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Category: Informed Commentary

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

May 2, 2026Rafael “Rafa” Ramírez Solórzano In Academia, Informed Commentary, Uncategorized Leave a comment

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

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El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele and the Latino Right

August 11, 2025Samantha Ruth Acuña Informed Commentary, Latinos and the Right, Latinx Communities and the 2020 Election, Latinxs and the Right Series Leave a comment

Introduction Walking through El Mercado Ex-Cuartel in San Salvador, El Salvador the aisles are lined with vendors selling President Nayib

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The Trump Administration’s War on DEI

February 27, 2025Kevin R. Johnson Higher Education, In Academia, Informed Commentary, Race/Ethnicity Leave a comment

For decades, colleges and universities have combated a history of exclusion of racial minorities and established an array of programs

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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 In Academia, Informed Commentary, Roundtable, Uncategorized One comment

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

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Covid 19, Latinx Culture and Technology: Opportunities for Culturally Responsive Research

August 2, 2021Maria J. Anderson-Coto COVID-19 Series, Informed Commentary, Special Series Leave a comment

As I ask my parents about their day over dinner, our connection freezes. Although it is frustrating, we end up

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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 COVID-19 Series, Informed Commentary, Special Series Leave a comment

While it is easily argued that domestic violence is a public health matter, it has been consistently excluded from news

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Bodega Dreams in Austin, Texas

June 24, 2020Alexandrea Pérez Allison COVID-19 Series, Informed Commentary, Special Series Leave a comment

“The neighborhood might have been down, but it was far from out. Its people far from defeat. They had been

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Showcasing J.Lo’s Aesthetic and Political Abilities

April 21, 2020Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs Informed Commentary, Sonic Studies and Musical Cultures, Sports 2 comments

They pulled the wool over everyone’s eyes in order to make a statement about children, Puerto Rico, latinidad, beauty, music,

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Mothering Against Militarism

May 8, 2018Belinda Linn Rincón Gender Studies, Informed Commentary, Latinx Literature, Militarism Leave a comment

In April of 1918 anxious military bureaucrats were summoned by the Assistant Secretary of War to discuss the looming domestic

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

September 26, 2017Cassaundra Rodriguez Immigration, Informed Commentary, Racial Profiling One comment

Reading the news, I felt a pit in my stomach. I was struck by the physical reaction, knowing full well

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The Pardon of Sheriff Joe Arpaio and the Rule of Law

September 19, 2017Kevin R. Johnson Immigration, Informed Commentary, Racial Profiling One comment

In August, 2017, President Trump pardoned former Maricopa County (Arizona) Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who a federal court found guilty of

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