With the deployment of the National Guard occupying Washington DC, the LMC spends the hour with James Early and Alberto Medina to break down the parallels between the battle for DC statehood and Puerto Rican independence against the rise of authoritariansm.
James Early is a former Smithsonian Institution Assistant Secretary for Education and Public Service. Alberto C. Medina is the president of Boricuas Unidos en la Diáspora (BUDPR), a national organization of Puerto Ricans in the United States who educate and organize for decolonization.
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.
On a special episode of the LMC, Magdalena Albizu & Eddie Bailey, the producers of the documentary Negrita, discuss how their new film explores the challenges of cultural prejudice and presumptions surrounding the lives of Afro-Latinas in the US.
The Latino Media Collective is a grassroots Latino public-affairs program that airs on Pacifica station WPFW 89.3fm on Fridays @ 1pm EST in Washington DC.
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