Opinion

‘The Rapist Is You’: Why a Viral Latin American Feminist Anthem Spread Around the World (OPINION)

This widespread political cry in the form of a poetic truth —too close to home for some of us —makes the call for change too hard to ignore.

  • Dec 20, 2019
  • 1:41 PM

A Very Trump Christmas (OPINION)

The President will remain in office, and the Democrats will run on the fact that they tried to kick him out.

  • Dec 20, 2019
  • 7:27 AM

It’s Time to Impeach and Indict Donald Trump (OPINION)

If Trump is not removed from office, we cannot see it as “business as usual.”

  • Dec 18, 2019
  • 9:18 AM

Dismantle Walls: From Bystander to Upstander For Latinos (OPINION)

Looking ahead to a more fair future in 2020 that does not repeat the acts of hate against Latinos, it is possible to dismantle the wall of hate, one brick at a time.

  • Dec 17, 2019
  • 11:14 AM

Mexico Transformed? Challenges, Changes After a Year of Leftist Government (OPINION)

Despite economic woes and enduring violence, López Obrador’s government has made considerable progress dismantling a system that almost solely benefits the political and economic elite and keeps more than 50 million Mexicans in poverty.

  • Dec 13, 2019
  • 12:24 PM

What the Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe Can Teach Us About the Border (OPINION)

When I think about the mom I met in Juárez, I think about Juan Diego.

  • Dec 12, 2019
  • 2:48 PM

A New Citizen Is Emerging: Will It Strengthen, Transform or Kill Democracy? (OPINION)

The world is seeing a new type of political actor.

  • Dec 12, 2019
  • 10:30 AM

2019 Was a Year of Global Unrest, Spurred by Anger at Rising Inequality, and 2020 Is Likely to Be Worse (OPINION)

This is not helped by an administration in Washington that has yielded ground to authoritarian dictatorships at a time of global unrest in which stable Western leadership has hardly been more necessary.

  • Dec 11, 2019
  • 10:12 AM

Currency Manipulation and Why Trump Is Picking on Brazil and Argentina (OPINION)

Ultimately, labeling other countries as currency manipulators is more about politics and geopolitical relations than policy.

  • Dec 6, 2019
  • 8:57 AM

Bolivia After Morales: An ‘Ungovernable Country’ With a Power Vacuum (OPINION)

Throughout Bolivian history, protests have been an important way indigenous people and rural peasants, long excluded from the halls of power, have made their voices heard.

  • Dec 5, 2019
  • 3:23 PM

Trump’s Border Wall Threatens an Arizona Oasis With a Long, Diverse History (OPINION)

Quitobaquito’s history is worth preserving. It reveals an American past populated by people who do not fit into current rhetorical boxes.

  • Dec 4, 2019
  • 9:42 AM

Why the Supreme Court’s DACA Decision Will Determine Whether People Like Me Matter (OPINION)

America must make amends with the past and recognize the progress of society.

  • Dec 2, 2019
  • 4:29 PM

Colombia: Being an Environmental Activist in Some Countries Is Much More Dangerous Than in Others (OPINION)

Here in the heavy industry heartland of Colombia, environmentalism has old roots and has endured through decades of violence and intimidation.

  • Dec 2, 2019
  • 9:12 AM

Latino Voters in California Are Feeling the Bern (OPINION)

Among the Democratic Party hopefuls, one candidate, Bernie Sanders, has invested serious time and effort in winning the state and Latino voters.

  • Nov 25, 2019
  • 7:50 PM

Chile Protests: President’s Speeches Early in Crisis Missed the Mark, AI Study Reveals (OPINION)

On balance, Piñera’s four speeches were more positive than negative—a perhaps surprising finding, given what is now clear about the depth of Chile’s crisis.

  • Nov 25, 2019
  • 11:19 AM

100 Fires: The Latino Condition (OPINION)

We face 100 fires every day, and outsiders barely see the smoke. We have to monitor all of them to make sure we are not consumed as we extinguish those whose heat is closest.

  • Nov 22, 2019
  • 1:59 PM

Fueling Drug Cartels: America’s Gun Fetish (OPINION)

A significant source of Mexican cartel weapons come from legal sales by U.S. gun companies to the Mexican military and police.

  • Nov 22, 2019
  • 12:13 PM

Latino STEM Teachers, DACA, and the Future of Teaching (OPINION)

The visibility of a Latina scientist like NASA astronaut Ellen Ochoa in the media encourages me. The leaky pipeline for minorities in STEM does not.

  • Nov 20, 2019
  • 10:56 AM

Chile’s Political Crisis Is Another Brutal Legacy of Long-Dead Dictator Pinochet (OPINION)

Chile is one of the world’s most unequal countries, with less equitable income distribution than neighboring Peru, Bolivia and Argentina.

  • Nov 19, 2019
  • 11:16 AM

25 Years After Prop 187: They Are Still Winning (OPINION)

Across California, commemorations, forums, and panels have recently discussed the 25-year impact of the state’s infamous anti-immigrant Proposition 187 measure. I myself regret not being fully prepared to reflect on the timely anniversary. Instead, I am left to react to the commemorations of others, mostly those led by the mainstream media interviewing Latino politicians and […]

  • Nov 18, 2019
  • 12:24 PM

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