James Early, the former Smithsonian Institution Assistant Secretary for Education and Public Service, joins the LMC to discuss the Trump administration’s attempts to rewrite history by taking over the Smithsonian Institute, the Kennedy Center, and the defunding of public libraries.
Category Archives: Beyond Latinx
April 18th, 2025: The Politics of Wearing Black
On this special episode merging fashion with politics, the LMC spends the hour with writer Edward Salazar Celis on the political history of Latinos wearing black from the Zoot suit Chicanos from the 1930s to the west coast Chicanas in the 90s and everything in between from a working-class point of view.
Edward Salazar Celis is a writer, cultural critic and educator, specializing in Latin(x) American arts, fashion and visual cultures.
March 21st, 2025: Stories from the Darien Gap
Long before migrants make it to the US/Mexico border, many migrants make the treacherous journey through the Darien Gap. So the LMC spends the hour with freelance writers Joshua Collins and Timothy O’Farrell on the physical and psychological challenges migrants face when crossing the unpaved jungles between Panama and Colombia.
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