Crystal Letona or Crys is a politically informed brown girl born in Los Angeles, CA where she grew up in a predominately Latino community with her Mexican mother and Guatemalan father. She is current
Politics & Power
Ding. Ding. “BREAKING NEWS: Trump tweets again…” When is the last time you checked your phone, and it wasn’t a CNN, New York Times, or LA Times notification about Trump’s outrageous tweets? Nowadays it seems like Trump broke the Internet. With Puerto Rico, Mexico, and Caribbean nations in
Work & Wealth
We tweeted for Latina Equal Pay Day #LatinaEqualPayDay or #Trabajadoras Today is a day of acknowledgment and action! November 2 marks Latina Equal Pay Day, which is a day designed to recognize the gap in earnings between Latinas and White men and how far we have come and still need
education
Dear Abby, About a year ago from today I remember reading articles and watching news discussions about you. As a brown girl, I remember thinking, “Who is this white girl complaining about not getting into college?” …So what, one thing doesn’t go the way she wants it to once
Politics & Power
Do sanctuary cities “breed crime” and does a disconnect exist with the Fed and police forces? Thirty-eight years ago, the Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Daryl Gates signed off on Special Order 40, which separated the responsibilities of local law enforcement from federal immigration enforcement. The 1979