Opinion
Police Response to Puerto Rico Marches Shows That Whiteness Comes in All Colors (OPINION)
It’s no surprise to see one of the most corrupt and brutal police forces in America oppressing its own people.
Don’t Tell Latinas to Sit Down and Shut Up About #MeToo (OPINION)
Start promoting and uplifting their voices.
In Refuge and Resistance on Mother’s Day (OPINION)
My name is Aura Hernández. I am originally from Guatemala, and I have been in sanctuary since March 1 of this year as a result of the harsh immigration policies of Mr. Donald Trump.
How Student Activism Shaped My (Our) Life (Lives): On the 25th Anniversary of the ‘Chicana/Chicano Studies Now’ Movement at UCLA (OPINION)
The faculty center sit-in led to a subsequent 14-day hunger strike. Ultimately, this led to an agreement between the UCLA administration and student activist leaders.
Junot Díaz’s Mask: This Is How He Lost It (OPINION)
The award-winning author, recognizing his protected status, based his career and existence on misogyny, to the point that he could no longer differentiate the sexism portrayed in his fiction from his real life mistreatment of women—particularly women of color.
Why the Latinx Community Should Fight for a Job Guarantee (OPINION)
We believe a right to a job is a human right.
No Justice for Henry (OPINION)
A 15-year-old immigrant from El Salvador came to Long Island to escape the formidable MS-13.
My Contra Parents Are Marching For a New ‘Old’ Nicaragua: Are We, Too? (OPINION)
Ask yourself if you are really standing with the oppressed when many of the ones inspired by this struggle are the historical oppressors.
Why Is Puerto Rico’s Governor Handing the Island to Investors on a Silver Platter? (OPINION)
Wall Street won the hurricane recovery fight.
We Must Remain Vigilant in this Age of Tokens, Blowhards, Sharks and Charlatans (OPINION)
For the rise of the sinvergüenzas is upon us.
Nicaragua Today: The Country That Hurts and Matters to Me (OPINION)
This is my opinion and that of thousands of Nicaraguans, regarding the last five days
I Am Not Your ‘Wetback’ (OPINION)
We must also reject the labels, categories and typologies that divide us: educated versus uneducated; citizen versus undocumented; and undocumented youth (good immigrants or “the innocent ones”) versus undocumented parents (bad immigrants or “the sinners”).
A United People Will Keep Fighting for Pro-Immigrant California Values Act (OPINION)
Showing so much strength in the face of hate, supporters of SB 54 have been educating.
Bruno Mars Cultural Appropriation Debate Highlights Continuing Invisibility of Afro-Latinx (OPINION)
It’s notable that so few people weighing in on this debate even recognized Puerto Rico as a site of the African diaspora.
Why We Should Abolish ICE Counsel (OPINION)
As practicing immigration attorneys, we believe that calls to abolish ICE should extend to ICE counsel, since ICE attorneys play an integral role in the deportation process by securing the deportation orders that ICE deportation officers later carry out.
La caravana es suya, señor Trump (OPINION)
Cuando ese ochenta por ciento de los caminantes iniciaron el camino, los empujó la pobreza en este país.
This Caravan Is Yours, Mr. Trump (OPINION)
When the people of my country of Honduras decide to leave, they do not leave because they lack love for Honduras, but because the need demands it.
For the Ghost of My Bracero Abuelo (OPINION)
I never met my grandfather, my dad’s dad. His name was Jesús De Loera-López.
The Power of the Latina Professor in the Classroom (OPINION)
Research in education shows the importance of having diverse teachers and staff.
What Do We Want From White People? (OPINION)
But more than anything else, what is bothersome is the reality that we usually need white people on our side to begin with. It all shows just how disempowered most of our communities truly are.
No Castro in Power Should Lead to New US Posture Toward Cuba (OPINION)
Rightly or wrongly, this is the moment many Cubans in exile have been waiting for since the early 1960s.

