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What I Saw in Havana

Dec 9, 2025

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9 min read

What I Saw in Havana

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

Francisco Lozano
Francisco Lozano
Did Puerto Rican Women Improve the Workplace? (Yes)

Nov 20, 2025

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9 min read

Did Puerto Rican Women Improve the Workplace? (Yes)

Their historical contributions have been ignored for too long

Susanne Ramirez de Arellano
Susanne Ramirez de Arellano
The Uncomfortable Truth About U.S. Publishing’s Language Divide

Nov 4, 2025

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9 min read

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

Javier Marin
Javier Marin
No Water and No Transparency

Oct 30, 2025

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10 min read

No Water and No Transparency

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

Susanne Ramirez de Arellano
Susanne Ramirez de Arellano
Why Latino Men Need to Stop Fixing and Start Feeling

Oct 28, 2025

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7 min read

Why Latino Men Need to Stop Fixing and Start Feeling

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

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

Oct 24, 2025

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10 min read

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

The Conversation
The Conversation
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
Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Statement

Sep 29, 2025

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11 min read

Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Statement

A halftime show in Spanish against America’s colonial gaze

Susanne Ramirez de Arellano
Susanne Ramirez de Arellano
Forced Sales: Univision Then, TikTok Now

Sep 26, 2025

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6 min read

Forced Sales: Univision Then, TikTok Now

What Univision’s forced sale under Reagan tells us about Trump’s move with TikTok

Javier Marin
Javier Marin
What Do Venezuelans Want?

Sep 24, 2025

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10 min read

What Do Venezuelans Want?

It’s a question glaringly absent in the current U.S. news cycle

Carlos Egaña
Carlos Egaña
In Puerto Rico, Language Has Always Been Political

Sep 23, 2025

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5 min read

In Puerto Rico, Language Has Always Been Political

It's time for that to change

Viviana M. Vélez Negrón
Wendy de los Reyes
Viviana M. Vélez Negrón, +1
Bolsonaro’s Conviction Marks a Break in Brazil’s Cycle of Impunity

Sep 18, 2025

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9 min read

Bolsonaro’s Conviction Marks a Break in Brazil’s Cycle of Impunity

Conviction signals a shift that could shield country’s democracy from military interference

The Conversation
The Conversation
Arizona Must Resist the Supreme Court’s Immigration Ruling

Sep 17, 2025

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6 min read

Arizona Must Resist the Supreme Court’s Immigration Ruling

We’ve lived through SB 1070 before and we know the damage it brings

Belén Sisa
Belén Sisa
Behind U.S. Military Spectacle, Puerto Rico’s González-Colón Seeks Lifeline

Sep 12, 2025

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9 min read

Behind U.S. Military Spectacle, Puerto Rico’s González-Colón Seeks Lifeline

Trump’s Caribbean show of force offers cover for a faltering administration

Susanne Ramirez de Arellano
Susanne Ramirez de Arellano
Latinos Can’t Afford to Ignore Financial Literacy in a Crisis Economy

Sep 5, 2025

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8 min read

Latinos Can’t Afford to Ignore Financial Literacy in a Crisis Economy

As the U.S. economy slows, we must turn financial knowledge into power

Veronica Semler
Veronica Semler
Thousands Take to Streets and Prove Puerto Rico’s Independence Movement Is Alive

Sep 1, 2025

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7 min read

Thousands Take to Streets and Prove Puerto Rico’s Independence Movement Is Alive

August 31 marches in San Juan and diaspora cities made clear that Puerto Ricans won’t stop demanding sovereignty

Alberto C. Medina
Alberto C. Medina
Persistent Inequality: The Remnants of Hurricane Katrina 20 Years Later

Aug 29, 2025

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6 min read

Persistent Inequality: The Remnants of Hurricane Katrina 20 Years Later

Black families in New Orleans still face deep disparities

Rogelio Sáenz
Rogelio Sáenz
What I Saw in Washington, D.C.

Aug 28, 2025

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6 min read

What I Saw in Washington, D.C.

Troops posing for selfies, peaceful protests, and ICE raids disrupting daily life

Francisco Lozano
Francisco Lozano
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