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Mexico Elects First Woman President

In a historic landslide victory, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo was elected Mexico’s first woman president this past Sunday night. In her victory speech, Sheinbaum addressed the nation’s 200-year-old history, noting that she shares her win with the Mexican women of the past, present, and future. “No llego sola, llegamos todas. Con las heroínas que nos dieron […]

Lawtinas

Despite increased Latine student enrollment in higher education over the past few decades, Latine students are still drastically underrepresented in graduate school admissions. As the recent Supreme Court decision has revealed, access to higher education for racial minorities continues to be restricted despite long decades of educational justice advocacy. In the field of law more […]

Reina del Cielo

La Basilica de Guadalupe is visited by millions of devout Roman Catholics each year, many of which embark on a sacred pilgrimage to visit the church each December 12th; the Day of the Virgen de Guadalupe. While most Catholic saints have a special day of celebration throughout the Gregorian calendar year, the Virgen de Guadalupe […]

Narco Cultura: The Harmful Idolization and Romanticization of the Mexican Drug World

Just hours after the second capture of Ovidio Guzman, son of Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, social media platforms were booming with mixed reactions from all over the world. Most notable were the alarming responses of Mexicans and Mexican-Americans, many of which showed their support for Guzman. “Let him go” read dozens of […]