Party Crasher Manuel Natal Wants to Change Puerto Rico’s Politics
M anuel Natal is just 34 years old and has already made history in his native Puerto Rico. He became the youngest person elected to its House ...
Ricky Renunció. What’s Next for Puerto Rico?
It's been 21 days since Ricardo Rosselló was forced to resign as governor of Puerto Rico. Slow-building protests across the island-nation culminat...
4 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Quotes to Grow On
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the freshman U.S. Representative, also known as “AOC” continues to be a lightning rod in Washington D.C. - and beyond. &nbs...
5 Things to Know About Julian Castro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dV27b-JSTb0
On Saturday, January 12, 2019, Julian Castro made it official. In both English and Spanish - "I am a ca...
The Great Divide…The Politics of Race
My Facebook feed is full of politics and it’s getting tiring. I don’t talk about politics much. I actually avoid the topic because people are normally...
Defend Puerto Rico’s Christian Martir Talks Independence By Connection
The plight of Puerto Rico’s status has always been a complicated and confusing one. The politics are complex for one of the last territories to ex...
Trayvon Martin’s Death 5 Years Later…What, If Anything Has Changed?
It’s been five years since then the death of Trayvon Martin. By now the entire world knows the story. A 17 year-old Trayvon – a black unarmed teenager...
President Obama Penned A Farewell Letter to the American People… Read It Here
On this the first official day of the Trump administration, we look at the farewell letter President Obama wrote to the American people on his last da...
Surviving Trump’s America
Isat in silence the morning of the 9th, coffee cup in hand, staring at a wall. Having had no sleep, I was thinking about how to talk to my childre...
A Latino Man’s Perspective on Day One of Trump’s America
This op-ed was originally written and published by Jesse Mejia and appears on jessemejiaspeaks.com
On Tuesday, November 8, 2016 I was at Wellesley ...