Roberto Lovato

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Roberto Lovato is the author of Unforgetting: A Memoir of Family, Migration, Gangs and Revolution in the Americas (Harper Collins), a New York Times “Editor’s Choice,” which the paper hailed as a “groundbreaking memoir.” Lovato is also a journalist and Visiting Professor of English at the University of Nevada Las Vegas.

A Migrant Summit A Migrant Summit

Immigration reform may have crashed in Washington, but a very different discussion of the same issues continues below the border.

Jul 13, 2007 / Feature / Roberto Lovato

The Smog of Race War in LA The Smog of Race War in LA

Battles between the city's black and Latino gangs are the outcome of a dismal racial and economic situation.

Mar 21, 2007 / Feature / Roberto Lovato

Latinos Lean Left: Bringing Down the GOP’s Big Tent Latinos Lean Left: Bringing Down the GOP’s Big Tent

Latino voters walked away from the GOP in the midterm elections, a payback for the party's ruthlessly anti-immigrant stance.

Dec 4, 2006 / Feature / Roberto Lovato

Immigrants Regroup Immigrants Regroup

This year will be remembered both for massive immigrants rights marches and for the Al Qaedization of immigrants.

Oct 26, 2006 / Feature / Roberto Lovato

Voices of a New Movimiento Voices of a New Movimiento

As they push for immigrants rights legislation--and brace for the inevitable backlash--a diverse array of emerging leaders have their eyes on a larger prize.

Jun 1, 2006 / Feature / Roberto Lovato

Envisioning Another World: Integración Desde Abajo Envisioning Another World: Integración Desde Abajo

Immigrant advocates at the World Social Forum offered real alternatives to the narrow debate over how to fix the system.

Feb 16, 2006 / Feature / Roberto Lovato

The War for Latinos The War for Latinos

In the face of unprecedented manpower problems, the Pentagon is spending hundreds of millions of dollars to target young Latinos for military recruitment.

Sep 15, 2005 / Feature / Roberto Lovato

Rocking the Cuban Vote Rocking the Cuban Vote

Once-Republican Miami takes a left turn.

Oct 14, 2004 / Feature / Roberto Lovato

Fear of a Brown Planet Fear of a Brown Planet

A wave of minority politics is cresting in California--white minority politics.

Jun 10, 2004 / Feature / Roberto Lovato

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