The nation is expected to make herstory in June when one of two leading women candidates will be elected.
Chicana and Puerto Rican women who were in the trenches of historic protests and takeovers speak on the exclusion of their activism.
Miranda Rosales and Rosa Colón Guerra cut through the noise to get at the who and why of issues like climate change, colonialism and violence.
The movie's abuela character is a nod to Latina guerreras
We should take inspiration from Jovita Idar. We should also recognize the brutality of white supremacy in the Southwest.
The news media has little love for women in the prime of their lives
In a sea of leftist groups often challenged by toxic masculinity, activist working-class women created their own space in New York.
Community leaders know how to move Puerto Rico forward. We just need government agencies to stop pretending they know better.
Tributes to Latina journalists should not glaze over the harsh truths about the racism and misogyny they faced.
Francia Márquez, the country’s first Black woman elected to the vice presidency, is part of the progressive movement taking on a right-wing elite.
A police officer ended the life of this 75-year-old great-grandmother. A district attorney has yet to present charges.
Masses of Chileans have insisted on undoing the legacy of dictatorship there and transforming the South American nation through a Constitutional Assembly
In New York State, Roe v. Wade is codified into law. This is what Democrats must move to do federally.
Daisy Auger-Domínguez is determined to show that organizations that treat Latinos as the flavor of the month will be left behind.
Working hard enough to be ‘rewarded’ isn’t the path to equitable salaries
The confirmation hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown-Jackson are drawing both ugly and inspiring memories for Latinos
Our community must retake its rightful place as the driving force behind what Latinx content prevails
comments (idare@womensmediacenter.com or #wmcIDARE) is creating a space for conversation about the impact of this iconic musical, adapted as a film in 1961. We begin with three leading Latina thinkers because the memory and experience of our community matter.
Hollywood would rather produce more “ethnic” stories and sell them back to us instead of facilitating reparative measures or narrative justice. Frances Negrón-Muntaner breaks it down.
From representation to façade: Grisel Acosta takes us through how West Side Story captivated, then angered her
Little space has been offered to the voices of the real Puerto Rican migrants West Side Story was attempting to characterize. Here, Blanca Vázquez talks about the effects of this decades-old production.
A kissing bug disproportionately affects Latin American immigrants. Author Daisy Hernández talks about the lack of urgency around diseases thought to be uncommon or eradicated in the United States.
If SB8 represents the loss of the ultimate choice over our bodies, it is the pinnacle of choices lost to Tejanas that went seemingly ignored or unconnected to reproductive rights.
Amid a state of emergency around femicide in Puerto Rico, journalists and activists are challenging the normalization of sexist news coverage