Did you know there are immigration raids taking place in Puerto Rico? On this episode, the LMC speaks with freelance reporter Carlos Berrios Polanco on ICE’s presence in Puerto Rico and how the island’s Dominican migrant community is living in fear and uncertainty.
Category Archives: Caribbean
November 29th, 2024: Haitians Fighting Back
After a horrendous election cycle filled with racist attacks against the Haitian diaspora, the LMC spends the hour with Francois Pierre-Louis, a professor of political science at Queens College City University of New York, about the history of Haitian-American resistance against institutional racism.
2023 LMC Year in Review
The LMC wraps up 2023 with freelance writer Arturo Dominguez to discuss a tumultuous year that included xenophobia, mass shootings, Islamophobia, and anti-LGBTQ legislation. We’ll also discuss how numerous, successful labor strikes gives us hope for a better 2024.