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A Daughter’s Vaivén: Reflections about Migration and the Question of Return

October 27, 2026Maura I. Toro-Morn

Introduction In the fall of 2024, Puerto Rican singer Pedro Capó came to Chicago for a concert as part of his national tour. The concert

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The Multiple Timelines and One Love of a Puerto Rican in the Diaspora

October 20, 2026Carmen R. Lugo-Lugo

“There is always something left to love.” ― Gabriel García Márquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude As a child, I looked fondly at the horizon. I stood

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Reflections on the Puerto Rican Diaspora

October 13, 2026Carmen R. Lugo-Lugo

The baggage that comes with being a diasporic subject hits every Puerto Rican abroad differently, and yet, there are underground tunnels and currents that connect

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When Latinidad Speaks Quechua: How Apple TV’s Pluribus brings Indigenous Languages into Global Pop Culture

September 8, 2026Américo Mendoza-Mori

Indigenous cultures rarely appear in the media on their own terms. When they do, they often take the form of caricature or stereotype. For decades,

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Book Review: Bonifacio, Ayendy, Dique Dominican

August 25, 2026Renee Hudson

Resisting the American Dream: On Ayendy Bonifacio’s Dique Dominican Ayendy Bonifacio’s memoir, Dique Dominican (2026), is a referendum on the American Dream. In Bonifacio’s hands,

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What Does It Mean to Build an Online Journal for Scholars, Not Just by Scholars?

May 2, 2026Rafael “Rafa” Ramírez Solórzano

Community-Driven Diamond Open Access Publishing in Practice. Latinx Talk was selected as one of the journals in this year’s Lyrasis Open Access Community Investment Program

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Book Review: Lorgia García Peña, Community as Rebellion

April 26, 2026Delia Fernández-Jones

Now more than ever, we need Lorgia Garcia Peña’s Community as Rebellion: A Syllabus for Surviving Academia as a Woman of Color (Haymarket Books, 2022).

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“A Creature of Darkness and a Creature of Light”: A Conversation on Latinx Environmentalisms

April 12, 2026David J. Vázquez and Carlos Alonso Nugent

A conversation on Latinx environmentalisms with Carlos Alonso Nugent and David J. Vázquez Decolonial Environmentalisms: Climate Justice and Speculative Futures in Latinx Cultural Production by

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Deportation and Coerced Return

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

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

May 29, 2024

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Non-contact: Family Separations, Accumulating Loss, and the Art of the Daughters Who Remain

May 15, 2024

Rethinking Queer and Trans Latinx

The Poetics of Krudxs Cubensi in Concierto Abortero: Abortion, Music, and Transnational Feminism(s)

May 17, 2022José E. Valdivia Heredia

Introduction: A Krudxs Poetics “Abortion is a celebration! Drink [some alcohol] with

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Queer Diasporic Sensibilities: Unicorns, Glitter, and Loss in Maya Chinchilla’s Chapina Poética

May 11, 2022

Agency in Afro-Brazilian Travesti and Trans Feminine Music

April 28, 2022

“Is that a promise or a threat?”: Using (Un) Documents to examine how performances of citizenship construct the dichotomous “good” and “bad” immigrant.

April 22, 2022

Revolutionary Solidarity on the Plains: Charles R.D.S. Oakford’s the Prolocutor and Mexican Migrants in Garden City, Kansas

October 28, 2025Jonathan Tomás Balderas

Introduction The Kansan socialist Charles R. D. S. Oakford was in trouble

The Latinx Religious Red Surge?

September 2, 2025

Examining Latino Voters Who Say “I’m a Republican but not a Trumpster”

August 25, 2025

Reggaetoneros Republicanos: The Politics of Reggaetón

August 21, 2025

What Does It Mean to Build an Online Journal for Scholars, Not Just by Scholars?

May 2, 2026Rafael “Rafa” Ramírez Solórzano

Community-Driven Diamond Open Access Publishing in Practice. Latinx Talk was selected as

El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele and the Latino Right

August 11, 2025

The Trump Administration’s War on DEI

February 27, 2025

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Latinx Studies Scholars and the 2025 Political Landscape

February 22, 2025

Organizing on the Ground for BLM: A Gay Mixed Black and Mexican Perspective

November 18, 2020Jesus Smith

Growing up in El Paso, TX (EPT) and embodying three marginalized identities—gay,

Crowd in a large urban city center with a protestor holding a sign reading "vidas negras importan"

Dear Latines: Your Antiblackness Will Not Save You

November 11, 2020

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Documenting Latinx Communities: Podcasting and Oral History in the Time of COVID-19

July 15, 2020

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Transitioning U.S. Latinx Students to an Online Environment for Displaced Study Abroad Students

July 8, 2020

The Multiple Timelines and One Love of a Puerto Rican in the Diaspora

October 20, 2026Carmen R. Lugo-Lugo

“There is always something left to love.” ― Gabriel García Márquez, One Hundred Years

What Does It Mean to Build an Online Journal for Scholars, Not Just by Scholars?

May 2, 2026

Book Review: Lorgia García Peña, Community as Rebellion

April 26, 2026

multicolored image of Emma Tenayuca standing outside jail cell with QR code in corner

Subversive Stickers in the Classroom: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Make Stickers with My Students

January 6, 2026

Latinx Studies Scholars and the 2025 Political Landscape

February 22, 2025David J. Vázquez, 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

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The Underrepresentation of Latinx Faculty and the Future of Higher Education

September 19, 2018

Expanding the Dialogues: Afro-Latinx Feminisms

November 28, 2017

Book Review: Bonifacio, Ayendy, Dique Dominican

August 25, 2026Renee Hudson

Resisting the American Dream: On Ayendy Bonifacio’s Dique Dominican Ayendy Bonifacio’s memoir,

Book Review: Lorgia García Peña, Community as Rebellion

April 26, 2026

“A Creature of Darkness and a Creature of Light”: A Conversation on Latinx Environmentalisms

April 12, 2026

Book Review: Lee Bebout, Rules for Reactionaries: How to Maintain Inequality and Stop Social Justice (New York University Press, 2025)

February 3, 2026

A Daughter’s Vaivén: Reflections about Migration and the Question of Return
The Multiple Timelines and One Love of a Puerto Rican in the Diaspora
Reflections on the Puerto Rican Diaspora
When Latinidad Speaks Quechua: How Apple TV’s Pluribus brings Indigenous Languages into Global Pop Culture
Book Review: Bonifacio, Ayendy, Dique Dominican

Carmen Lugo Lugo’s Reflection on the Puerto Rican Diaspora | School of Languages, Cultures, and Race | Washington State University on The Multiple Timelines and One Love of a Puerto Rican in the Diaspora
Carmen Lugo Lugo’s Reflection on the Puerto Rican Diaspora | School of Languages, Cultures, and Race | Washington State University on Reflections on the Puerto Rican Diaspora
Phil Wingeier-Rayo on Reflections on the Puerto Rican Diaspora
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Carmen R. Lugo-Lugo published piece with members of Latinx Talk’s Advisory Board | School of Languages, Cultures, and Race | Washington State University on Latinx Studies Scholars and the 2025 Political Landscape

The Underrepresentation of Latinx Faculty and the Future of Higher Education
Mariconología / Mariconólogy: Notes on the History and Use of Maricón
Border College: The Past, Its Present, Our Future
Inheriting a Path: Rosie Castro’s Influence on Julián and Joaquin
Restoring History, Brick by Brick

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