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Immigration PolicyJuly 14, 2021
The Violence of Latinx Erasure Starts With Undercounting Victims
The systematic deletion of Latinx people by government databases, media organizations, and Hollywood has enabled killer cops, inhumane immigration policies, and more.
Roberto Lovato
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WorldJune 9, 2021
The Kids Are Reimagining International Solidarity
Millennial and Gen Z activists are connecting their struggles at home to the workings of US empire in Palestine, Haiti, Colombia, and other countries.
Roberto Lovato
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DemocratsMay 10, 2021
The Age of Intersectional Empire Is Upon Us
The CIA’s recent recruitment video—featuring an “intersectional” millennial Latina—is the latest example of imperial rebranding.
Roberto Lovato
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November 25, 2020
Good Times and End Times on 26th and Folsom
The weed is legal, the virus is spiking, and kids dream of robots protecting their families from the landlord.
Roberto Lovato
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November 24, 2020
Unforgetting: Confronting El Salvador’s—and My Family’s—Past
Doing so helped me to understand not just the violent history of El Salvador, but also that of my country of birth, the United States.
Roberto Lovato
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Criminal JusticeFebruary 2, 2018
Why Is Nicaragua’s Homicide Rate So Far Below That of Its Central American Neighbors?
It’s the revolution, stupid—which fostered innovative policing, along with the dedicated work of community organizers and women activists.
Roberto Lovato
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StatesApril 15, 2016
Latinos and the New Battle for Texas
Tejanos will change the state’s politics. But that remake won’t be as simple as either Republicans or Democrats assume.
Roberto Lovato
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Race and EthnicityJune 26, 2015
‘The Ghosts of 1937 Are Warning Us’
The past feels dangerously present as deportation and silence devastate Haitian life in the Dominican Republic.
Roberto Lovato
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Race and EthnicityJune 19, 2015
‘It’s the Day Without Haitians in Dominican Republic’
Haitian residents go into hiding as the deadline for mass deportation arrives.
Roberto Lovato
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Immigration PolicyJune 8, 2015
El Salvador’s Gang Violence: The Continuation of Civil War by Other Means
Poverty, the politics of impunity and the long history of US-funded oppression are creating a new wave of refugees.
Roberto Lovato