The entire planet will soon be gripped in a sudden and near-religious fervor.
Antonio De Loera-Brust
Antonio De Loera-Brust is a writer and labor activist from Yolo County, California. He currently works for the United Farm Workers and previously worked for the U.S. Department of State. He was a Father Joseph A. O’Hare S.J. Fellow at America magazine from 2017 to 2018 and graduated Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles’ School of Film and Television.
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Masked men attack Jesuit University in Nicaragua
Since protests directed at the Sandinista government in Nicaragua began in April, the Jesuit-run University of Central America has been a target of violence.
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
Why “Dear White People” is our best look at racial politics on U.S. campuses
“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.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
What can we learn from wolves?
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.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Peace in Syria is impossible without U.S. military intervention
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.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Infographic: A Latino future for the church and society
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.
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Fasting with Farmworkers: Agriculture’s #MeToo moment
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.
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An attack on the integrity of the census is an attack on the voting rights of minorities
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.
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
The return of the Chicano activist Brown Buffalo
Decades after Oscar Zeta Acosta’s disappearance in Mexico, a new documentary aims to reintroduce him in the context of the Chicano movement.
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China Expert: Vatican-China deal might really happen
The Vatican and China, which severed diplomatic ties in 1951, have had on-again, off-again talks since the 1980s.