Amid the Coronavirus pandemic, the LMC speaks with freelance journalist Alexandra Villarreal about how anti-immigrant legislation and poor sanitary conditions in migrant detention centers could put more people at risk of illness.
Category Archives: Central America
February 7th, 2020: The Importance of Central American Spaces
Amid the American Dirt controversy, the struggle for recognition of Central American studies, and the case of Oscar and Valeria Martinez; the LMC dedicates this episode to the importance of Central American spaces. Our guests include Veronica Melendez & Kim Benavides, co-founders of La Horchata Zine, along with Yesenia Portillo, East Coast Coordinator for the Committee In Solidarity With The People of El Salvador (CISPES).
January 24th, 2020: Latinidad in Belize
Do the terms Hispanic, Latino, or even Latinx apply to our brother’s and sister’s in Belize? The LMC tries to find out when we spend the hour with Kayla Alamilla about how Latinidad is complicated in Belize. Kayla Alamilla is a Belizean-American writer, poet, and songwriter.
