As the 2026 World Cup is under way, Celso Thomas Castilho, an associate professor of history at Vanderbilt University, spends the hour with the LMC to discuss the forgotten history Latino activism during the 1994 World Cup and the independent Latino newspapers that documented it all.
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May 8th, 2026: Canada’s Latino Community
Slowly growing but often overlooked, Canada’s Latino community is facing an uphill battle for recognition in a country that rarely includes itself in the Latin American narrative. So the LMC speaks with professor Rodrigo Narro Perez about the importance of Latinx studies in Canada and why their experience deserves greater attention.
Rodrigo Narro Perez is an Assistant Professor in the School of Earth, Environment and Society and the Faculty of Science at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
April 10th, 2026: The Fall of Cesar Chavez
Following a shocking New York Times investigation describing a history of sexual assault and abuse from Cesar Chavez, the late co-founder of the United Farm Workers, the LMC speaks with Nolan Cabrera to discuss the fallout from the story and what it means to the future of Chicano Studies.
Nolan Cabrera is a professor of Educational Policy Studies and Practice @ the University of Arizona in Tucson and the author of, “Banned: The Fight for Mexican American Studies in the Streets and in the Courts.” Co-written with Robert Chang from the University of California, Irvine.
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