Voices
Antonio De Loera-Brust is a first-generation Mexican-American writer and filmmaker from Davis, Calif. He is a graduate of Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles and a former Joseph A. O’Hare, S.J., fellow at America.
Arts & CultureTelevision
"Dear White People" gets into the nitty-gritty of campus life, where students’ politics must coexist with their personal relationships, and sacred principles must endure alongside collegiate stupidity.
Arts & CultureBooks
For those seeking an introduction to the wolf, to individual wolves and to humanity’s similarities with wolves, this readable book is a worthy first dip in the pool.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
If the U.S. does not take this opportunity to strike the Assad regime, the lesson to every dictator will be that they can get away with any atrocity that keeps them in power.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Within the U.S. Catholic Church, Latinos are on the path to becoming the new majority. But with a diversity of national origins, the Latino community cannot be limited to one voice.
Politics & SocietyNews
The Coalition of Immokalee Workers, a Florida-based farmworker group, led a "Freedom Fast" to draw attention to the epidemic of sexual assault and harassment of farmworker women and to the C.I.W.’s ongoing boycott of the fast-food chain Wendy’s.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Including a question about citizenship status on the 2020 census will have a chilling effect on Latino participation, and that seems to be the whole point.
Arts & CultureFilm
Decades after Oscar Zeta Acosta’s disappearance in Mexico, a new documentary aims to reintroduce him in the context of the Chicano movement.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
A shared faith was a crucial reason Mexican-Americans came to trust the Kennedys.
Arts & CultureIdeas
When I played hockey, other players of color were few and far between.
Politics & SocietyArchives
From now on, Berlin will live with the memory of the wall for longer than it lived with the wall itself.