Grateful to Fatima for trusting me to report her story. As of the publishing date of this story, Arturo Flores remains a sitting council member in the City of Huntington Park. lataco.com/arturo-flore...

USC Graduate Student at Center of Arturo Flores Sexual Assault Scandal Speaks Out ~ L.A. TACO

Since the news broke, there have been ongoing recall efforts and public pressure for Flores to resign. However, Flores remains a sitting council member.

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We need a mosaic movement, not fragmented ‘leftism,’ writes columnist @williamcson.bsky.social. Instead of a call for resentment-filled “unity” or traditional fronts, we can look to what former Panther, Black Liberation Army member & political prisoner Russell Maroon Shoatz called “the mosaic.”

We need a mosaic movement, not fragmented ‘leftism’

Instead of a call for resentment-filled “unity” or traditional fronts, we can look to what Russell Maroon Shoatz called “the mosaic”

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Published this timely piece on navigating SA in labor organizing spaces. Shoutout to the campesinas that spoke to me about their experiences 💐

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Labor rights activists navigate what César Chávez sexual abuse allegations mean for their movement, Michelle Zacarias reports. Some organizers say the allegations have sparked a necessary conversation about focusing on collectivism within movements, rather than figureheads.

Brenda Gonzalez started the Tamarindo Podcast in 2016 because she wanted a casual, chisme-with-your-girlfriend space for Latina political commentary. Nearly 10 years later, she's built retreats, workshops, a fitness practice — and a community that crosses borders.

I was diagnosed with colorectal cancer at 34. What began as digestive discomfort and fatigue turned into a nine-month battle for answers, eventually leading to the colonoscopy that saved my life. #colorectalcancer 🎥 @socialprimates.bsky.social & @thelatinonewsletter.org youtu.be/P1fvBlnIO70?...

Living Proof: a Colorectal Cancer Awareness Story

YouTube video by The Latino Newsletter

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The March 20 edition of The Latino Newsletter is Episode 13 of our second season No More Pedestals Host: @zacariasm.bsky.social Guest: @juliorvarela.com Produced by Joaquín Cotler, @juandiegoramirez.bsky.social and Michelle Zacarias

No More Pedestals

In this special episode of the Latino Newsletter podcast, host Michelle Zacarias is joined by founder Julio Ricardo Varela ⁠to discuss the New York Times report⁠ on the sexual abuse allegations agains...

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Uplifting Dolores’s words today from the podcast episode she was featured in this season. She is a woman of incredible strength and commitment—and the labor rights movement would not be what it is today without her contributions and advocacy.

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What is keeping the #Latino community from wielding its power in a unified way? "Organizing, organizing, and organizing" is the key ingredient Dolores Huerta shared in the latest episode of The Latino Newsletter Podcast.

So much love and solidarity to Ana Murguia, Debra Rojas, Dolores Huerta, and every other survivor. Chavez was just a man; women like them, then and now, are the true heroes of the farmworkers’ movement.

I met Dolores Huerta in 2023. She was small in stature but made up for it in presence. I told her I was from Chicago and her eyes lit up, “I love Chicago organizers!” At the end of the night I watched her help the staff clean up: truly a woman of the people. I stand with her & the other survivors 💐

In the latest episode of @thelatinonewsletter.org podcast I speak with @gustavoarellano.bsky.social about colorectal health! #colorectalcancerawareness

The Latino Newsletter@thelatinonewsletter.org · 5mo ago

The symptoms can look like Crohn's. Like IBS. Like nothing alarming at all. That's what makes colorectal cancer so dangerous — and why the colonoscopy conversation can't wait. On this episode of our podcast, host @zacariasm.bsky.social and LA Times columnist @gustavoarellano.bsky.social get real

This guy gets it.

Here's the latest from the @thelatinonewsletter.org podcast team — including host @zacariasm.bsky.social (follow her!)

The Latino Newsletter@thelatinonewsletter.org · 5mo ago

John Carlos Frey, a six-time Emmy award-winning journalist and documentary filmmaker, joined The Latino Newsletter Podcast to share more about his unconventional journey from #Hollywood actor to investigative reporter covering #immigration and border issues.

Check out our latest episode of @thelatinonewsletter.org podcast 🎙️ with @nicolefoy.bsky.social on her reporting for @propublica.org

The Latino Newsletter@thelatinonewsletter.org · 6mo ago

Reporter @nicolefoy.bsky.social joins the Latino Newsletter Podcast to discuss her groundbreaking @propublica.org investigation that uncovered more than 170 U.S. citizens detained by #immigration — a number she describes as a "vast undercount" Full episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...

DAILY MEMO: Border Patrol and ICE Raid Almost 20 L.A. Communities, Almost 30 Total in SoCal in Record Numbers @eltragon.bsky.social

WARNING, fellow journalists: As @nicoschmidt.io explains, attackers are trying to hijack reporters' Signal accounts by tricking people into handing over their 2FA codes. www.linkedin.com/posts/nicosc...

The Atlantic reported that Gregory Bovino has been removed from his role as the "commander at large" for the U.S. Border Patrol and will return to his former job in California, where he is expected to retire soon. No confirmation from DHS or the White House, yet. www.reuters.com/world/bovino...

Bovino removed from his role as US Border Patrol commander at large, The Atlantic reports

Gregory Bovino has been removed from his role as the "commander at large" for the U.S. Border Patrol and will return to his former job in California, where he is expected to retire soon, the Atlantic ...

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I appreciate those out there protesting at great risk to their lives however i think the nation needs to grind this economy to a dead stop. It's something everyone can do safely. No spending on ANYTHING but absolute necessities. I understand some shut ins can not do this but very many of us can.

I've been studying the history of US, and indeed, global policing my whole career and I can't make it more clear to law makers that this isn't a bastardization of policing, it is its purest form and logical conclusion. The impunity, militarization, deference, legitimacy, racial targeting, etc.

I got to feature THE @nicolefoy.bsky.social on the @thelatinonewsletter.org podcast to discuss her groundbreaking coverage of US citizens who have been detained by ICE. ✍️: @propublica.org podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Nicole Foy and the Power of Local Journalism

Podcast Episode · The Latino Newsletter · 01/23/2026 · 34m

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Minneapolis doesn’t get enough credit for being the tipping point of resistance movements. We saw it with George Floyd and we’re seeing it now. They have a unified working class and know how to mobilize the masses. A lot of the people you see at the frontlines are regular folks, not activists.

Abolishing ICE is the bare minimum. This goes for ANYBODY, but especially the Democrats in congress too cowardly to demand an end to state-sanctioned murder, abduction and trafficking.

People in Minnesota are now using their key fobs to trigger their car alarms from the safety of their homes when they see ICE walking around.

The news about people losing their eyes to less lethal rounds is a good time to remind people to buy goggles if you are going to a protest. Look for ones with an impact-resistant rating of ANSI Z87+ High-velocity impact rating or ANSI Z87.1+ High-velocity impact rating. Ideally, rubber not foam seal

I don’t need to see the ICE body cam footage to know Renee’s death was not justified. Just as I never had look at footage of police shootings to know that Black and brown people should not be executed by cops. No matter what angle you present: this violence will never be normalized to me. #reneegood

Important context for claims that the Nicole Renee Good was obstructing/assaulting officers before she was shot & killed: The last time immigration agents shot a woman (Marimar Martinez, Chicago) they made similar claims. Prosecutors have already dropped the charges www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

Deadly Minneapolis ICE shooting echoes Franklin Park, Marimar Martinez shootings during Operation Midway Blitz

The deadly Minneapolis shooting by an ICE agent that killed a woman Wednesday morning recalls shootings by federal immigration agents in Chicago during the height of Operation Midway Blitz in the fall...

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Mayor Jacob Frey: "They are already trying to spin this as an action of self defense. Having seen the video myself, I want to tell everybody directly that is bullshit."

A 23 year old larping as a journalist made a misleading and inaccurate YouTube video that the administration full of chronically online shitposters used to justify the “largest immigration operation ever” and now someone is dead

My impulse is always to tell people to "stay safe," but the reality is, I want us to get angrier. This administration begets all of our outrage and ire. Shooting civilians in broad daylight is just the beginning; they are setting the standard for violence against anyone who speaks out.

ICE just murdered a woman here in Minneapolis. A legal observer. Shot her multiple times while she drove away as ordered. She was a US citizen. Absolute, unequivocal, cold-blooded murder by Trump’s gestapo. Abolish ICE, jail for everyone in charge. This is the lowest bar we accept now.

It is now confirmed from multiple sources that ICE shot a legal observer dead on Portland in Minneapolis between 34th and 33rd street. The victim is dead