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							<title>Five Latinx Films Selected for National Film Registry</title>
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							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sofía Aguilar]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Thu, 19 Dec 2024 17:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[Some of the films added include "Mi Familia" and "American Me". ]]></description>
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							<title>Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Wins Re-Election</title>
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							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Anna Ortega]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Sun, 10 Nov 2024 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[The Bronx politician of Puerto Rican descent has retained her seat in the 119th Congress that meets in January. ]]></description>
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																												<media:text>FILE - U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., speaks during the first day of Democratic National Convention, Aug. 19, 2024, in Chicago. Ocasio-Cortez is the Democrat candidate for New York&#039;s 14th Congressional District. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)</media:text>
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							<title>Rep. Jimmy Gomez Takes Baby to Congress to Normalize Working Dads</title>
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							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sofía Aguilar]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2023 21:08:42 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[We love seeing Latinxs in politics, serving important roles and positions in our government and breaking down barriers for the next generation of leaders like Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor and U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.  Latino U.S. representative Jimmy Gomez made headlines when he brought his infant son Hodge to the Capitol during a House]]></description>
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							<title>Latina Judge Esther Salas Celebrates New Privacy Law After Son&#8217;s Murder</title>
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							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laysha Macedo]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2022 00:34:15 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[Back in July 2020, U.S. District Judge Esther Salas’ only son Daniel Anderl was shot and killed and since then she&#8217;s been on a mission to protect the privacy of federal judges. Her husband, Mark Anderl, and her son were shot by a disgruntled right-wing attorney in their New Jersey home after celebrating Daniel&#8217;s 20th]]></description>
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							<title>7 Latinas Running for Congress in the 2020 General Election</title>
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							<dc:creator><![CDATA[V. Alexandra de F. Szoenyi]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2020 16:57:56 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[2020 marks the centennial of women winning the right to vote, and while we may feel like we have made progress, we have to recognize that we haven&#8217;t made enough. There is so much work left to do for women in politics, especially for Latina women. The primaries are past us, and we have seven Latinas]]></description>
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																												<media:text>Photos via the campaigns of Michelle de la Isla, Georgette Gomez, and Candace Valenzuela</media:text>
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							<title>Michelle De La Isla Wants to Take Kansas&#8217; Fight for Health Care to Congress</title>
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							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Yvette Montoya]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2020 19:49:53 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[We’re really living in a country that is just as — if not more — divided than in the 1960s. And it’s about time we realize that the people creating and fueling those flames have an alternate agenda that has nothing to do with morality, justice, or our well being. It’s been reported that most]]></description>
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							<title>Georgette Gomez Could Be the First Queer Latina in Congress</title>
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							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Yvette Montoya]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2020 19:21:04 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[Georgette Gomez was the first queer Latina elected to San Diego City Council President. Now she wants to be the first queer Latina in Congress representing San Diego’s 53rd Congressional District. Growing up in San Diego’s Barrio Logan, Gomez’s first cause was environmentalism. “I grew up in an older Mexican community, Barrio logan, very close to]]></description>
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																		<media:title>California’s First Queer Latina on City Council May Bring Her Community Environmentalism to Congress</media:title>
																												<media:text>Jan. 10, 2020 - San Diego, CA - Georgette Gomez, President of the San Diego City Council and candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives. Photo by David Poller</media:text>
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							<title>Candace Valenzuela Could be the First Afro-Latina Elected to Congress</title>
							<link>https://hiplatina.com/candace-valenzuela-afro-latina-for-elected-congress/</link>
							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Yvette Montoya]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Thu, 27 Feb 2020 20:54:29 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[The saying “it takes a village to raise a child,” truly affirms how crucial community support is to a family, to a child, and to society. Because if children are the future of our “village,” then how we prepare them to lead is everything. For a long time, Americans have seen a decline in community-centric]]></description>
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																		<media:title>Candace Valenzuela Could be the First Afro-Latina Elected to Congress</media:title>
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							<title>5 Latinas to Watch in the 2020 Election</title>
							<link>https://hiplatina.com/5-latinas-to-watch-in-the-2020-election/</link>
							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Yvette Montoya]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Mon, 11 Nov 2019 20:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[In 2018 we saw an unprecedented number of young women of color running for office. With 2020 just around the corner, we’re wondering who will be the next Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley, and Rashida Tlaib. For sure, there are more Latinas running for office than ever before and 2020 will definitely be]]></description>
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							<title>2018 Mid-Term Elections: 7 Latinas You Should Vote For</title>
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							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hip Latina]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2018 20:28:51 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[&#160; According to Emily&#8217;s List, a non-profit dedicated to encouraging and supporting women running for office, 2018 is the &#8220;Year of the Latina,&#8221; so make sure you&#8217;re not asleep at the wheel. Right now, we are one of the most underrepresented constituencies in Congress. There are only nine of us in office, one in the]]></description>
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																												<media:text>Photo: Flickr/Ståle Grut NRKbeta</media:text>
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							<title>How To Call Your Senators And Representatives</title>
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							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Priscilla Blossom]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Sat, 08 Sep 2018 10:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[In case you haven’t noticed, right now is not the time for complacency when it comes to politics. There’s plenty going on that needs to be addressed (from family separations to the threats against Roe V. Wade). One way to tackle these issues is by reaching out to our senators and representatives. One can write]]></description>
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							<title>This Latina Is Fighting For Her Community By Running For Congress</title>
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							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Yvette Montoya]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2018 19:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[When something isn’t working out we tend to ask “si sirve o no sirve” which translates literally to “does it serve or doesn’t it serve?” But when was the last time we asked ourselves that about our Congressperson? With Primary Elections coming up and the heated debates about issues like: immigration, healthcare, education, climate change,]]></description>
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							<title>First Latina Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Announces Retirement</title>
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							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bill O’Connor]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Mon, 01 May 2017 23:59:09 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[After almost three decades of service as a Congresswoman, Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), has announced her retirement. She became the first Latina and first Cuban-American elected to Congress in 1989. Here, we take a look at how she shattered the glass ceiling and what her accomplishments mean for Latinas in the future. Her Start Ros-Lehtinen’s]]></description>
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