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50 Rejections & now a Texas' Led Lawsuit

Image by OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay The stamina to keep putting forward lawsuits: I've seen firsthand over a mere two weeks When I...

Latinas Rise: Legacy & Julie Chavez Rodriguez

White House photo. Chasing away the legacy of misogyny Julie rises to stand at the front of the line Pulling us up uno a la vez, next to...

Stacey Abrams & the Fair Fight

Photograph by Flo Ngala for Rolling Stone Hair and makeup by Terri Watson. Styling by Iman Ramadan. Location courtesy of Parker's on...

Biden Wins: Harlem Erupts

Image by ktphotography from Pixabay A Personal Essay in reverse timeline: November 8th Sunday morning over breakfast quesadillas and...

¡Votar! The Latino/e/x Voter

Nowhere near a monolithic voter Than any other culture Latinos come in all shades of Repubs and ah, those Dems Maybe if there still a...

Boundaries

Image by Andreas Samuelsson from Pixabay Lines drawn In the sand, concrete, heart Defined spaces Absolutes I can, I can't I will, I won't...

Grandpa

Part One That night when Ernesto entered the bar, everyone stared at him without speaking. We could see that he was drunk already. He...

Flawless Sabrina, Dolores Huerta & Activism

To the Editor: It is the equal bravery of Latina activist, Dolores Huerta, I see marvelously mirrored in Jack Doroshow, aka, Flawless...

Trauma

Where Trauma Sits.

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