Amid ongoing protests and outrage over numerous ICE raids in Los Angeles and throughout the country, the LMC spends the hour with freelance journalist Victoria Valenzuela on US law enforcement’s long connections with Israeli police training and how the youth of L.A. are fighting back.
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June 13th, 2025: Undocumented & LGBTQ- Peru
In the latest installment of the Undocumented & LGBTQ series, the LMC spends the hour with Malú Machuca Rose to discuss the unique challenges of Peru’s LGBTQ community and how the country’s civil war from generations ago still hinder the struggle for equal rights.
Malú Machuca Rose is a PhD Candidate in Performance Studies at Northwestern University.
June 6th, 2025: Immigrant Realities
As the country continues to see mass arrests of migrants in courtrooms and in viral videos, the LMC spends the hour with Ernesto Castaneda from the Immigration Lab and the Center for Latino American and Latino Studies at American University to discuss migrant realities vs the myths that lead to racist, xenophobic government policies.
Ernesto Castaneda is also the author of, “Challenging Common Misperceptions.”