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Protests Against Policing Could Help Make Formerly Homeless Candace Valenzuela the First Afro-Latina in Congress

A poll released  on Friday shows changing dynamics in the runoff for the Democratic primary in Texass 24th Congressional District, which represents suburban areas between Fort Worth and Dallas. According to the survey, which was commissioned by the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and conducted in July by Data for Progress, 36-year-old…

A Mobilized Latinx Community Confronts Its Own Issues With Racism to Better Stand With Black Lives Matter

Amid national dialogue about racism after the recent killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor at the hands of police, many non-Black Latinos and Afro-Latinos have seized this moment in history to call out the anti-Blackness rhetoric rooted in our own communities — in order to truly stand in solidarity…

Indian activists publish the first online magazine in the Santali language

Homepage of the Birmali online magazine. Screenshot from the Birmali website. (Fair use) Santali language activists from the eastern Indian state of Odisha, have recently published the very first online magazine in the Santali language. Although the 7.6 million native speakers have already seen other kinds of online publications, Birmali magazine is the…

AP Explains: Options narrowing for Venezuela’s opposition

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is increasingly moving to sideline the opposition led by U.S.-backed lawmaker Juan Guaidó. A string of recent court rulings dismantling three influential opposition parties along with growing citizen disillusionment not to mention the coronavirus pandemic have thrown a new wrench in the oppositions…

New York AG says police reforms should be ‘quickly’ enacted amid protest investigation

In a 57-page report released Wednesday, New York Attorney General Letitia James proposed a series of police reforms she says should be “quickly” enacted following violent encounters between police and protesters during recent demonstrations after the death of George Floyd. The report was released amid an investigation James is leading…