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We sometimes forget our own strength, our own power. This is something that we deal with individually, but it is certainly true of all of us collectively, as a people. Latinxs number in the tens of millions in the United States, and with those numbers comes power and influence. We
The nation is less than 5 months away from voting for the next President in the 2020 national election held November 3. Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, a Democrat will run against President Donald Trump. The question has been for several months who would be Biden’s running
On April 22, 2020, a 20-year old Latina Army Specialist, Vanessa Guillén vanished from one of the largest Army installations, Fort Hood Army Base in Texas. The news of Vanessa Guillén went viral and had triggered many active-duty servicewomen and veterans of the military to voice their current and past
DACA college students are once again receiving the short end of the stick by being left out of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act which will issue COVID-19 emergency relief funds to colleges and universities and their students. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos of Trump’s administration delivered the
Basic universal human rights of migrants have been on the line. A California led class-action lawsuit brought on by civil rights groups over the ‘questionable’ medical care and treatment of mostly ‘Northern Triangle’ or Central American migrants detained at the Mexico/U.S. border is bringing light and shock to
Trump is meeting with ‘Northern Triangle’ countries to resolve migrant crisis. July 22nd was the due date to the allegedly ‘Refugee Agreement’ President Trump had set with Mexico, regarding migrants currently held in “Concentration Camps” by the border between both countries. A couple of weeks ago, Trump held a folded
Less than two years ago, Hurricane Maria and Hurricane Irma leveled the densely populated beautiful island of Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory and home to more than 3.7 million U.S. citizens. A reported 2,975 indirect and direct hurricane-related deaths had occurred deeming Hurricane Maria one of
The most unpresidential thing a President of the United States can do, publicly go into a racist tirade. As of lately, Trump’s viral tweets angered hundreds of thousands of Americans and provoked our nation’s ‘progressive’ Democrat Congresswomen to respond in defense and call out the ‘white nationalist’ or
On Friday, July 12th — Trump (#45) and his administration confirmed that ICE raids will happen on Sunday July 14th, to detain (not arrest) as many as 2000 undocumented families including children with court-ordered removals or have missed court appearances. Many of these families are victims of family separation and are
Earlier this year, Senate Republicans put forth the Allowing Greater Access to Safe and Effective Contraception Act. As the bill undergoes review, Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, one of few vocal Democrats, calls it to the public’s attention via a Tweet that birth control pills should be over-the-counter (OTC). The Democratic party
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