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Oprah on the ‘American Dirt’ Controversy: “I Am Guilty of Not Looking for Latinx Writers”

Manuel Betancourt — Mon, 09 Mar 2020 18:24:08 +0000

When Oprah Winfrey revealed Jeanine Cummins’s American Dirt—an ill-received novel about a Mexican mother and her son’s journey across the border—would be part of Oprah’s Book Club she announced her selection as a one that could open people’s eyes to the humanitarian crisis at the border. “Like so many of us, I’ve read newspaper articles

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You Should Stream: This Doc Is a Heartbreaking Look at Families Divided by the US-Mexico Border

Andrew S. Vargas — Tue, 01 Nov 2016 16:22:20 +0000

Most of us don’t need any reminders that undocumented immigrants are people too, or that they’re braving extraordinary circumstances to guarantee a better life for their loved ones in an unknown country. In many cases those immigrants – documented or not – are our own families. But in the midst of all the hopelessly simplistic

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This Formerly Undocumented Immigrant Has a Powerful Message for Those Considering Not Voting

Andrew S. Vargas — Thu, 27 Oct 2016 19:45:04 +0000

You may have heard of Julissa Arce from the bombshell profile published in Bloomberg last year, or maybe you caught some of the glowing praise lavished on her 2016 memoir My (Underground) American Dream. Either way, the former Goldman Sachs vice president has emerged as one of this country’s most high-profile undocumented success stories, and

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