Posts tagged politics
An Alcalde in Trump Country

Eddie Moran is the first Latino mayor of a Pennsylvania city. That he won in Trump Country isn't the story. That he won in a city being reshaped by Latino immigrants -- and pushed by a coalition of African-Americans and whites -- IS the story. It reflects an under-reported truism that many communities in the American heartland are on the cusp of immigrant-fueled change. By Andrea Arzaba. Photos by Hector Emanuel

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The Serious Dust-Up Over American Dirt

A fictional tale of migration and violence in Mexico yields real-life literary drama that exposes the narrow worldview of legacy publishers. Debate over the book has focused on wafer-thin diversity among decision-makers in publishing houses and how that’s widened a disconnect between celebrity-seeking publishers and increasingly multi-ethnic storytellers and readers.

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