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.
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May 24th, 2024: Worker’s Rights in Mississippi
Almost five years after the largest ICE raid in US history devastated Mississippi’s immigrant community, the LMC speaks with Lorena Quiroz, the founder and director of the Immigrant Alliance for Justice & Equity, about the challenges immigrant whistleblowers still face in Mississippi’s meat-packing industry.
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.
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