At seven years old, I was the youngest chivero in Rancho Los Prietos, in Guanajuato, Mexico. As a proud and effective young goat herder, my day started early. Six days a week I would wake up at 4am. Walk over to my grandfather, Papa Pepe’s house. Have some coffee with galletas with Papa Pepe and my grandma Mama Ruma….

While much of the current public conversation has focused on how tariffs are rattling the stock market, we must look beyond Wall Street and examine the real and lasting consequences for working-class communities and small business owners. These tariffs act as regressive taxes—raising the cost of everyday goods while offering no corresponding relief to families…

The recent Los Angeles wildfire research by the UCLA Latino Politics Institute (LPPI) was the focus of a media briefing hosted on March 5 at UCLA.  Dr. Silvia González, LPPI’s director of research and representatives from the Institute of Popular Education of Southern California (IDEPSCA), an organization that has been on the front lines of wildfire support…