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So, you *think* you're a BIPOC ally?

Recently, I was told by a fellow BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, Person of Color), about how a "toxic, white feminist" decided to write a...

Trapped in Poverty: Emigrants Sending Money Home

La familia. Family. We love them and we struggle with them, too. One thing many Latino emigrants face as so-called ambassadors to America

Five Tips How to Avoid Paying Taxes

Propublica.org dropped a wonderful bombshell report recently, cheerfully outlining how the Ultra-Rich avoid paying taxes.

Ecuadorian? Mexican? What ARE you? … Insults & Othering

Recently, I was reading a few articles on Latino Rebels, when this one written by Karla Loya-Stack especially caught my eye:

Who IS masking? A Drive to Florida

Recently, I've been on the road and travelling south. Having been through the pandemic living in New York City, I was really curious to see

Silencing 10-year-old Iris Haq Lukolyo

(Heather Haq; iStock; Lily illustration) What were you doing when you were 10-years-old? I was going through a childhood trauma. My...

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