Hispanic Community December 2020

En Los Primeros Treinta Años De La Eternidad De Reinaldo Arenas

Si aceptamos la literatura como campo de una de las más decididas batallas humanas contra el sin sentido de la vida tendremos que convenir que de momento Reinaldo Arenas va ganando la suya particular.

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Enrique Del Risco

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Being The Help In My Community

Growing up on the south side of Chicago wasn’t easy. I grew up watching as many of my community members fell into the wrong steps early on in life.

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Lourdes Bustos

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Friendship As Sustenance And Power In Academia

Written by Eddy Francisco Alvarez Jr. Assistant Professor Department of Chicana and Chicana Studies California State University, Fullerton AAHHE Faculty Fellow, 2020

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Immersion Into Mexican Culture And Law

St. Mary’s University School of Law’s Study Abroad Program

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Sylvia Mendoza

Hispanic Community December 2020

Former NEA Head Vying For Education Secretary

Lily Eskelsen García, for former president of the NEA, is vying to be the next Secretary of Education. If appointed she would be the first Latina to head up the U.S. Education Department.

Hispanic Community December 2020

Becerra’s Big Challenge: COVID Vaccinations

President-elect Joe Biden’s pick to be head of HHS, Xavier Becerra, will need to lead the coronavirus vaccination efforts in the U.S. But what is his experience and skills?

Hispanic Community December 2020

US Fully Restores DACA Program

Complying with a federal judge’s order, the Trump administration has restored DACA, and the Department of Homeland Security is accepting new applications.

Hispanic Community December 2020

Maduro Claims Sweep Of Boycotted Election

Following Venezuela’s election, the political alliance of President Nicolás Maduro has claimed victory, but internationally the election is widely being called fraudulent.

Hispanic Community December 2020

‘Child Care Deserts’

As the coronavirus continues to surge in the United States, the pandemic is taking a toll on child care providers and disproportionately affecting Black and Latino-owned centers.

Hispanic Community December 2020

Pop-Up School For US Asylum Seekers Thrives

Thanks to more than 200 Amazon tablets, The Sidewalk School for Children Asylum Seekers is continuing to teach Central American children living in a camp of asylum seekers.

Hispanic Community November 2020

Who Is Alejandro Mayorkas?

If the Senate confirms President-elect Joe Biden’s DHS secretary pick, Alejandro Mayorkas, then Mayorkas will be the first Hispanic and the first immigrant to lead DHS.

Hispanic Community November 2020

Biden Picks 1st Latino To Lead Homeland Security

Alejandro Mayorkas who the deputy Homeland Security secretary under President Barack Obama is President-elect Joe Biden’s pick to serve as homeland security secretary.