Politics

Dumping Chavismo to Save the Revolution

For the first time since the launch of the Bolivarian Revolution, Venezuela’s opposition parties have won a majority of seats in the National Assembly. But that doesn’t mean the end of socialism.

  • Dec 7, 2015
  • 1:05 PM

Why Latin America Worries about Climate Change (INFOGRAPHIC)

This fascinating infographic shows the vulnerability to climate change of American states and the level of environmental concern in each country.

  • Dec 5, 2015
  • 10:33 AM

There Are No Safe Zones in Art

“The intersection between art and politics has always been fraught with land mines and dismembered limbs of the well-intentioned.”

  • Dec 3, 2015
  • 12:12 PM

Why I Refused to Join Hillary Clinton’s Campaign Team

When the Hillary Clinton campaign reached out to Phillip Arroyo and asked him to join the presidential candidate onstage at an upcoming event, he respectfully declined.

  • Dec 1, 2015
  • 11:59 AM

A Revolving Inferno: Central American Refugees in Southern Mexico

The pressure placed on Mexico to keep Central American refugees from reaching the U.S. border has led to an increase of deportations and abuses.

  • Dec 1, 2015
  • 10:59 AM

‘Last Days of Blood in Colombia’: Inside FARC (VIDEO)

The Guardian has been granted rare access to the FARC, whose ranks have shrunk to small number of hardliners skeptical of the most recent attempts at peace.

  • Nov 30, 2015
  • 1:38 PM

How Puerto Rico’s Economic ‘Death Spiral’ Is Tied to Legacy of Colonialism (VIDEO)

“We need to dig deep, to analyze how U.S. domination of Puerto Rico has evolved over the past 20 to 30 years.”

  • Nov 28, 2015
  • 10:57 AM

US Courts Maintain Undocumented Immigrants in the Shadows

Undocumented immigrants in the United States still can’t get a break.

  • Nov 25, 2015
  • 4:37 PM

Running Outside the Box

John Fetterman is the mayor of Braddock, PA. He’s 6’8″ and has tattoos. And his wife is from Brazil and was undocumented. Oh, and he’s running for Senate.

  • Nov 24, 2015
  • 1:46 PM

The Great Neocolonial Hope

Last Saturday’s boxing match between Mexico’s “Canelo” Álvarez and Puerto Rico’s Miguel Cotto had all the joy and heartache of a fight between two beleaguered sides.

  • Nov 23, 2015
  • 12:06 PM

Record Your Stories, Save the Planet

With StoryCorps’ Great Thanksgiving Listen, you can record the stories shared around your dinner table this year and help save the planet.

  • Nov 21, 2015
  • 10:02 AM

From the Frontline of Hillary’s Hispandering

Aaron Sanchez teaches at the community college in Dallas where, earlier this week, Hillary Clinton delivered a generic stump speech to a heavily Latino working-class crowd.

  • Nov 20, 2015
  • 10:27 AM

The Money Behind the U.S. Colony of Puerto Rico

Research conducted after the federal government failed to implement the results of a 2012 status referendum reveals mountains of cash spent maintaining the status quo.

  • Nov 20, 2015
  • 9:09 AM

Watch Maná and Los Tigres del Norte’s #LatinGrammy Performance (and FU to the Racists)

The moment was cool, for sure, but then suddenly people are hitting us up to vote. Don’t kill our buzz.

  • Nov 19, 2015
  • 10:54 PM

The Refugee Hypocrisy of President Obama and Hillary Clinton

Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have blasted Republican unwillingness to take in Syrian refugees, hoping no one remembers their own mistreatment of Central American refugees.

  • Nov 18, 2015
  • 12:27 PM

Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz Are Hypocrites

Both Republican senators have come out against the U.S. taking in Syrian refugees after last week’s Paris attacks, even as tens of thousands of Cuban refugees stream across the Texas border.

  • Nov 17, 2015
  • 2:13 PM

Latino USA: War Veteran Smokes Pot, Faces Deportation

Yvono Rodriguez had trouble sleeping after he survived a suicide bombing attack while serving in the Marines in Afghanistan.

  • Nov 16, 2015
  • 2:11 PM

Je ne suis pas un pacifiste

Last week’s Paris attacks are the mark of a religious threat willing to do anything to destroy democracy wherever it exists.

  • Nov 16, 2015
  • 12:44 PM

House Speaker Ryan: Trump’s Mass-Deportation Plan Wouldn’t Pass Congress

In an interview with 60 Minutes, House Speaker Paul Ryan says Donald Trump’s plan to deport 11 million undocumented immigrants would never pass Congress.

  • Nov 13, 2015
  • 11:20 AM

Locos Por Juana: ‘Caribe’ Rebels

A chat with vocalist Itaguí Correa on how artists can bridge gaps like those created by the debates surrounding immigration and police brutality.

  • Nov 12, 2015
  • 10:43 AM

From ‘Saturday Night Live’ to #NotOneDime: A Guide to Dumping Trump

Now that Saturday Night Live has come and gone and Trump is still on the warpath, here’s a 10-point plan that Latinos can draw from for their next move.

  • Nov 11, 2015
  • 11:59 AM

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