Roberto is a founding member of Presente.org and a writer and commentator with New America Media. He is a frequent contributor to The Nation and the Huffington Post and his work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, Salon, Der Spiegel, Utne Magazine, La Opinion, and other national and international media outlets. Roberto has also appeared as a source and commentator in the New York Times, the Washington Post and Le Monde and in English and Spanish language network news shows on Univision, CNN, Democracy Now and Al-Jazeera. Roberto was recently featured on PBS, where he appeared on Bill Moyers Journal and figured prominently in an hour-long PBS documentary, ‘Latinos 08’. Prior to becoming a writer, Roberto was the Executive Director of the Central American Resource Center (CARECEN).
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Anaheim and the Disney-Style Rebranding of Deadly Police Violence
by Roberto Lovato on August 3 2012, 9:52AM
After police shot and killed three Latino men in a week, at least one unarmed, local media has embraced the imaginary narrative that “violent” protests are the real problem.
Topics: Anaheim Police, Criminal Justice
Occupy Oakland Faces a Troubled Police Dept.—and Historic Mayor
by Roberto Lovato on October 26 2011, 9:31AM
Oakland’s first Asian-American mayor, Jean Quan, has authorized violent police raids on the Occupy Oakland encampment. For many protestors of color, the move raised questions about the face—and complexion—of the power they’re fighting.
Cinco de Mayo, Primero de Mayo and the Birth of the United States of América
by Roberto Lovato on May 5 2011, 7:24AM
Thirty years, millions of mobile devices and a massive wave of migration later, Latinos have largely forgotten the meaning of Cinco de Mayo.
Topics: Immigration
Dispatch From El Salvador: Obama’s Drug War Feels Eerily Familiar
by Roberto Lovato on March 31 2011, 10:56AM
Salvadorans watch uneasily as a new leftist government militarizes daily life in the same way the old right-wing one did—only now, they hunt narcos instead of communists.
Topics: Dispatches, Drug War, Global Affairs
America’s Grisly History Haunts Obama’s El Salvador Visit
by Roberto Lovato on March 25 2011, 11:18AM
Many Salvadorans remain uneasy about a U.S. government that, for years, backed a murderous dictatorship.
Topics: Global Affairs
Dispatch From Cancun: Developing Paradise in the Suicide Capital
by Roberto Lovato on December 3 2010, 10:06AM
As world leaders gather for climate talks on one side of town, Roberto Lovato visits the other, where the turmoil of climate change threatens hearts and minds, too.
Topics: Dispatches, Environment
Screw the Midterms! We Need a People’s Revolution
by Roberto Lovato on November 8 2010, 4:29PM
Roberto Lovato says corporations have corrupted electoral politics. The good news is last week opens the door to real, people-driven revolution.
Topics: Election: Now What?, Politics
by Roberto Lovato on November 1 2008, 12:00PM
What activists can learn from Obama’s web politics
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by Roberto Lovato on May 29 2007, 12:00PM
It’s time to define the debate beyond Beltway politics and the border.
Topics: Criminal Justice
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