Ericka Conant

Ericka Conant

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

ESCRITO POR ESTE AUTOR

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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

Políticas

Nanette sabe lo que es mejor

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(De derecha a izquierda) Concejal Helen Gym, Nicolas O'Rouke, Representante Elizabeth Fiedler, Representante Rick Krajewski, Senador Nikil Saval. Ericka Conant

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NO MÁS bloqueos

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Los manifestantes marchan por el centro de Chicago el 16 de agosto de 2018 para pedir la abolición del Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (ICE) de los Estados Unidos y la eliminación de fondos de la policía local. Imágenes de Scott Olson / Getty

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Señalados, no silenciados

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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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línea roja de Chuy García

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Carlos José Pérez Sámano ha sido designado como el primer artista residente del Penn Museum y está lanzando una serie de talleres de poesía gratuitos para la comunidad latina. Foto: Museo Penn

Patrimonio e Historia

‘Una raíz compartida’

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Activistas por los derechos de los inmigrantes se manifestaron frente a la Corte Suprema de Estados Unidos en 2019. Un juez federal dio un nuevo golpe a un programa de inmigración que protege a los inmigrantes indocumentados traídos al país cuando eran niños, lo dictaminó ilegal y bloqueó la inscripción de nuevos solicitantes. Saul Loeb / AFP / Getty Images 2019

Políticas

DACA preocupa… de nuevo

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Ed Gonzalez toma juramento antes de su audiencia ante el Senado. (Photo by Nicholas Kamm / AFP) (Photo by NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images)

Políticas

Señales mixtas de González

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Joe Biden

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Voto negro y latino en juego

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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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El regreso de Rosselló

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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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No hay detención humana

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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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La línea roja de Chuy

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

Patrimonio e Historia

El "ruiseñor mexicano"

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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

Patrimonio e Historia

TOPOS en MIAMI

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

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Consejo de Administración

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

Patrimonio e Historia

visiones en arte

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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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¿A quién se nombra en D.C.?

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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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Apáguelo

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

Filadelfia

Fanny Jackson Coppin

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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

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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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Aumento del PAIFUP

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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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no la ordinaria

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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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El mal momento de LUMA

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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. 

Patrimonio e Historia

‘Mi voz cuenta’

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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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Mal pagados en D.C.

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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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Las personas primero

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The Department of Homeland Security flag flies outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement headquarters in Washington. (Olivier Douliery/AFP/Getty Images)

Policy

An Important first step

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Torres is the only Central American serving in Congress. She is co-Chair of the Central Americans Caucus. (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images)

Policy

Bukele in Focus

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U.S. Representatives Rashida Tlaib and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are pictured during a hearing of the House Oversight and Reform Committee in Washington, D.C. on July 18, 2019.SAUL LOEB/AFP/GETTY 

Policy

Enough Israeli Arms Sales

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AOC plus 35 lawmakers are urging the Biden administration to“End the carceral approach to immigration.” Photo:  BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI | Credit: AFP via Getty Images

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Ending Carceral Immigration

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Veronica Escobar represents El Paso in Congress, on the frontlines of the migrant situation at the U.S.-Mexico border. Gettyimages

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Escobar y la Frontera

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Legislation holds police officers criminally liable for denying medical care to people in custody. Photo: Getty Images

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Arrest does not equal death