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Recent Articles
English, a Troublous Affair
English + Português
When I moved to the United States, I might have overestimated my capacity to communicate in English—and my patience for doing so.
Protecting Our Freedom: The Struggle in Colombia to Decriminalize Abortion
English + Español
We were walking towards the Constitutional Court in Bogotá the night of February 22 with several colleagues from Causa Justa (just Cause).
A Review of Evading the Patronage Trap: Interest Representation in Mexico
I was asked to write a “personal review,” so here it is. This fabulous book by Brian Palmer-Rubin made me jealous.
From Our Current Issue
When the Water Rises, Inequality Overflows: A Tale of a Foretold Tragedy
Tatiane Flores, a physical therapist in her early twenties, arrived at the place where her first-floor apartment used to stand. All she saw was a pile of mud and debris. The acrid smell of dirty water still lingered in the air. “ Now I come here and don’t even know if I have a home anymore.
Waxing and Waning: Institutional Rhythms of Inequality
Zelia Maria Magdalena Nuttall was famous in her time, well-known as an archaeologist, an Americanist, an antiquarian, an ethnologist, a folklorist and “a lady scientist”; she was a woman “making it” in a man’s world from the 1880s to the 1930s. Deeply engaged in research about ancient civilizations in Mexico, she led a remarkable life as a pioneer in the evolution of anthropology as a field of study.
Urban Divide: The Structural Roots of Housing Inequality in Tijuana
The transformation hits you as soon as you cross the U.S.-Mexico border.
Spotlight
Perspectives in Times of Change
Check out these reflections on social, economic, cultural and political transformations in Latin America, the Caribbean and Latinx communities in the United States.
StudEnt Views
Why All of Our Children Belong to Us
English + Español + Português
Over the past decade, as part of my work, I’ve had hundreds of inspiring dialogues with children at risk across South, Central and North American cities. These interactions changed the course of…
Can Citizens Save Democracy in Latin America?
I turn on the television. Massive protests in Chile calling for fundamental political reforms; Constitutional crisis in Peru as President Vizcarra dissolves congress; Dangerous showdown in…
The Cuban Diaspora’s Increasing Role in the Context of Changes on the Island
There’s a store in Miami where you can buy school uniforms for Cubans on the island—the exact same design, although not the same fabric. I’ve even run into a friend there. People buy the uniforms and take them or send them to Cuba—a sort of material remittance…
Book ReviewS
Cacaos y tigres de papel
During the political crisis that almost toppled the government of President Ernesto Samper, no one examined the role played by business. This was despite the fact that, on several occasions…
Linchamientos: ¿barbarie o justicia popular?
If you have stumbled on one of those news stories telling how an angry mob turned a suspected criminal into a human torch in Guatemala and wondered how such medieval violence can take…
Sex and the State
Abortion, divorce and gender equality in the family are three of the most controversial policy issues that Latin American governments have faced in the twentieth century. Yet for too long…
DRCLAS Podcast: Faculty Voices
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