When a Lifelong Friendship Ends in the MAGA Era
A New Year’s resolution on shedding what no longer contributes to one’s life, positively or productively.
How Texas’ Housing Changes Betrays Its Most Vulnerable Communities
How Texas’ new housing laws—promoted as affordability reforms—risk deepening inequities by weakening protections for low‑income residents and leaving Latinos behind.
Let America Vote to Welcome Its 51st Star
A national vote would spotlight facts, sweep aside myths and let communities take down barriers and openly talk about culture and language.
The Two Myths Fueling the Trump Administration’s Anti-Immigrant Scapegoating
Scapegoating narrative relies entirely on two myths: “American exceptionalism” and “third world mediocrity”
Barney, Big Bird, and Immigrant Children Need You!
Defunding of PBS endangers educational support for children, especially for first-generation immigrant children who rely on shows like Sesame Street and Barney to learn English and navigate American life.
The Recipe for a Humanitarian Crisis: 600,000 Venezuelans Set to Be Returned to the “Mouth of the Shark”
The peril of returning refugees to a nation under the brutal dictatorship of Nicolás Maduro.
ICE Targeting of Latinos is Both Morally Wrong and Bad for the Economy
“They just treated us like we were nothing”
Does One Battle After Another Speak to Latino Resistance?
Filmed largely in the U.S.’s Bordertown of El Paso, Texas, the movie leans heavily into Latino culture in terms of themes, setting, and characters.
Stop The War Declared on U.S. Informal Workers
ICE’s “Operation Midway Blitz” in Chicago targets street vendors and day laborers, exposing the violence and human cost of immigration enforcement on vulnerable workers and communities.
On Live Facial Recognition in the City: We Are Not Guinea Pigs, and We Are Not Disposable
“As an immigrant, I am desperately sounding the alarm about how devastating this surveillance ordinance would be for all New Orleaneans, including our migrant communities.”
From Survivor to Advocate: A Latina Lawyer’s Call for Legal Reform
American legal system, despite its claims of justice, often protects powerful abusers, even within the legal profession itself.
Immigration Crackdowns Fuel a Lucrative Industry Backing Political Campaigns
Behind Trump’s rhetoric of “law and order” lies a disturbing truth: deportation-industrial complexes are not only profiting from human suffering, they’re bankrolling political campaigns that promise more of it.