An underclass of young Mexican American men is trapped by systemic exclusion. Review: Homeboys Forever: The Lifetime Consequences of Gang Membership, Avelardo Valdez, 2026, University of Chicago Press
Categories: Mexico, North America, United States
Puerto Ricans offer lessons for Latin Americans in the UK seeking recognition. Review: White, Black, Brown: Becoming Puerto Rican in Chicago, Michael Staudenmaier, 2026, University of North Carolina Press
Categories: Caribbean, Puerto Rico, United States
A history of police violence against Mexican Americans is timely in the era of Trump. Review: Brown and Blue: Mexican Americans, Law Enforcement, and Civil Rights in the Southwest, 1935–2025, Brian D Behnken, 2025, University of North Carolina Press
Categories: Mexico, United States
Llana Barber explores a history of uprisings in the US against a backdrop of systemic racism, reminding us as we observe Los Angeles that the weak never suffer in silence
Categories: Caribbean, Central America, Colombia, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, North America, Puerto Rico, South America, United States
Latinx characters in US popular culture continue to expose its imperial vocation. Narcomedia: Latinidad, Popular Culture, and America’s War on Drugs, Jason Ruiz, 2023, University of Texas Press
Categories: Colombia, Mexico, North America, South America, United States
Por Siempre, José Olivarez and Antonio Salazar, 2023, Haymarket Books
Categories: Mexico, North America, United States
El rey of gold teeth, Reyes Ramirez, 2023, Hub City Press
Categories: Mexico, North America, United States
Latinos have learned from black activists how to mobilise – and when these communities come together they can form a powerful front against injustice ––– ||| Civil Rights and Beyond: African American and Latino/a Activism in the Twentieth-Century United States, edited by Brian D Behnken, 2016, U of Georgia Press
Categories: North America, United States
Comment: By celebrating the passing of Fidel Castro, Cuban Americans reveal the poverty of a materialist political culture where death is the only way to resolve all your differences
Categories: Caribbean, Cuba, North America, United States
