Ericka Conant

Ericka Conant

Staff writer

I am a reporter that largely focuses on Latinx politicians and organizations currently impacting America.

I’m originally from the Desert Southwest and graduated with a literature degree from UC Santa Cruz. I started my career soon after graduating, first working for a local news station before coming to AL DÍA.

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Since her election to Congress in 2015, Barragán has battled for climate legislation for her district and the nation as a whole. Gettyimages

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Nanette Knows Best

August 31st, 2021

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(Right to left) Councilmember Helen Gym, Nicolas O'Rouke, Rep. Elizabeth Fiedler, Rep. Rick Krajewski, Sen. Nikil Saval. Ericka Conant

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NO MORE Lockouts

August 9th, 2021

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Demonstrators march through downtown Chicago on August 16, 2018, to call for the abolition of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the defunding of local police. Scott Olson/Getty Images

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Targeted, not silenced

August 5th, 2021

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Rep. Jesus Garcia (D-IL) speaks at the “Impeachment Now!” rally in support of an immediate inquiry towards articles of impeachment against U.S. President Donald Trump. Paul Morigi/Getty Images for MoveOn Political Action

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Chuy García’s red line

August 3rd, 2021

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Carlos José Pérez Sámano has been appointed as the Penn Museum's first Resident Artist and he's launching a series of free poetry workshops for the Latinx community. Photo: Penn Museum

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‘One Shared Root’

July 27th, 2021

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Immigration rights activists rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court in 2019. A federal judge has dealt a fresh blow to an immigration program protecting undocumented immigrants brought to the country as children, ruling it unlawful and blocking the enrollment of new applicants. Saul Loeb/AFP / Getty Images 2019

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DACA Worries… Again

July 20th, 2021

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Ed Gonzalez is sworn in before his testimony at a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing on his nomination to be Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, in Washington, DC, on July 15, 2021. (Photo by Nicholas Kamm / AFP) (Photo by NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images)

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Ed’s mixed signals

July 16th, 2021

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Budget Committee Senators hold a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 13, 2021. They announced on Tuesday evening that they had reached agreement on an infrastructure package. Photo: Alex Padilla Twitter.

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Citizenship in budget

July 14th, 2021

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People listen as US President Joe Biden speaks about voting rights at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 13, 2021. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

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Biden's speech in Philly

July 13th, 2021

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A cell is seen inside the Caroline Detention Facility in Bowling Green, Virginia, on August 13, 2018. Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images.

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There is no humane detention

July 12th, 2021

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People celebrate together after the 5pm hour which was when Ricardo Rossello, the Governor of Puerto Rico, agreed to step down from power on August 2, 2019 in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico. The Governor agreed to step down after protesters spent days asking for the resignation of Gov. Rosselló after a group chat was exposed that included misogynistic and homophobic comments. (Photo by Jose Jimenez/Getty Images)

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Rosselló’s back

July 9th, 2021

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Rep. Chuy García (D-IL) speaks at a “We Cant Wait Rally,” on the National Mall on June 24, 2021 in Washington, DC. The activists gathered to call upon the Biden administration and Congress to act on citizenship for all, climate justice, care and good jobs. Photo: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

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Chuy's red line

July 7th, 2021

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July 6’s Google Doodle celebrates the legacy of Mexican opera singer, Ángela Peralta. Photo: Google

Heritage and History

The ‘Mexican Nightingale’

July 6th, 2021

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Los Topos, Spanish for “the moles,” have since been involved in virtually every major natural disaster in Mexico and others around the world. Photo: Twitter

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TOPOS AID MIAMI

July 1st, 2021

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The National Mall in Washington D.C. Photo:© Liberty Photo Art / stock.adobe.com

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Latino history at Capitol

June 30th, 2021

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Google Doodle celebrates Mexican artist Pedro Linares López. Photo: Google

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visions into art

June 29th, 2021

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U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) (3rd L) speaks as (L-R) Rep. Angie Craig (D-MN), Speaker of the House Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Rep. Sara Jacobs (D-CA) listen during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol June 16, 2021 in Washington, DC. Photo: ALEX WONG/GETTY

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Who is appointed in D.C.?

June 29th, 2021

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In this Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020, file photo, Dawn Wooten, left, a nurse at Irwin County Detention Center in Ocilla, Georgia, speaks at a news conference in Atlanta protesting conditions at the immigration jail. AP Photo/Jeff Amy

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shut it down

June 28th, 2021

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School District of Philadelphia’s Andrew Jackson Elementary School Officially Renamed Fanny Jackson Coppin Elementary School. Photo: Philadelphia School District

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Fanny Jackson Coppin

June 25th, 2021

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Vice President Kamala Harris at her meeting with Mexican President AMLO in early June 2020. Photo: Getty Images

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pay attention

June 24th, 2021

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Asylum seekers walk to the U.S.-Mexico border as a group of at least 25 immigrants were allowed to travel from a migrant camp in Mexico into the United States on February 25, 2021 in Matamoros, Mexico. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

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#WelcomeWithDignity

June 23rd, 2021

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A wall in the Aquinas Center details the journey of immigrants to the U.S. Photo: Nigel Thompson/AL DÍA News.

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PAIFUP Boost

June 22nd, 2021

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WhatsApp’s new chat feature is called “Mi Chat Sobre Vacunas COVID,” and can be found through a link or QR code. Photo: Thomas Trutschel via Getty Images

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WhatsApp + CDC

June 21st, 2021

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Councilmember María Quiñones-Sánchez came out against just bringing Philadelphia back to 'normal' with its new budget. Photo: Jared Piper/PHL Council

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ordinary is not enough

June 18th, 2021

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Massive blackout in Puerto Rico after an explosion at the Monacillo power distribution located in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on June 10, 2021. About 400,000 customers in Puerto Rico were without power as of late Thursday, LUMA Energy said. (Photo by Alejandro Granadillo/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

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LUMA’s blunders continue

June 17th, 2021

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Community youth leaders with We Can stand with Nia Eubanks-Dixon (center), founder of Creative Praxis. Photo: Nigel Thompson/ AL DÍA news.

Heritage and History

‘My voice matters’

June 16th, 2021

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WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 10: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) walks through Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol on March 10, 2021 in Washington, DC. After the Senate passed the coronavirus relief legislation over the weekend, the House will vote today on the final revised legislation. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

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Underpaid on the Hill

June 15th, 2021

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ADELANTO, CA - NOVEMBER 15: An immigrant detainee holds his daughter during a family visitation visit at the Adelanto Detention Facility on November 15, 2013 in Adelanto, California. The facility, the largest and newest Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), detention center in California, houses an average of 1,100 immigrants in custody pending a decision in their immigration cases or awaiting deportation. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

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People not profit

June 14th, 2021

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Peruvian presidential candidate Pedro Castillo gestures at supporters from a balcony of his party's headquarters in Lima on June 7, 2021. Photo: Luka Gonzalez/AFP via Getty Images

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Respect the will of Peru

June 11th, 2021

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New York City Mayoral candidate Maya Wiley speaks to the media on June 02, 2021 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

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#Mayamentum

June 10th, 2021

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No tech for ICE

June 9th, 2021

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