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Central America: From Filibusters to Deportees
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (1022+ words) by Mauricio Herrera Ulloa | Mar 31, 2026 In Costa Rica, every April 11, we celebrate the defeat of the United States in the war of 1856-1857, when a troop of adventurers, led by Southerner William Walker, attempted to take over Central America to secure…...
Singing What Needs to be Sung
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (1187+ words) by Manuel Monestel | Mar 31, 2026 When I was 18, I'd begun to pick out tunes on my guitar, learning from friends how to play songs from the North American repertory, those songs that transmitted beautiful messages of humanity, love and peace and,…...
Matinee America: My First Indoctrination into White U.S. Values
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (829+ words) by Nuri Muhammad | Mar 30, 2026 Those flickering images of polished white heroes and manicured Southern belles became my earliest education in what was considered "modern," "civilized," and "beautiful." Without realizing it, those movies colonized my imagination. I began to measure everything…...
From Santos to Cambridge
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (451+ words) by Djamila Ribeiro | Mar 30, 2026 In March 2005, I rocked my baby girl's chair with one foot while calling every newsroom in S'o Paulo to announce an unlikely soccer match: the Boston Braves veterans' team was flying south to face the masters…...
A Review of Vidas en tránsito: historia íntima del pasaporte
3+ day, 17+ hour ago (152+ words) Vidas en tr'nsito: historia "ntima del pasaporte by Lucas Mertehikian (Buenos Aires, Mardulce, 2025) Isaac Maga'a G. Cant'n holds a PhD in Romance Languages and Literature from Harvard University and is a Research Associate at the Laboratorio Nacional de Materiales Orales (UNAM)....
A Review of Modern Peru: A New History
3+ day, 17+ hour ago (147+ words) Modern Peru: A New History by Paulo Drinot and Alberto Vergara, Editors (Duke University Press, 2025, 346 pages) Arthur Ivan Bravo works as a writer and educator and is in his second year of Ph.D. studies in Cultural Anthropology at SUNY Albany....
A Review of Salt Lakes: An Unnatural History
3+ day, 17+ hour ago (636+ words) Salt Lakes: An Unnatural History by Caroline Tracey (W.W. Norton, 2016) The salt lakes that fascinate Tracey are formed when water collects at the bottom of endorheic'or closed'basins. With nowhere to go, the gathered water can only evaporate, leaving behind the salt…...
A Review of The Invention of the Future: A History of Cities in the Modern World
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (1552+ words) The past might not offer clear lessons. But it can be a source of forms, modes, and dreams to keep nurturing life." This is the last sentence of Bruno Carvalho's The Invention of the Future, and it is my point…...
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From Kansas to New York
1+ week, 3+ day ago (181+ words) by Cecilia Lanza Lobo | Mar 23, 2026 Learn English: Cindy Lauper, Madonna and el Para'so terrenal American Visa and the American Dream Por Cecilia Lanza Lobo Aprender ingl's: Cindy Lauper, Madonna y el para'so terrenal American Visa y el Sue'o Americano Cecilia…...