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Did you know? Sor Juana’s Fearless Words

A leading intellectual voice of the seventeenth century, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz defended women’s right to knowledge and justice. In A los hombres, she criticizes the hypocrisy and double standards with which society judges women.

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Keeping Up With the Discussion Challenges for Academia in Times of the #metoo Movement by <b>William Ruiz-Morales </b/

Many have welcomed with great optimism the uprising of a long due public discussion about sexual harassment of women in our western societies. It is critical that the social media discussion can produce echoes in the main institutions of our society in order to produce an authentic transformative movement. And one of the fundamental institutions that should contribute is academia.

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William Ruiz Morales

Hispanic Community March 2018

White House Opposes Short-Term 'Dreamer' Fix In New Talks [Beyond Education]

The White House said Wednesday it does not favor an immigration agreement with Congress that would involve extending protections for young immigrants for three years in exchange for three years of border wall funding. Deputy press secretary Raj Shah said the administration continues to negotiate an immigration overhaul that would address the DACA program while also stopping illegal immigration and modernizing the legal immigration system.

Hispanic Community March 2018

Protests To Await Trump's Visit To California Border [Beyond Education]

Rallies for and against Donald Trump's "big beautiful border wall" with Mexico are expected to mark his first visit to California as president amid growing tensions between his administration and the state over immigration enforcement. Trump will visit eight towering prototypes of his planned wall Tuesday before addressing Marines in San Diego and attending a fund-raiser in Los Angeles.

Hispanic Community March 2018

NFL, HHF & Nationwide Launch NFL Hispanic Leaders Alliance [On A Positive Note Beyond Education]

Building off the success of the NFL Hispanic Heritage Leadership Awards, the NFL, together with the Hispanic Heritage Foundation (HHF) and Nationwide are pleased to announce the launch of the NFL Hispanic Leaders Alliance Presented by Nationwide. The alliance will feature webinars, events and continued dialogue to help shape the NFL’s engagement and outreach with the Hispanic community.

Hispanic Community March 2018

1968 LA School Walkout Protesters See Link To Parkland Teens

Participants in a 1968 Los Angeles high school walkout to protest dropout rates and paddle beatings for speaking Spanish that ended up prompting a wave of Mexican-American youth activism say they hear echoes of their demonstrations in the voices of outraged students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, where 17 people died in a mass shooting.

Hispanic Community March 2018

AP News Guide: DACA Deadline Arrives With Diminished Urgency [Beyond Education]

A program that temporarily shields hundreds of thousands of young people from deportation was scheduled to end Monday but court orders have forced the Trump administration to keep issuing renewals. In September, Trump said he was ending the DACA program but gave Congress six months to develop a legislative fix. Those whose permits expired by March 5 had one month to apply for renewal.

Hispanic Community March 2018

US Makes Cuba Staffing Cuts Permanent After 'Health Attacks' [Beyond Education]

The United States said Friday it was making permanent its decision last year to withdraw 60 percent of its diplomats from Cuba, citing a need to protect American personnel from what the State Department calls "health attacks" that remain unexplained. In October, the department ordered non-essential personnel and all family members to leave Havana, arguing the U.S. could not protect diplomats from unexplained illnesses that have harmed at least 24 Americans.

Hispanic Community March 2018

Congress' Immigration Push Sputters As Guns Grab Attention [Beyond Education]

It's taken just two weeks for Washington's immigration battle to fade from blistering to back-burner. Lawmakers now seem likely to do little or nothing this election year on an effort that's been eclipsed by Congress' new focus on guns, bloodied by Senate defeats and relegated to B-level urgency by a Supreme Court ruling. Talks have gone dormant that sought a bipartisan package: A chance for citizenship for young immigrants brought to the country illegally and $25 billion for President Donald Trump to erect his treasured wall with Mexico. Even a proposal dangling modest wins for both sides seems a longshot.

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