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Rejected

Last fall, mail-in ballots from Latino voters in some counties in Washington state were more likely to be rejected by election officials. An investigation reveals how bias may be subjecting Latino ballots to greater scrutiny

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Feature, Politicspalabra.
Havana Summer

Cuba is going through one of its hardest times since the Soviet Union fell. And despite a government crackdown, people are tapping social media and encrypted apps to voice anger over shortages of basic goods and a mishandling of the coronavirus pandemic.

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Ciudadano Dreamer

Los Dreamers no se consideran una minoría. Con gran claridad política, su ejercicio de una ciudadanía de facto los ha convertido en los últimos años en uno de los movimientos activistas más importantes en la nación

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Politicspalabra.
Citizen Dreamer

Dreamers don’t consider themselves a minority. With great political clarity, their practice of de facto citizenship has made them one of the nation’s most important activist movements

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Feature, Politicspalabra.
To Be Asian and Atlantan Today

A horrific shooting in suburban Atlanta is a stark reminder of what’s before us: Hate crimes against Asians in the United States are up 150%, a product of the vitriol contained in phrases like “China virus.” We must recognize this for what it is -- a symptom of an epidemic.

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Feature, Politicspalabra.
Block The Vote

Hundreds of proposed local voting laws threaten the votes of Latinos and others, a new lawsuit charges. The bills are competing against a federal effort to expand mail-in voting and other measures that fueled record turnout last November.

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Feature, Politicspalabra.
A Plastics Polemic

Mexico City’s progressive ban on single-use plastics is hailed as a great step for the environment. But the ban has ignited controversy: It includes tampons with plastic applicators, putting a widely used product out of reach for millions of women

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Feature, Politicspalabra.