The Conversation

In our nation’s ongoing conversation about the root causes of gun violence, the makers of guns are hardly ever mentioned.

The future remains uncertain for a group of young people who were brought to the U.S. as children without legal authorization.

As Congress debates the future of DACA recipients, the meaning of this word —America— continues to be a point of conflict.

As a scholar on U.S. immigration law and policy, I’d like to correct and contextualize the numbers.

It exposed the vulnerabilities created by ubiquitous socioeconomic inequality and the differential neglect of the island’s rural regions.

The current administration has demonstrated its disregard for people from this Caribbean island.

In my most recent research, I interviewed DACA graduate students about the impacts of DACA’s forced name alteration. Here’s what they told me.

Shedding some light on the country’s complex crime problem. Spoiler: It’s not just about the gangs.

Undercounting deaths reduces the attention to the crisis Puerto Ricans live day by day.

Our new report reveals that in Mexico darker skin is strongly associated with decreased wealth and less schooling.

With three runaway governors, two deadly earthquakes and one Donald J. Trump —not to mention an average 69 murders a day— the past year has been rough on Mexico.

This year everything is different.

Venezuela’s ruling Socialist Party swept the country’s December 10 municipal elections, winning 300 of 339 races for mayor, including in 39 of the country’s 40 biggest cities.

I fear that no matter who is ultimately declared winner, this tumult can only end in more bloodshed.

The conflict in Argentina between the indigenous Mapuche community and the national government has claimed another victim: Rafael Nahuel

Many of Guatemala’s refugees produced by its long civil war are still stateless today.

The current political crisis in the United States shares similarities with political issues in Latin America.

They live daily life as minorities—Muslims among their Puerto Rican family and Puerto Ricans in the Muslim community.

We asked two experts on U.S.-Cuba relations to explain what these changes mean.

We have also witnessed people in Puerto Rico who “refuse to play by the rules” of capitalism.

Donald Trump’s antagonistic rhetoric toward Mexico has caused an increase in anti-American sentiment among Mexicans.