Aaron G. Fountain, Jr.
Resisting Trump Won’t Fix Springfield, Massachusetts (OPINION)
“Exclusively focusing on Trump, whether it’s working with him or resisting his policies, risks creating tunnel vision.”
Unacknowledged Fighters: Latino High School Student Activists
“The Latino community has been experiencing racism and discrimination for far too long.”
Riot Shaming by Latinos Needs to Stop
Attempting to make Latinos appear to have more in common with Whites than Blacks downplays tensions between police departments and poor and working-class Latino communities.
Jesse Romero Isn’t the ‘Perfect’ Victim.. and That Shouldn’t Matter (OPINION)
As long as there are inner-city and suburban communities experiencing disinvestment, concentrated poverty, and inadequate employment opportunities, protests and riots over allegations of police brutality will likely continue.
During DNC, North Philly’s Latino Community Was Ignored… And That’s a Problem
Philadelphia represents a microcosm regarding the simplistic strategy of the Democratic Party’s outreach to Latinos.
Latinos, Police Brutality and the Blame Game
Is the media to blame for Latinos’ absence in the debate about police-community relations?
An Interactive Map of Latino Urban Riots and Social Unrest
Acknowledging and studying this history reveals how Latinos have shaped the country’s understanding of racial justice.
Locking Up Latinos
Why calls for Latinos to support sentencing reform don’t go far enough.
Cast into the Shadows: How the Latino Recent Arrival Misperception Hurts Disadvantaged Communities
If the practice of viewing all Latinos as newcomers continues, some communities will be casted into the shadows.
Forgotten Latino Urban Riots and Why They Can Happen Again
Despite claims made on social media following recent riots in Ferguson and Baltimore, Latinos have a long history of rioting, too.
The Killing of José Cruz and the Myth of the Racist White Cop
The fact that many Americans are unaware of non-white officers committing acts of brutality upon people of color reveals that the voices of our most disadvantaged groups have been marginalized.