Introduction: Luxury’s Timely Arrival in the Bronx In 2015, Sam Shalem, owner of Prestige Properties, cut the ribbon for the

Introduction: Luxury’s Timely Arrival in the Bronx In 2015, Sam Shalem, owner of Prestige Properties, cut the ribbon for the
In 1969, Chicano[i] students at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities (UM-Twin Cities) organized a student group called Latin Liberation Front
The final installment in the May-June 2024 series on Deportation and Coerced Return in the Americas is a video conversation
Cause man, like I said, any place is a lot better than where I was. If you are here
Introduction Soon after his honorable discharge from the U.S. Army in 2001, Hector Barajas-Varela had trouble reintegrating into civilian life
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Writing about undocumented immigrants who were deported or forced to return to Mexico has been emotionally challenging in ways that
“El EZLN le pediría a la comunidad lesbico-gay nacional, especialmente a travestis y transexuales que se organizaran y deleitarán al
At times, authors avoid fully fleshing out their characters because less sympathy is offered to those who make mistakes. Two
Palm trees, at least the most iconic species, are not a plant native to the southern tip of Texas, where
En los Estados Unidos, la Oficina de Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza coloca retenes fronterizos en puntos estratégicos, ubicados hasta 160
Introduction: A Krudxs Poetics “Abortion is a celebration! Drink [some alcohol] with us,” our moderators, La Zea and Eliana Riaño
Image by Rio Yañez and Yolanda Lopez 2014 Maya Chinchilla’s poem, “What It’s Like to Be a Central American Unicorn
I decree that it ends here and now I decree that it ends with me, and does not end me
“I’ve been looking at the border for a long time and asking, ‘Is that a promise or a threat?’” So
The publication of “The Silence: The Legacy of Childhood Trauma,” Junot Díaz’s confessional piece about being raped twice by a
Pride Home[1] is a small homeless shelter for young adults, located in a predominately Latinx neighborhood on the West Side
How do queer communities of color stake out a territory beyond ghettos and enclaves and beyond demarcated moments such as
The term “Chapinx,” as a gender-inclusive variation of “Chapina” and “Chapín,” indicates Guatemalan origin, advocates for gender, ethnic, and sexual
In this essay, I argue for a decolonial approach to ecocriticism and environmentalism in the form of “Queer Trans Latinx
Regardless of where Spanish speakers are located in Latin America, Spain, or the United States, the first thing many of
What can queer, trans, and LGBTQIA+ Latinidades tell us about 2022? What does it mean to approach Latinx experience through
Over the summer of 2020, I observed many social media posts forged in the weeks after the murder of George
“Unity of our struggles means terror/ in the enemy’s eyes/ Unity of just struggles, means/ death to imperialism,” wrote Amiri
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I began teaching Chicana/o literature in the mid-1990s as a graduate student at the University of Texas at Austin. I
On February 2nd, 2020, roughly 103 million global television viewers witnessed perhaps the most hotly discussed Latina/o/x live musical event
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March 2020 Latinx Talk on Latinx Migration Literature A butterfly calls
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The departure of a large caravan of Central American migrants from Honduras, whose journey into and through Mexico received constant
In January 2019, former San Antonio Mayor and U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Julián Castro announced his 2020
This article arose from a discussion among Latinx scholars, disillusioned by the treatment and reaction to superstar-tennis-champion, mother and Black
In recognizing and remembering the ongoing legacy of Black and Latinx feminisms we begin with a question: where can we
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