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What I Saw in Havana

I asked a simple question, and here is what Cubans told me

Dec 9, 2025

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9 min read

Francisco Lozano
Francisco Lozano

Did Puerto Rican Women Improve the Workplace? (Yes)

Their historical contributions have been ignored for too long

Nov 20, 2025

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9 min read

Susanne Ramirez de Arellano
Susanne Ramirez de Arellano

The Uncomfortable Truth About U.S. Publishing’s Language Divide

Spanish-language and English-language literary ecosystems still barely speak to each other — and that needs to change

Nov 4, 2025

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9 min read

Javier Marin
Javier Marin
Governor of Puerto Rico Firing Department Head Signals Massive Party Split

Dec 11, 2025

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13 min read

Governor of Puerto Rico Firing Department Head Signals Massive Party Split

How the firing of DACO’s Valerie Rodríguez Erazo opened up a new front in the PNP’s internal war

Susanne Ramirez de Arellano
Susanne Ramirez de Arellano

No Water and No Transparency

Hundreds of thousands of Puerto Ricans were without water for a week

Oct 30, 2025

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10 min read

Susanne Ramirez de Arellano
Susanne Ramirez de Arellano

Why Latino Men Need to Stop Fixing and Start Feeling

How I stopped the “fixer reflex” and chose presence over solutions

Oct 28, 2025

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7 min read

Chris Bustos
Chris Bustos

The Lost History of Latin America’s Role in the Cuban Missile Crisis

How regional leaders helped avert catastrophe — and why it still matters today

Oct 24, 2025

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10 min read

The Conversation
The Conversation
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OPINION

American Backlash to Bad Bunny Exposes Puerto Rico’s Colonial Purgatory

Oct 20, 2025

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12 min read

American Backlash to Bad Bunny Exposes Puerto Rico’s Colonial Purgatory

Just saying he is an American citizen is not going to cut it

Susanne Ramirez de Arellano
Susanne Ramirez de Arellano
What to Know About Trump’s Cuts to Hispanic-Serving Institutions

Oct 17, 2025

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10 min read

What to Know About Trump’s Cuts to Hispanic-Serving Institutions

Advocates say ending federal aid would hurt colleges serving first-generation and low-income students

The Conversation
The Conversation
Protecting Latino Communities and Their Access to Public Lands

Oct 16, 2025

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8 min read

Protecting Latino Communities and Their Access to Public Lands

Erasure and overpolicing under the Trump administration are threatening our right to nature

Olivia Juarez
Olivia Juarez
Why Latino Men Will Try Everything But Therapy

Oct 13, 2025

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9 min read

Why Latino Men Will Try Everything But Therapy

It's time to break the cycle

Chris Bustos
Chris Bustos
Turning Hard Work Into Lasting Power

Oct 8, 2025

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6 min read

Turning Hard Work Into Lasting Power

The next economic chapter depends on access to capital, real investment, and the will to build together

Veronica Semler
Veronica Semler
Loíza: Where Investors and Politicians Conspire for Occupied Land

Oct 3, 2025

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10 min read

Loíza: Where Investors and Politicians Conspire for Occupied Land

Because vultures will always seek to replace palm trees with cement

Lola Rosario
Lola Rosario
No Quick Compromise to First Government Shutdown in 7 Years

Oct 1, 2025

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11 min read

No Quick Compromise to First Government Shutdown in 7 Years

What’s at stake for both parties

The Conversation
The Conversation
Trump’s ICE Raids Are Another Attempt to Break Los Angeles

Sep 30, 2025

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7 min read

Trump’s ICE Raids Are Another Attempt to Break Los Angeles

The future looks bleak, but the past tells me otherwise

Ivan Fernandez
Ivan Fernandez
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