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SOURCE: NBC News
7/5/2020
Racist, Brutal Past or Hispanic History? Latinos Clash over Spanish Colonial Statues
Activist and associate history professor Yolanda Leyva breaks down the complex legacy of Spanish conquistador Juan de Oñate.
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SOURCE: New York Times
6/15/2020
Man Is Shot at Protest Over Statue of New Mexico’s Conquistador
Tensions between persons with Hispanic and Native American ancestry in New Mexico have been crystallized in protests over a statue of a brutal Spanish conquistador.
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4/19/2020
Losing Women—and Women’s History—in Times of Crisis
by Megan Kate Nelson
Women and all of their visible and invisible labor are at the center of the COVID crisis, and they are finding their way into news coverage of the pandemic. The stories of women living and suffering and dying throughout history, however, have largely fallen by the wayside.
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