Migrant children are still missing. Families are still separated. On this episode, the LMC speaks with librettist Anna Deeny Morales and attorney Sergio Garcia to discuss the opera “Zavala Zavala” and why we need to continue talking about migrant family separation.
Anna Deeny Morales is also a Center for Latin American Studies fellow and Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. Sergio Garcia is an Assistant Federal Public Defender for the Western District of Texas.
o begin Pride Month, the LMC speaks with Nicola Chavez and Roberto Zapata from the LGBTQ rights group Amate de El Salvador to discuss the challenges faced by the community under the authoritarian government of president Nayib Bukele during the continued state of exception.
Following last year’s landmark labor victories by United Auto Workers, the momentum has extended to Tennessee where workers voted last month to unionize. So the LMC spends the hour with Luis Feliz Leon, staff writer for Labor Notes, to discuss the importance of this latest labor victory and the frontline workers who led the way.
The Latino Media Collective is a grassroots Latino public-affairs program that airs on Pacifica station WPFW 89.3fm on Fridays @ 1pm EST in Washington DC.