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OPINION: DeSantis Wants to Censor Us Like Cuba Censored My People
What are the Governor and legislators so afraid of that they need to censor us?
OPINION: Anti-Black Policing Isn’t Just for White Cops
Over the past two decades, many cases of Black and Latino cops targeting Black people have started a broader conversation about racial justice
OPINION: US Economic Policies Have Turned Central American Countries Into Unsafe Prisons of Poverty
We can’t expect a corporate liberal media to expose the central role played by U.S. corporations, banks, the State and Defense Departments, Congress and successive Presidents in creating the conditions for what is happening at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Hablando del status
Latino Rebels Radio: 13 de abril de 2021
It’s All About the Status
Latino Rebels Radio: April 13, 2021
Eduardo Samaniego: I Was Tortured in an ICE Detention Center in Georgia
This is what he had to say.
Cop, Police Chief Resign 2 Days After Daunte Wright’s Death
BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) — A white police officer who fatally shot a Black man during a traffic stop in a Minneapolis suburb resigned Tuesday, as did the city’s police chief, moves that the mayor said he hoped would help heal the community and lead to reconciliation after two nights of protests and unrest.
OPINION: Our Perennial Sin
In order for supremacy to work, “the other,” as academics remind us, have to be judged inferior and culturally invisible.
OPINIÓN: República Dominicana, el aborto y una mentira repetida llamada ‘provida’
La razón fundamental para apoyar el acceso al aborto seguro en 3 causales es que la mayoría de las mujeres que tienen un embarazo no deseado van a tratar de hacerse un aborto, independientemente de lo que dicte la ley y en aquellos países donde el aborto es penalizado, las mujeres no tendrán más opción que arriesgar sus vidas haciéndose un aborto clandestino con personas no calificadas.
Ricardo Zúñiga: ‘An Economic Crisis in El Salvador Could Prompt a New Wave of Migration’
Ricardo Zúñiga has spent the past several days fielding the same question with diplomatic stoicism and a poker smile.
Rita Indiana’s Pan-Caribbean Rebirth (A Latino USA Podcast)
Maria Hinojosa speaks with Rita Indiana about her new album, her queer Pan-Caribbean identity, and why she decided to leave the music scene.
Biden Picks 2 Trump Critics for Border, Immigration Roles
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday nominated two critics of Trump-era immigration policies for key roles at the Department of Homeland Security.
Police: Minnesota Officer Meant to Draw Taser, Not Handgun
BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) — The police officer who fatally shot a Black man during a traffic stop in a Minneapolis suburb apparently intended to fire a Taser, not a handgun, as the man struggled with police, the city’s police chief said Monday.
MEET LA PRENSA: Eric Garcia on Latinos for Trump, Mexican-American Political Power and His New Book on Autism
As well as some political analysis.
Mexico, Honduras, and Guatemala Deploy Troops to Lower Migration
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has struck an agreement with a trio of Central American nations to temporarily surge security forces to their borders in an effort to reduce the tide of immigration to the U.S. border.
Conservative Lasso Wins Ecuador Election
Conservative businessman Guillermo Lasso beat out leftist Andrés Araúz in presidential elections on Sunday and will be the next president of Ecuador.
Daunte Wright Death in Minnesota Traffic Stop Sparks Unrest
BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) — A Black man died after being shot by police in a Minneapolis suburb during a traffic stop and crashing his car several blocks away, sparking violent protests that lasted into the early hours Monday as officers in riot gear clashed with demonstrators and the man’s mother called for calm.
Officer Accused of Force in Stop of Black Latino Army Officer Fired
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — One of two police officers accused of pepper-spraying and pointing their guns at a Black Latino Army officer during a traffic stop has since been fired, a Virginia town announced late Sunday, hours after the governor called for an independent investigation into the case.
During His Bill Maher Interview Friday Night, Here’s What Sen. Alex Padilla Said About the Use of LATINX
Yes, it’s complicated. It always has been.
GOP-Led States Lose Bid to Challenge Immigration Rule
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal appeals court in California refused Thursday to permit 14 states led by Republican governors to challenge the overturning of a Trump-era immigration rule affecting hundreds of thousands of people.
MEET LA PRENSA: Alexis Terrazas From the Bilingual Newspaper El Tecolote
Greetings from the Mission.