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Many Latinos throughout the United States experience intense demands to assimilate into the country’s wider culture. This can often take the form of societal pressure to not speak Spanish and alter their accents, clothing, diets, and other practices. However, we’ve also been subjected to official forced assimilation efforts…

History is Repeating Itself Trump isn’t rolling out anything new — he’s copying past racial purges in American history and hoping no one remembers.The Alien Enemies Act was last invoked during WWII to justify imprisoning 120,000 Japanese-American citizens. Today, Trump is using the same law to paint Latinos…

Hey, remember that time Trump announced his 2016 presidential run by calling Mexicans rapists, criminals, and drug dealers? Well, it’s no surprise that he still wants to implement his extreme immigration views. Let’s get into some of the craziest, most undemocratic, and most unhinged ideas he’s concocted against people who don’t look like him.

Starting a small business is freaking hard! Trust me, I’m doing it: hustling to find new clients; staying up at night worrying about payroll; and working nights, weekends, and every spare chance you have—all while wondering if you’ve made a terrible, life-altering mistake. Sometimes it feels like you’re running repeatedly, head-first at a wall in the hope that it will eventually give way. Well, the Biden-Harris administration can’t remove the wall, but at least it’s handed many of us a helmet.

Thanks to Governor Ron DeSantis and the Republican supermajority in the Florida legislature, it is now almost impossible for grassroots groups to run voter registration drives in the Sunshine State. Unsurprisingly this successful effort to shut down Floridians’ right to vote disproportionately affects Latino and Black residents.

Once upon a time (eight years ago) practically every Republican running for federal office had to sign a pledge to never raise taxes. Well, that went right out the window along with most of the rest of the traditional Republican Party platform with the election of Donald Trump, who now wants to increase Americans’ annual taxes by as much as $1,700.

“Buying a house was so much easier for me than for my parents’ generation!” said no Millennial or Gen Z-er ever. Owning a home can seem like a fantasy for millions, like going to space or not crying while watching Coco. Luckily, Vice President Kamala Harris has pledged to implement the most ambitious national affordable housing program since just after World War II.

Columns at the Supreme Court

You know what we’re not going to do today? Argue the merits of affirmative action. Trolls are more than welcome to release their bile on Reddit because I have a 300-word-limit to stick to. We will, however, discuss the effects of the Supreme Court’s ruling that essentially ended college affirmative action in the United States.