Opinion

What Does It Mean to Tell ‘Latino Stories’ in Hollywood? (OPINION)

Rep. Joaquin Castro has admirably called for more Latino representation in Hollywood, but what types of Latinos will be represented in this more diverse film industry?

  • Oct 9, 2020
  • 5:31 PM

5 Ways Trump’s Supreme Court Nominee Could Threaten Latinos (OPINION)

Latinos need someone who will provide equal justice for all. Amy Coney Barrett is not that nominee.

  • Oct 9, 2020
  • 3:20 PM

The New ‘Operation Condor’ Is Here, and We Can’t Be Silent About It (OPINION)

We now face the same repression from our government in all the ways that we had historically perpetrated throughout the Americas.

  • Oct 9, 2020
  • 11:05 AM

A Bittersweet Hispanic Heritage Month (OPINION)

This year, we’re facing high COVID-19 infection rates, job losses, and voter suppression. But we are resilient.

  • Oct 8, 2020
  • 3:19 PM

Latinos Need to See Structural, Systemic Racism Right Now (OPINION)

Survey data show that Latinos are less likely than others to think about policing as a racial justice issue.

  • Oct 7, 2020
  • 4:55 PM

Cese al fuego: A Letter and the FARC’s Political Legacy

Until peacekeeping actors and Washington security “experts” can come to this realization and put adequate pressure on the Colombian government for developing meaningful, state-centered reform to mitigate poverty and inequality, peace will not be attained.

  • Oct 7, 2020
  • 11:51 AM

TPS Recipients Are Helping to Save the US Economy: It’s Time to Protect Them (OPINION)

The right thing to do is restore TPS and allow participants to remain in the country permanently.

  • Oct 6, 2020
  • 2:50 PM

Puerto Rican Electoral Might Will Not Be as Mighty Under Statehood (OPINION)

The phenomenon of Puerto Rican transnational political impact could be lost.

  • Oct 6, 2020
  • 12:36 PM

Why This Puerto Rican Is Struggling to Vote for Biden and the Democrats (OPINION)

I just don’t know if I can trust Biden to not go ahead with a statehood initiative.

  • Oct 5, 2020
  • 5:36 PM

To My Fellow White Latinx: It’s Time to Decline the ‘Get Out of Whiteness Card’ (OPINION)

These days, as the global repudiation of white supremacy grows stronger, I keep scratching my head at the number of fair-skinned, European-looking Latinx I know —of all political tendencies and both in the U.S. and in Latin America— who refuse to be called white.

  • Oct 5, 2020
  • 3:17 PM

Restoring Democracy During the Pandemic Requires a Modernized Approach to Activate Voters (OPINION)

In order to claim our standing as a true democracy, we must create an inclusive political system by educating and engaging the population of voters who have been historically excluded from political conversations and electoral decisions.

  • Oct 1, 2020
  • 12:46 PM

ICE Detainees’ Alleged Hysterectomies Recall a Long History of Forced Sterilizations

Sadly, this treatment of Latina, Indigenous and Black women is nothing new. The U.S. has a long history of forcibly sterilizing women from these communities.

  • Sep 30, 2020
  • 11:59 AM

Texas-Sized Opportunities: An Update

Here at Latino Decisions, we believe the shifting demography of the Lone Star State will bear upon the presidential results in Texas in ways not seen since Ronald Reagan’s 1984 re-election.

  • Sep 29, 2020
  • 2:37 PM

Why Latinos Keep Getting Left Out of Democratic Politics (OPINION)

Exclusivity is a powerful word and an even more powerful experience. As people of color in America, we learn about exclusion early on.

  • Sep 28, 2020
  • 5:25 PM

Trump Is Courting Florida Cubans, But His Past Words Are a Loud Warning (OPINION)

There is nothing inconsistent about Trump’s relationship with an older generation of largely conservative, mostly white Cubans.

  • Sep 28, 2020
  • 11:54 AM

Movimiento Victoria Ciudadana (MVC): ¿Cambio político o reproducción de la colonia?

¿Representa el MVC el cambio político al cual apuestan muchos de sus integrantes, o es una reproducción inevitable del coloniaje?

  • Sep 25, 2020
  • 3:14 PM

The Puerto Rican Statehooder Attack on the Democratic Party (OPINION)

Does the DNC want to associate itself with such corrupt politicians and illegal activities?

  • Sep 25, 2020
  • 9:56 AM

Latinx vs. Community Disorganizers

Let me make something clear: our community does not need to pick one identity label so that others can more easily Google us. Society must profoundly imagine us more.

  • Sep 23, 2020
  • 11:40 AM

El cambio climático: Cómo despertar al ‘gigante dormido’ (OPINIÓN)

Un sondeo realizado por Climate Power 2020 en julio mostró que un 77 por ciento de los votantes latinos apoyan un mensaje osado para luchar contra la crisis climática.

  • Sep 22, 2020
  • 6:25 PM

Why Some Latinos Support Trump, and Why They Shouldn’t (OPINION)

Latinos have worked too hard and come too far as a people to let a master charlatan intent on usurping our democracy steal our destiny.

  • Sep 22, 2020
  • 3:34 PM

Examining Dominican Anti-Blackness During a Summer of Protest

Global protests against racial injustice came on the heels of the pandemic, and Dominicans are now being publicly confronted with their Blackness.

  • Sep 22, 2020
  • 2:50 PM

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