crystal letona

crystal letona

Crystal Letona or Crys is a politically informed brown girl born in Los Angeles, CA where she grew up in a predominately Latino community with her Mexican mother and Guatemalan father. She is current

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OP-ED: Twitter And Trump: A Guide to Stay Focused on What Really Matters in the Political Debate

OP-ED: Twitter And Trump: A Guide to Stay Focused on What Really Matters in the Political Debate

Ding. Ding. “BREAKING NEWS: Trump tweets again…” When is the last time you checked your phone, and it wasn’t a CNN, New York Times, or LA Times notification about Trump’s outrageous tweets? Nowadays it seems like Trump broke the Internet. With Puerto Rico, Mexico, and Caribbean nations in

In Honor of Latina Equal Pay Day, Did Your Last Paycheck Piss You Off?

In Honor of Latina Equal Pay Day, Did Your Last Paycheck Piss You Off?

We tweeted for Latina Equal Pay Day #LatinaEqualPayDay or #Trabajadoras Today is a day of acknowledgment and action! November 2 marks Latina Equal Pay Day, which is a day designed to recognize the gap in earnings between Latinas and White men and how far we have come and still need

A Letter to All "Abbys” Out There: What Part of Equal and Fairness in Higher Education Don’t You Understand?

A Letter to All "Abbys” Out There: What Part of Equal and Fairness in Higher Education Don’t You Understand?

Dear Abby, About a year ago from today I remember reading articles and watching news discussions about you. As a brown girl, I remember thinking, “Who is this white girl complaining about not getting into college?” …So what, one thing doesn’t go the way she wants it to once

Attorney General Sessions and Trump White House are Putting Sanctuary Cities at Risk

Attorney General Sessions and Trump White House are Putting Sanctuary Cities at Risk

Do sanctuary cities “breed crime” and does a disconnect exist with the Fed and police forces?  Thirty-eight years ago, the Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Daryl Gates signed off on Special Order 40, which separated the responsibilities of local law enforcement from federal immigration enforcement. The 1979

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