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Jack Herrera is an independent reporter covering immigration, human rights, and Latinx issues. His work has appeared in The Nation, The New Republic, Politico Magazine, and elsewhere. He’s a current Ida B. Wells Fellow with Type Investigations.

Posted inElections, Electoral Justice, News, Racial Justice

How abolitionists are responding to the Capitol riot

by Jack Herrera January 19th, 2021March 19th, 2021

The cause of abolishing police and prisons often gets challenged with questions of extremes: What will happen with serial killers? How do you stop a person with a gun? On Jan. 6, a violent mob descending on the United States Capitol presented one of these examples of extreme harm. How do you stop an armed […]

Posted inNews, Racial Justice

Community advocates work to combat Spanish language misinformation

by Jack Herrera January 15th, 2021March 19th, 2021
Posted inElections, Electoral Justice, News, Racial Justice

Could the Georgia runoffs rewrite the narrative of the Latinx vote in the 2020 election?

by Jack Herrera January 12th, 2021March 18th, 2021
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Black voters swayed the election in the Midwest. Getting there took incredible work

by Jack Herrera December 24th, 2020March 19th, 2021
Posted inElections, Electoral Justice, Essays, Immigration, Racial Justice

White Mexicans have had a role to play in white supremacy

by Jack Herrera December 18th, 2020March 19th, 2021
Posted inElections, Electoral Justice, News, Racial Justice

What’s the power of a conversation?

by Jack Herrera December 16th, 2020March 19th, 2021
Posted inElections, Electoral Justice, News, Racial Justice

What would ‘transitional justice’ look like in the United States?

by Jack Herrera December 9th, 2020March 19th, 2021
Posted inElections, Electoral Justice, News, Racial Justice

What about the Black Latinx vote?

by Jack Herrera November 24th, 2020March 19th, 2021
Posted inElections, Electoral Justice, Immigration, Opinion, Racial Justice

The ‘Latinx vote’ might not really exist, but Biden still lost it

by Jack Herrera November 11th, 2020March 19th, 2021
Posted inElections, Electoral Justice, News, Racial Justice

Police violence in North Carolina follows 150 years of suppressing the Black vote

by Jack Herrera November 4th, 2020March 18th, 2021

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