For generations, the term machismo has been widespread and instilled among Latino families. This “norm,” defined by Merriam-Webster as “an exaggerated or exhilarating sense of power or strength,” is accepted and expected from men. But critics say it violates women’s educational, political and sexual rights. Often, Latinas are expected to fulfill and prioritize their roles as wives…
Women make up roughly 50 percent of the United States. Yet they are only represented by 20 percent of Congress — 22 percent in the Senate and 19 percent in the House of Representatives. While women are qualified candidates and have proved that they can raise enough money to campaign, they just aren’t running. This…
“These kits are representing each survivor.” Those words from Ilse Knecht, director of policy and advocacy for the Joyful Heart Foundation, explain the push to test long-stored and long-ignored sexual assault kits across the nation. More than 50 percent of the 6,424 previously untested sexual assault kits collecting dust across the state of Arizona have…
Arizona has the fifth-highest percentage of unpaid child support cases in the U.S., according to the most recent data from fiscal year 2016 from the Office of Child Support Enforcement. In fiscal year 2016, 64 percent of child support cases in Arizona were not being paid. The state with the highest proportion of unpaid…
Out of the 11 million undocumented immigrants in the United States, nearly 800,000 Dreamers have protection from deportation and a work permit, but what about the parents who brought them here? Every day they wake up, put the “I’m-not-afraid appearance” on and drive to work or take their children to school. Stepping out of their…
