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Antonio De Loera-Brust
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.
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Articles By Antonio De Loera-Brust
Arts & Culture Books
Review: Latinos are protagonists in the American story
Antonio De Loera-BrustAugust 09, 2019
Rejecting the implications of the label “minority,” Carrie Gibson tells the entire 500-year history of Spanish-speaking peoples in what is now the United States.
Politics & Society Short Take
Why the U.S. going to the moon still matters to immigrants
Antonio De Loera-BrustJuly 02, 2019
If the frontier of the U.S.-Mexico border represents the America that would exclude me, space is the frontier that invites me.
The ruins of the church where the constitution of Simón Bolívar’s “Gran Colombia” was signed. Photo by Antonio De Loera-Brust
Politics & Society Features
How the Catholic Church is responding to Venezuela’s refugee crisis
Antonio De Loera-BrustFebruary 18, 2019
Over one million Venezuelans have arrived in Colombia as of May 2018. Colombia is not a rich country, and helping to bear the burden of receiving thousands of Venezuelan refugees every day is the Catholic Church.
A Honduran migrant carries Jired Melendez, 4 years-old, as they try to cross over the U.S. border wall to San Diego, California, from Tijuana, Mexico, Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
Faith Faith in Focus
Why you should keep reading the bleak news this Christmas
Antonio De Loera-BrustDecember 24, 2018
If Jesus was born today, where might we find him? I would say Tijuana would be a good place to start looking.
Central American migrants reach the shore on the Mexican side of the Suchiate River after wading across from Guatemala on Oct. 20. Thousands of migrants from El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala are making their way north through Mexico. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
Politics & Society Short Take
The ‘crisis’ of the migrant caravan is one of misperception
Antonio De Loera-BrustOctober 30, 2018
The real threat to the United States is not the unarmed migrants making a dangerous trek through Mexico, it is the fear and hate that sensationalized coverage of the caravan has fomented.
Arts & Culture Art
New exhibit highlights the forgotten history of the Chicano resistance
Antonio De Loera-BrustAugust 08, 2018
On the 50th anniversary of many historic moments of the Chicano movement, a new photography exhibit at The Autry in Los Angeles is telling the Chicano story through the eyes of its participants.
Politics & Society Dispatches
Colombian farmers seek to plant peace in former coca fields
Antonio De Loera-BrustAugust 07, 2018
In the rural community of Las Palmas, a group of former coca farmers are replacing coca production with legitimate crops in the hope of promoting peace.
Washington Capitals right wing Devante Smith-Pelly, left, celebrates his goal during Game 5 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Finals against the Vegas Golden Knights, June 7. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Arts & Culture Short Take
What happens when a black hockey player boycotts the White House?
Antonio De Loera-BrustJune 13, 2018
American sports and politics are lurching toward their next racially charged collision.
Children wait in line for a meal at the Juventud 2000 migrant shelter in Tijuana, Mexico, April 25.
Politics & Society Short Take
Separating immigrant families is a cruel means to a cruel end
Antonio De Loera-BrustJune 01, 2018
Separating families will not stop drug traffickers or gang members. Its only purpose is to punish migrants seeking their own American dream.
Sen. Robert F. Kennedy meets a resident of Greenville, Miss., in April 1967. (AP Photo/Jack Thornell)
Politics & Society Dispatches
Infographic: Revisiting R.F.K.’s poverty tour
Antonio De Loera-BrustJune 01, 2018
Our measurements of poverty have changed since Robert F. Kennedy’s historic presidential campaign, but the poor and marginalized still need a champion.