The Protests in Puerto Rico Are About Life and Death

The Protests in Puerto Rico Are About Life and Death

The ongoing protests in Puerto Rico are not just about profane chat messages—they are a response to a broader context ...
Policing is the Crisis

Policing is the Crisis

Even as a dwindling police force in Puerto Rico raises concerns over increasing violence, marginalized communities better served by alternative ...
Eye of the Storm

Eye of the Storm

NACLA's editors introduce the latest print issue, Eye of the Storm: Colonialism, Capitalism, Climate in Caribbean ...
Policing and Recovery in Puerto Rico (Podcast)

Policing and Recovery in Puerto Rico (Podcast)

How can the history of policing in Puerto Rico deepen understandings of race, class, and colonialism in Puerto Rico—and what ...
Policing and Recovery in Puerto Rico (Podcast)

Policing and Recovery in Puerto Rico (Podcast)

How can the history of policing in Puerto Rico deepen understandings of race, class, and colonialism in Puerto Rico—and what ...
Puerto Rico and the Colonial Circuits of Policing

Puerto Rico and the Colonial Circuits of Policing

How reconsidering the history of policing in Puerto Rico complicates our understandings of the island's colonial relationship with the United ...
Neocolonial Policing in Puerto Rico

Neocolonial Policing in Puerto Rico

The Puerto Rico Police Department is “broken in a number of critical and fundamental respects,” according to a report released ...
Guatemala's 'Twitter Revolution'

Guatemala’s ‘Twitter Revolution’

The political crisis currently unfolding in Guatemala reads like the script of a Hollywood summer blockbuster. The Economist even quipped ...
Migracorridos': Another Failed Anti-Immigration Campaign

Migracorridos’: Another Failed Anti-Immigration Campaign

In an attempt to deter Mexican immigrants from crossing the border, the Border Patrol has released a music album titled, ...
When Xenophobia Meets Homophobia

When Xenophobia Meets Homophobia

The Prop 8 fallout shows how much work remains to be done to connect the LGBT rights movement with other ...
Obama and Myths of Racial Democracy

Obama and Myths of Racial Democracy

When Barack Obama clinched the presidency, pundits immediately began claiming the United States was on its way toward becoming a ...
The Reggaetón Factor in the U.S. Elections

The Reggaetón Factor in the U.S. Elections

Reggaetón made its electoral debut this year. First, Daddy Yankee turned heads when he publicly endorsed Republican presidential candidate John ...