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OPINION

Latino Fans Are No Longer a Sports Industry Afterthought

From the World Cup to the NFL, our buying power is reshaping how teams and brands compete for us

Oct 5, 2026

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4 min read

Mauro Morales

Emotional Leadership Is the Skill Latino Men Were Never Taught

Those who can regulate themselves under pressure lead better than those who simply demand compliance from others

Sep 10, 2026

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5 min read

Chris Bustos

Immigration Enforcement Is Supplying a Long-Standing Economic Market for Prisoners

ICE ships detainees around the country, paying hundreds of facilities a per-day rate for housing them

Aug 31, 2026

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5 min read

The Conversation

Honoring Puerto Ricans’ Contributions This Hispanic Heritage Month

Oct 14, 2026

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4 min read

Honoring Puerto Ricans’ Contributions This Hispanic Heritage Month

We have helped shape American life far beyond politics or military service

George Laws García

The Latino Economic Promise That Never Was

Or how to earn back community support

Aug 28, 2026

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4 min read

Mauro Morales

Massachusetts Must Build Wealth For All

For too many families, there is nothing to fall back on

Aug 14, 2026

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3 min read

Javier A. Juarez

Puerto Rico Is Falling Apart

That’s what happens to colonies

Aug 7, 2026

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5 min read

Alberto C. Medina

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OPINION

How I Found Hope and Humanity at a Journalism Conference in New Orleans

Jul 31, 2026

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6 min read

How I Found Hope and Humanity at a Journalism Conference in New Orleans

Reflections from a harrowing and inspiring long weekend with the National Association of Hispanic Journalists

Julio Ricardo Varela

The Parenting Shift Latino Families Are Navigating

Jul 27, 2026

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4 min read

The Parenting Shift Latino Families Are Navigating

The pause between the trigger and the response is where generational change actually happens

Chris Bustos

Jul 24, 2026

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4 min read

The Work Isn’t Finished

This is the moment to lean in and build institutions that outlast us all

Sonia V. Díaz

The Face That Launched a Thousand Ships, and Frightened a Trillionaire

Jul 19, 2026

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5 min read

The Face That Launched a Thousand Ships, and Frightened a Trillionaire

Or why Elon Musk cannot stop progress in film representation

Felix R. Sánchez

World Cup Propels Surveillance to New Heights

Jul 6, 2026

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4 min read

World Cup Propels Surveillance to New Heights

The real test is what happens after the tournament ends

The Conversation

Birthright Citizenship Is an American Right

Jun 30, 2026

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4 min read

Birthright Citizenship Is an American Right

The Supreme Court‘s 6-3 ruling affirmed what the 14th Amendment has always said

Mauro Morales

Jun 23, 2026

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4 min read

Anger Is Not a Personality, It’s a Mask

Why Latino men learned to speak in anger and what it’s costing them in their marriages, parenting, and careers

Chris Bustos

Latinos Are the Backbone of the World Cup in North America

Jun 22, 2026

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4 min read

Latinos Are the Backbone of the World Cup in North America

And still, in the U.S., we are frequently told we don’t belong

Sindy Marisol Benavides

Latino Fans Are No Longer a Sports Industry Afterthought

Emotional Leadership Is the Skill Latino Men Were Never Taught

Immigration Enforcement Is Supplying a Long-Standing Economic Market for Prisoners

Honoring Puerto Ricans’ Contributions This Hispanic Heritage Month