The Washington Post / Getty Images On January 18, 2023, Georgia State Patrol shot and killed 26-year-old Panamanian forest defender, Manuel Esteban Paez Terán, during a raid. Manuel, who identified as nonbinary and who’s chosen name was “Tortuguita,” or “Little Turtle” was with a group of forest defenders…
Photo credit: Jeffery Beall/ Wikimedia Commons, Maxwell Alejandro Frost / Twitter, Gabe Vasquez for Congress This past midterm election marked a historic win for Latinos. Americans elected at least 45 Latinos into Congress, making this a record high year for Latino representation in government according to NALEO. So…
Photo credit: Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times Marcelino Ramos is a Latino veteran who joined the Marines when he was only 17 years old. He was deported six years ago after serving time in jail for a felony and has been living in Ciudad Juarez since. Ramos…
Photo credit: Jep Gambardella / Pexels September is California wine month🍷 and these Latino-owned wineries are wine in a million! Did you know that indigenous Mexicans were likely the first winemakers in California?🏆 California wine can be traced back to the 1800s when it was being produced at…
Photo credit: Adriana De JesĂşs Salamán / Twitter In recent years, a growing number of wealthy outsiders have moved to Puerto Rico to take advantage of significantly lower tax rates. This wave of gentrification has caused a dramatic increase in the cost of living on an island where…
Photo credit: NĂ©stor David Pastor / Center for Puerto Rican Studies Literacy Tests 1920s — Arizona law required voters to pass an English literÂacy test in order to register to vote. The authors of the 1909 law stated their intenÂtion plainly: to block the “ignorÂant Mexican vote.” In…
Photo credit: Hot Bread Kitchen Immigrant workers make up around 17% of the U.S. workforce according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. For immigrant workers, the road to entrepreneurship and career advancement is full of many obstacles compared to nonimmigrants. Language barriers, lack of funding to start…
Photo courtesy of LUCHA AZ The 2022 midterms are coming up. At stake are the balance of power in Congress, in addition to how states are governed and what laws get passed, both nationally and locally. Key decisions that will affect Latinos now and for future generations —…
Top row, left to right: Jennicet GutiĂ©rrez, William Brandon Lacy Campos, Horacio Roque RamĂrez, Gloria Evangelina AnzaldĂşaBottom row, left to right: Holly Woodlawn, Pedro Zamora, JosĂ© Julio Sarria, Sylvia Rivera While queer Latinxs have been at the forefront of fighting for equality, they often go unrecognized in history.…
Photo by France François Darleny Suriel is a Dominican woman who identifies as Afro Latina. She knows all too well what it’s like to experience colorism, even within her household. “Colorism has always felt to me like an elephant in the room that would not be directly addressed…
