Lucía Cavallero escribe sobre el crecimiento de la deuda en Argentina durante la pandemia de Covid-19, ya que pagar bienes y servicios básicos sin cheques de pago ni asistencia gubernamental hizo la vida cotidiana más difícil.
Not Your Typical Food Conference: A Reflection on the Biomigrations Conference
Jesús I’x Nazario, Dhruv Patel, and Irene Farah report on the "Biomigrations Conference", discussing issues of food justice and security in the Americas.
Moral Licensing and Impunity: Reflections on Colombian Security Sector Narratives
Alejandra Ortiz Ayala looks at the difficulties in the Colombian peace process, in part a result of the resistance of the armed forces to fully deal with the history of that country's long violent conflict.
Title 42 Continues, and So Does the Suffering at the Border
Katie Sharar looks at the use of Title 42, a public health statute, to close the U.S. border to almost all migration, using the Covid-19 pandemic as a pretext.
Latinos on Mars
Milo Buitrago-Casas examines the role of Latinx scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the way their work both supports current missions and grows scientific capabilities throughout the Americas.
Qo xnaq’tzan tuj tzalajb’il tu’ntzan tjaw ch’iw qchwinqlal: We teach with happiness for a better future
Henry Sales and Tessa Scott got to know each other and began working together through their work in Mam language learning, and write about that experience.
Public and Intimate Performances of Gendered Violence: HerStory of Feminicide in Ciudad Juárez
Laila Espinoza describes her artistic work in Ciudad Juárez, drawing attention to the horrifying pattern of femicides in the city and surrounding country.
Song: Niahciz (Nahuatl for: I will arrive)
Everardo Reyes relates his personal and familial connection to the Nahuatl language and culture, both in receiving it from his family and passing it along to his child while studying the Nahuatl language through CLACS.
Decentering Colonial Languages as a Pathway to Delight
Julia Nee finds delight in studying non-colonial languages in Latin America through the work of Berkeley's programs in Indigenous Language Revitalization.
Bolsonaro’s Response to Covid-19: The Political Tools of Inaction, Obstruction, and Blame
Elize Massard da Fonseca and Andreza Davidian criticize the Bolsonaro government's responses, lack thereof, or even counter-productive interference in health policymaking during the Covid-19 pandemic
