#100Miles100Women: A March to D.C. for Immigrant Rights during Pope Visit
The weeklong pilgrimage for immigrant rights arrives in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday afternoon, hours after the pope
View ArticleFlorencio Xatruch: Strength in Unity
As commander-in-chief of a united Central American army, Xatruch fought against an invading force looking to reinstitute slavery across the region.
View ArticleThe Real Struggle of Being an Immigrant in Your Own Countries
"I come from war-torn backgrounds with stories that will break your heart into millions of pieces, and my people will try and put it back together."
View Article(Not) Central America’s Problem
Before U.S. policy led to the creation of ISIS, it helped create gang violence in Central America. Now a Senate report shows the U.S. isn't done committing crimes against people of the region.
View ArticleWhy Hillary Clinton Doesn’t Deserve the Latino Vote
After Michelle Alexander's piece in the Nation on why blacks shouldn't vote for Hillary, it's important to outline why Latinos shouldn't either.
View ArticleThe Youth of Latin America Is Watching Trump
Author Silvio Sirias hears from his students in Panamá on the 2016 U.S. elections and the Trump phenomenon.
View ArticleOperation Bootstrap Redux
Latin America, send us your poor, your violent, your drug-addicted.
View Article4 Essential Reads About El Salvador
Shedding some light on the country’s complex crime problem. Spoiler: It’s not just about the gangs.
View ArticleEl Salvador’s Worst Shitholes Are ‘Made in America’
My journalist's hiking boots still have leftover feces and dirt from the ultimate shitholes of El Salvador: its mass graves.
View ArticleMS-13 Is a Street Gang, Not a Drug Cartel… And the Difference Matters
The Trump administration is getting this gang all wrong.
View ArticleLiberation Psychology: Why an Idea From the Salvadoran Struggle Is Relevant...
For a number of reasons, the job of revitalizing a psychology of liberation seems particularly pressing at the moment.
View ArticleI Go to El Salvador Despite the Danger Because the Kids There Need My Medical...
In short, our mission was arriving at a time when the locals had reason to be angry at Americans. We went anyway because of the children who would surely die if we weren’t there to perform surgery.
View ArticleLast Living Daughter of El Mozote Survivor Gets Asylum in the United States
In an interview with Latino Rebels, Marta Maritza Amaya says that she feared for her life in El Salvador but plans to continue her mother Rufina's legacy of speaking about the 1981 massacre.
View ArticleStories From El Salvador: Jessica Alegría
I am the actions, hopes, triumphs, and pain of my ancestors.
View ArticleStories From El Salvador: Elmer
"I felt fear, anger, sadness, and the urge to hide under my bed that my grandmother had kept after all these years."
View ArticleStories From El Salvador: Rubén Reyes
Just because your parents are from a place it does not mean that you can also claim it fully as yours.
View ArticleStories From El Salvador: Willy Palomo
That makes this the first story in Mama’s mythology.
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