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Lizzie Fletcher, center, then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other House Democrats applaud as Marilyn Strickland speaks on reproductive freedom.
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What the Next 50 Years of Reproductive Rights Activism Can Learn from the Last 50

Success moving forward requires building a more inclusive movement than what existed during the Roe v. Wade era.
by Felicia Kornbluh via Made by History on January 20, 2023

Bittersweet Harvest

The long and brutal journey of the yam.
by Rosa Colón via The Nib on June 27, 2022
Dancers in West Side Story jumping on stage

Why West Side Story Leaves Out African Americans

The new film is set in a now-bulldozed Black neighborhood, so why is it all about whites and Puerto Ricans? Because it really takes place in Los Angeles.
by Timothy Noah via The New Republic on December 17, 2021
Television camera operator at work.
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Latino Empowerment Through Public Broadcasting

How Latinos have used public radio and television to communicate their cultures, histories, hopes, and concerns.
by Alexandra García, Gabriela Rivera via American Archive of Public Broadcasting on November 23, 2021
Garbage in street

When the Young Lords Put Garbage on Display to Demand Change

In 1969, a group of Puerto Rican youth in East Harlem leveraged a garbage problem to demand reform.
by Johanna Fernandez via HISTORY on September 15, 2021
Young Lords Party march to the UN.

The Young Lords' Radical Fight for Environmental Justice

Johanna Fernández's new book on the Young Lords sheds light on the group's fight for clean streets and public health in 1960s New York City.
by Erik Wallenberg via Edge Effects on July 29, 2021
LGBT demonstrators link arms facing a line of mounted police.

They Were Warriors: The ACT UP Protests That Shook Chicago

In 1990, activists — many fighting for their lives — staged one of the biggest AIDS demonstrations in history. Here’s how it played out, in the words of those who were there.
by Mary Patten, Rebecca Makkai, Lori Cannon, Jeff Edwards, Justin Hayford, Saundra Johnson, Owen Keehnen, Steve Migalski, Roberto Sanabria, Jeanne Kracher, Bill McMillan via Chicago Magazine on April 7, 2020

The Young Lords’ Revolution

A new book looks at the history of the Afro-Latinx radical activist group and how their influence continues to be felt.
by Ed Morales via The Nation on March 24, 2020
Ripped Puerto Rican flag painted with the words "Together as One"
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No More Annexation: Assassination!

The extremes to which Puerto Rican national Pedro Albizu Campos and his followers fought for independence.
via BackStory on September 7, 2018
The cover of "Beyond Norma Rae" by Aimee Loiselle

Who Makes the American Working Class: Women Workers and Culture

Female industrial workers across the country and from diverse racial backgrounds fought to tell their own stories.
by Brock Schnoke via UNC Press Blog on March 13, 2024
Black and white photo of the outside of a bar, with "CB GB: OMFUG" written on an overhang, and graffiti and posters on the walls and windows

Real Estate Developers Killed NYC’s Vibrant ’70s Music Scene

In the 1970s and early ’80s, NYC’s racially and ethnically diverse working-class neighborhoods nurtured groundbreaking rap, salsa, and punk music.
by Kurt Hollander via Jacobin on February 11, 2024
Sonia Manzano and the Muppet Grover launch the Super Grover sandwich in honor of the 4,000th "Sesame Street" episode on Feb. 27, 2002, at a New York City deli.

I Was the First Latina on Sesame Street. Now I Have My Own Ideas About Bringing Representation to TV

"I thought, surely after the success of 'Sesame Street' and my contribution to it, all kinds of Latinx talent would flood the media. Not so."
by Sonia Manzano via HuffPost on June 4, 2023
Robert Segovia (left) instructing class. Emerito Torres and Agapito Cruz (at chalkboard).

The Machiavelli of the Mexican American People

How Robert Segovia used steelworkers and the Catholic Church to build a political machine in Chicago.
by Emiliano Aguilar via Process: A Blog for American History on March 28, 2023
Incumbent Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and his wife, Casey, wave from behind a podium.
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Miami Once Provided a Model for Diversity. Now DeSantis Won It Big.

The county once championed a divisive, but productive, method of training professionals to deal with diversity.
by Catherine Mas via Made by History on November 10, 2022
Quisqueya Bodega in Crown Heights

The NYC Bodega: A History of Violence and Resilience

Bodegas serve as lifelines and community centers, yet have faced heinous violence. Here is the story of the New York City bodega.
by Isa Farfan via Untapped New York on July 19, 2022
Yams under concrete with the leaves growing out of a crack in the sidewalk

The Deep and Twisted Roots of the American Yam

The American yam is not the food it says it is. How that came to be is a story of robbery, reinvention, and identity.
by Lex Pryor via The Ringer on November 24, 2021
Postage stamp with people in frotn of American flag, with the text "Hispanic Americans A Proud Heritage"
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Where Did the Term "Hispanic" Come From?

"Hispanic" as the name of an ethnicity is contested today. But the category arose from a political need for unity.
by G. Cristina Mora, Livia Gershon via JSTOR Daily on September 15, 2020

The Past and Future of Latinx Politics

Two new books look at the history of Latinx Democrats and Republicans and the role each will play in the future.
by Ed Morales via The Nation on June 30, 2020
Man at Trump rally holding a "Latinos for Trump" sign.

On the Past and Future of Hispanic Republicans

“I was shocked to learn that Hispanic conservatives celebrate Cortes’s arrival in Mexico.”
by Geraldo Cadava, Rosina Lozano via Public Books on June 15, 2020

Spanish Has Never Been a Foreign Language in the United States

The call to “speak English” in America has a long history that often drowns out our even longer history of diverse language use.
by Rosina Lozano via Los Angeles Times on May 29, 2018
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Nuestra América

This exhibit explores the diverse cultures and shared experiences of Hispanic Americans at the polls and in popular culture, at work and in movements for social change.

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