Mexico’s leading party, the Movimiento de Regeneración Nacional (Morena), has shown itself to be the real deal: It has captured a decisive majority of the working class vote in a country known for its role as the factory of the Americas. But unlike the Republican’s successful yet unfounded popularity among workers, Morena is leftist, and pragmatist, as the day is long. The party’s focus on predistributive policies has leapfrogged the ideology of American liberals, stuck on tax reforms that ultimately uphold the neoliberal system that stabs workers in the back, and changed the lives of millions of workers. So why don’t we follow suit?
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Her parents are facing deportation; she raised over $50,000 to support them
Aracely Duarte Perez HM ’29 raised more than $50,000 in two weeks for her parents as they face a move to Tijuana following a deportation order issued Monday, Sept. 22.
OPINION: Western fashion deserves cultural appreciation
Can I try on your cowboy hat? “Hell no,” is probably the response you would hear to that if you asked someone in your local honky-tonk. Writer Lisa Gorelik CM ’25 warns readers of Western fashion faux pas like this. From the style’s roots in Mexican Vaqueros and Native American peoples, Gorelik shows that Western fashion is complex, diverse and unique. Gorelik urges those interested in Western fashion to do their research and learn more about what they are wearing and the traditions associated with each aspect of the style.
OPINION: Lessons from the Latin American feminist movement
Before the school year comes to a close and Walker Beach is wiped clean, Latin American students Mariana Duran PO ’24, Sara Garza González PO ’25, Arianne O’Hara PZ ’25 and Katherine Shepherd PO ’23 contextualize a mural painted earlier this spring.
OPINION: Georg Kolbe’s ‘Young Woman’ has revolutionary potential apart from its problematic past
The Scripps community should find a way to reimagine Georg Kolbe’s statue “Young Woman” in a way that disarms the dangerous Aryan supremacist ideology it represents and truly empowers all women, writes guest columnist Arianne Ohara PZ ’25.