanna Falcón

Latinx Talk: Tell us about yourself. Sylvanna Falcón: On the professional level, I am an Associate Professor of Latin American and Latino Studies at the University

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On Being Borg, On Being Puerto Rican

March 13, 2018Carmen R. Lugo-Lugo

No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it is not the same river and he is not the same man. —Heraclitus On

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Building the First Latinx Educational Midwest Conference at the University of Iowa

December 19, 2017Carla Gonzalez and Jason Harshman

The first University of Iowa College of Education Latinx Educational Excellence in the Midwest Conference was held October 20 – 21, 2017. The genesis for

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Expanding the Dialogues: Afro-Latinx Feminisms

November 28, 2017Petra Rivera-Rideau, Omaris Z. Zamora, Sandy Plácido and Dixa Ramirez

In recognizing and remembering the ongoing legacy of Black and Latinx feminisms we begin with a question: where can we talk about Afro-Latinx feminisms? In

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Unknown Activists, Invisible Promotoras

November 21, 2017Aline Jesus Rafi and Laura E. Zárate

Latinx Feminists in the anti-rape movement[1] have long embodied the realities and challenges expressed in the Combahee River Collective Statement (CRCS) published forty years ago.

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Embracing Nepantla Amidst Midwestern Borderscapes in the Time of #45

October 24, 2017Gabriela Spears-Rico

“The U.S-Mexican border es una herida abierta where the Third World grates against the first and bleeds.” – Gloria Anzaldúa Now more than ever, we

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Belonging and Accents: Salvadoran Diaspora in Mexico and the U.S.

October 3, 2017Elena Foulis

We are not born with accents, yet accents and dialects are tied to region, nationalities, and class. Like many immigrants to the United States, I

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Arpaio’s Pardon and the Insidious Relationship between Anti-Immigrant and Anti-Latinx Sentiment

September 26, 2017Cassaundra Rodriguez

Reading the news, I felt a pit in my stomach. I was struck by the physical reaction, knowing full well that with Trump’s rhetoric and

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Latinx Talk

Interview with Sylvanna Falcón, Author of Power Interrupted

On Being Borg, On Being Puerto Rican

Building the First Latinx Educational Midwest Conference at the University of Iowa

Expanding the Dialogues: Afro-Latinx Feminisms

Unknown Activists, Invisible Promotoras

Embracing Nepantla Amidst Midwestern Borderscapes in the Time of #45

Belonging and Accents: Salvadoran Diaspora in Mexico and the U.S.

Arpaio’s Pardon and the Insidious Relationship between Anti-Immigrant and Anti-Latinx Sentiment

In Academia

Building the First Latinx Educational Midwest Conference at the University of Iowa

Embracing Nepantla Amidst Midwestern Borderscapes in the Time of #45

Informed Commentary

Arpaio’s Pardon and the Insidious Relationship between Anti-Immigrant and Anti-Latinx Sentiment

The Pardon of Sheriff Joe Arpaio and the Rule of Law

On the Ground

On Being Borg, On Being Puerto Rican

Belonging and Accents: Salvadoran Diaspora in Mexico and the U.S.

Reviews

Interview with Sylvanna Falcón, Author of Power Interrupted

Roundtable

Expanding the Dialogues: Afro-Latinx Feminisms

Latinx Talk: Our Collective Vision, Sounding out the Future