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OPINION

The East Wing Demolition Is an Architectural and Political Failure

What a ballroom no one asked for says about who this city belongs to

Mar 24, 2026

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11 min read

Yiselle Santos Rivera

Trump, Cuba, and the Return of the Offshore Exception

Guantánamo shows how legal precedent and infrastructure continue to shape U.S. power

Mar 23, 2026

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11 min read

Denise Zubizarreta

Raised by the Chicano Movement, Reckoning With Its Limits

A Chicana journalist confronts the Chávez allegations and the movement that shaped her

Mar 19, 2026

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11 min read

Serena Maria Daniels

Why Latino Expertise Matters, and Why Newsrooms Can’t Wait

Mar 26, 2026

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7 min read

Why Latino Expertise Matters, and Why Newsrooms Can’t Wait

The platform is the problem, not the expertise

Sindy Marisol Benavides

Puerto Rican Kids Need to Learn About Their History

We need to fight against our history’s erasure

Mar 17, 2026

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9 min read

Adriana Erin Rivera

The Concentration Camps We Refuse to See

As a civil rights lawyer, I am afraid of what is happening before our very eyes

Mar 16, 2026

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11 min read

Mauro Morales

Corporate Sinners: One Battle After Another

Hollywood crowns its finest on Sunday, but the real story is the merger that could unmake it all

Mar 14, 2026

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10 min read

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OPINION

What This Year’s Latino Representation at the Oscars Tells Us

Mar 11, 2026

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12 min read

What This Year’s Latino Representation at the Oscars Tells Us

“Frankenstein” and “The Secret Agent” took opposite roads to arrive on Hollywood’s biggest stage

Francisco Avilés Pino

How Benicio del Toro Quietly Disrupted the Latin Lover Trope

Mar 5, 2026

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12 min read

How Benicio del Toro Quietly Disrupted the Latin Lover Trope

With his unique drawl, our Boricua Brando cut his own lane in Hollywood. But where are his acolytes?

Mark Pagán

Mar 4, 2026

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11 min read

What DACA Taught Me About Solidarity

I learned to be brave, but the fight ahead requires all of us

Neidi Dominguez

Mar 3, 2026

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11 min read

The Human Cost of Consolidation

Why the Paramount–WBD merger threatens the creators and the audiences that make media worth watching

Guest Contributor

U.S. Bombing of Iran Shows Little Evidence of Endgame Strategy

Mar 2, 2026

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13 min read

U.S. Bombing of Iran Shows Little Evidence of Endgame Strategy

Destruction is not the same as political success

The Conversation

World Cup Offers Major Moment for NJ Hispanic Community

Feb 23, 2026

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9 min read

World Cup Offers Major Moment for NJ Hispanic Community

The FIFA event highlights an earned opportunity — and a market the region can’t ignore

Carlos Medina

Young Artists on What Keeps Them Going During These Times

Feb 19, 2026

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10 min read

Young Artists on What Keeps Them Going During These Times

They are not giving up

Jessica Garcia

Bad Bunny and Simón Bolívar, or a Cautionary Tale for Modern Times

Feb 17, 2026

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10 min read

Bad Bunny and Simón Bolívar, or a Cautionary Tale for Modern Times

Is Pan-Americanism merely a chimera or an attainable dream?

Susanne Ramírez de Arellano

The East Wing Demolition Is an Architectural and Political Failure

Trump, Cuba, and the Return of the Offshore Exception

Raised by the Chicano Movement, Reckoning With Its Limits

Why Latino Expertise Matters, and Why Newsrooms Can’t Wait