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  • Protestors marching down the middle of the street holding Pride flags and a banner that reads "Pride-BLM Solidarity"

    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, Black and Mexican—made me acutely aware of the sinister ways that structures of

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  • Black and white photo of activists holding a banner that reads "Self-Determination for the Afro-American Nation! League of Revolutionary Struggle (ML)"

    The Intersections of Black and Latina/o/x Radical Traditions

    November 16, 2020Eddie Bonilla

    “Unity of our struggles means terror/ in the enemy’s eyes/ Unity of just struggles, means/ death to imperialism,” wrote Amiri Baraka in October of 1979.[i] The

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  • 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, 2020Michaela Machicote

    Dear Latines,[1] your antiblackness will not save you. Your aspirations to whiteness are deadly (RIP Trayvon Martin; RIP Philando Castile); not just for the Black

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  • A conversation with Martha Gonzalez, author of Chican@ Artivistas: Music, Community, and Transborder Tactics in East Los Angeles (University of Texas Press, 2020)

    October 29, 2020Martha Gonzalez

    Dr. Martha Gonzalez is an Associate Professor of Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies at Scripps/Claremont College and author of the new book Chican@ Artivistas: Music, Community, and

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  • Announcing Our New Editorial Board Members

    October 17, 2020Latinx Talk

    Latinx Talk is excited to announce the appointment of three new members to its Editorial Board. They are Xochitl Marsilli-Vargas (Emory University), Cecilia Márquez (Duke University),

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  • Vulnerable Bodies: Domestic Violence in the Hispanic/Latinx Community During a Pandemic

    October 15, 2020Karina Elizabeth Vázquez, Sadie Wenger and Danny Frascella

    While it is easily argued that domestic violence is a public health matter, it has been consistently excluded from news coverage of responses to the

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  • Interview with Lara Medina, co-editor of Voices from the Ancestors and Beyond: Chicanx/Latinx Spiritual Expressions and Healing Practices (University of Arizona Press, 2019)

    October 13, 2020Lara Medina

    LT: What prepared you all for the work you accomplish in Voices from the Ancestors? LM: My own spiritual journey as an Indigenous identified Xicana

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  • Book cover of "Understanding Johny Rechy": includes a black and white photo of Johny Rechy sitting at a desk with a typewriter facing the photographer

    Interview with María DeGuzmán, Author of Understanding John Rechy (University of South Carolina Press, 2019)

    September 2, 2020María DeGuzmán

    Please tell us about yourself and what prepared you for the work you accomplish in Understanding John Rechy? I first learned of John Rechy’s work

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Research In Brief

Black and white photo of activists holding a banner that reads "Self-Determination for the Afro-American Nation! League of Revolutionary Struggle (ML)"

The Intersections of Black and Latina/o/x Radical Traditions

November 16, 2020Eddie Bonilla

“Unity of our struggles means terror/ in the enemy’s eyes/ Unity of

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The Hotspots in Hiding: COVID-19 and Immigrant Detention

June 15, 2020
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Hammers and Home

May 5, 2020
Singers Jennifer Lopez and Shakira on stage, separately

Moral Panic! At Halftime: Legacies of the Latin Boom Meet Gendered and Regional Latinidades

April 7, 2020

Roundtable

In Support of Latinx Students

March 5, 2019Latinx Talk

Amidst a challenging climate, we all continue to work to educate and

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The Underrepresentation of Latinx Faculty and the Future of Higher Education

September 19, 2018
map of Central America and Caribbean

Expanding the Dialogues: Afro-Latinx Feminisms

November 28, 2017

Latinx Talk: Our Collective Vision, Sounding out the Future

September 12, 2017

On the Ground

Protestors marching down the middle of the street holding Pride flags and a banner that reads "Pride-BLM Solidarity"

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,

Continue reading »
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

Reviews

A conversation with Martha Gonzalez, author of Chican@ Artivistas: Music, Community, and Transborder Tactics in East Los Angeles (University of Texas Press, 2020)

October 29, 2020Martha Gonzalez

Dr. Martha Gonzalez is an Associate Professor of Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies

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Interview with Lara Medina, co-editor of Voices from the Ancestors and Beyond: Chicanx/Latinx Spiritual Expressions and Healing Practices (University of Arizona Press, 2019)

October 13, 2020
Book cover of "Understanding Johny Rechy": includes a black and white photo of Johny Rechy sitting at a desk with a typewriter facing the photographer

Interview with María DeGuzmán, Author of Understanding John Rechy (University of South Carolina Press, 2019)

September 2, 2020

Interview with Geraldo Cadava, author of The Hispanic Republican: The Shaping of an American Political Identity, from Nixon to Trump (Ecco, 2020)

July 3, 2020

In Academia

Announcing Our New Editorial Board Members

October 17, 2020Latinx Talk

Latinx Talk is excited to announce the appointment of three new members to

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Essential Latinx Educators: Teaching in a Time of Pandemic

July 6, 2020
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Compassionate Pedagogies in a Pandemic: Reflections from Latina Scholars

June 17, 2020
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New Editorial and Advisory Board Members

June 12, 2020

Informed Commentary

Vulnerable Bodies: Domestic Violence in the Hispanic/Latinx Community During a Pandemic

October 15, 2020Karina Elizabeth Vázquez, Sadie Wenger and Danny Frascella

While it is easily argued that domestic violence is a public health

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Bodega Dreams in Austin, Texas

June 24, 2020
Triptych of singer Shakira in concert, group of children protesting detention of child migrants and Poster of Jenifer Lopez concert.

Showcasing J.Lo’s Aesthetic and Political Abilities

April 21, 2020
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Mothering Against Militarism

May 8, 2018

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