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.@Axios Race and Justice reporter/ Axios Latino #MFA @ColumbiaSOA @UHouston grad [email protected] @russcontreras.bsky.social Originally verified.

Albuquerque, NM
Joined August 2009
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Russell Contreras
1 year
Today @Axios has extension coverage from multiple communities on segregation in schools on the 70th anniversary of #BrownvBoard. Going through multiple reports and government data, we conclude that, today, schools are growing more separate and more unequal. Here's a thread
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RT @HablameLatiNo: Many of us are still mourning the shutdown of @axios' #Latino/#Latina newsletter. Wishing all of its contributors, inclu….
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Latinos make up nearly 19% of the U.S. population, and that share will only grow.
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RT @astridgalvan: I'm sorry, you and your organization were featured in it many times. Seems like something the president of a Latino-focus….
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Senior Biden officials are convinced that talking up the economy is key to the president's re-election.
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9 months
I'm off to BlueSky @russcontreras.bsky.social Twitter (X) is filled with too many bigots and trolls. Watch this. Here's a piece I wrote.last year about the myth of the open border. It's accurate. It also got me death threats. Watch replies now.
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By using the term "open border," conservatives are falsely suggesting that anyone can get into the U.S. without much hassle.
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RT @nicoleMfoy: Why is @RussContreras always reading my mind. You read any history of the Chicano movement or the UFW or something & the….
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Anti-immigrant sentiment among Latinos has existed since the 1930s.
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Decades ago, anti-immigrant sentiment was the status quo among many Latino civil rights leaders, even as they fought discrimination and segregation. So growing Latino support for some of President-elect Trump's harsh immigration policies is nothing new
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Anti-immigrant sentiment among Latinos has existed since the 1930s.
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Shirley Chisholm was the first black woman to seek a major-party nomination for president of the U.S. in 1972. But did you know that Patsy Mink was the first Asian American to run for president that same year? A Black woman and AAPI woman ran 52 years ago h/t @NialaBoodhoo
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9 months
National Guard units in several states and local law enforcement agencies are on alert or standby this week as authorities prepare for any violence by extremist groups upset about the election results
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Right-wing groups have been urging members to watch the polls and dispute results.
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RT @RussContreras: The @AuschwitzMuseum will mark in January the 80th anniversary of the liberation as aging Holocaust survivors urge the w….
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The Polish museum avoids jumping in on current political events but is active on social media.
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RT @AlexThomp: New: Harris is the "no comment" candidate — purposely and strategically—calculating it's safer to be vague on some policies….
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RT @axios: Harris' "no comment" strategy clouds how she'd govern
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Harris' team has calculated that it's better not to say what her positions are on many issues.
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The @AuschwitzMuseum will mark in January the 80th anniversary of the liberation as aging Holocaust survivors urge the world to recognize signs of potential genocides and racial violence, but the museum tries to avoid addressing specific current conflicts
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The Polish museum avoids jumping in on current political events but is active on social media.
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RT @soniahistoria: Rest in Peace 🙏.
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RT @cjproctor74: Worth the watch: The last 4 of our congressional candidate conversations air tonight on @NMinFocus. A note on this year's….
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A federal jury convicted a former Louisville police detective of violating Breonna Taylor's rights by using excessive force when he fired 10 shots during the fatal 2020 raid on her apartment
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Brett Hankison is the first officer convicted in the deadly raid that sparked racial justice protests.
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Americans are divided on whether U.S. culture and way of life was better in the 1950s, with white Christians more likely to say it was, a new @PRRIpoll survey finds
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Despite the segregation of yesteryear, nearly half of Americans are nostalgic for a more homogeneous time
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9 months
Happy #diadelosmuertos Honoring our family of migrants, farm workers, soldiers, mothers, fathers, liberators, prisoners, dreamers, storytellers, and pets. May they visit tonite and guide us next week. #dayofthedead
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Former President Trump stopped for a rally in the nation's most Hispanic state on Thursday, seeking a reset with Latino voters after Puerto Rico flap
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Trump has been trying to woo disenchanted Latino men and Native American voters.
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9 months
People are leaving the Trump Albuquerque rally early. Some were here since 4 am
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Latina Trump supporters with Chingonas for Trump shirts at Albuquerque rally
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I see Porta Potties so it's all good.
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