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Every Latino Has a Responsibility to Black Lives Matter

Mariela Rosario
I can’t say I’m surprised, but I’m still disgusted with the number of comments I’ve read across our social media from Latinos screaming that we should be talking about #LatinoLivesMatter instead of Black Lives Matter. I’ve seen comments asking about...
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Why So Many Latino Men Join the Border Patrol that Dehumanizes Latinos

Yvette Montoya
We wish we could say the news about the troubling Border Patrol Facebook group was shocking, but sadly, it really shouldn’t be. ProPublica recently exposed a Facebook group comprised of 9,500 Border Patrol agents that share sexist memes, xenophobic comments,...
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Trump Denying Passports to Mexican American Citizens in South Texas

HipLatina
Not sure how this is legal, but there are reports coming out of South Texas that the State Department has been denying passports to U.S. citizens with valid birth certificates, in some cases even sending them to detention centers or...
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Gina Rodriguez Calls Out Hollywood for Lack of Latinx Representation

Irina Gonzalez
If you’re a fan of the Oscars (like I am), then you are probably VERY familiar with the #OscarsSoWhite controversy that dominated the social media conversation during the 2015 and 2016 Academy Awards. People were mad, rightly so, because black...