Tag: Latin America
Columbus who? Decolonizing the calendar in Latin America
Elena Jackson Albarrán, Miami University
This is the season of patriotism in Latin America as many countries commemorate their...
Joel Roberts Poinsett: Namesake of the poinsettia, enslaver, secret agent and...
Lindsay Schakenbach Regele, Miami University
If people know the name Joel Roberts Poinsett today, it is likely because of...
‘Across the Spider-Verse’ and the Latino legacy of Spider-Man
Regina Marie Mills, Texas A&M University
As a Latino literature and media scholar, a lifelong gamer and a Guatemalan-American...
5 elections to watch in 2023 – what’s at stake as...
Blessing-Miles Tendi, University of Oxford; Ahmet T. Kuru, San Diego State University; Ayesha Jalal, Tufts University; Carl LeVan, American University, and Eduardo...
Stop using ‘Latinx’ if you really want to be inclusive
Melissa K. Ochoa, Saint Louis University
Most of the debates on the usage of “Latinx” – pronounced “la-teen-ex” –...
Poll reveals white Americans see an increase in discrimination against other...
Stella Rouse, University of Maryland and Shibley Telhami, University of Maryland
Despite largely holding the political, economic and social...
Maradona: why the English can’t let go of the Hand of...
Matthew Brown, University of Bristol
The death of the greatest player in the history of the game of Association Football, Diego Armando Maradona, on November...
Federal agents sent to Kenosha, but history shows militarized policing in...
Angélica Durán-Martínez, University of Massachusetts Lowell
The U.S. Justice Department has dispatched federal agents and U.S. marshals to Kenosha, Wisconsin, where a police shooting left...
EXPLORING NATURE
In Disney’s ‘Moana,’ the characters navigate using the stars, just like...
Christopher Palma, Penn State
If you have visited an island like one of the Hawaiian Islands, Tahiti or Easter...
