Leticia is a writer based in California. She's covered immigration, prison reform and juvenile justice for Colorlines Magazine and produced a woman of color-centered radio program at KZSC in Santa Cruz. Her work has been reprinted by Racialicious, truthout and Race-Talk. These days you can find her working as the strategic communications coordinator for the Media Literacy Project in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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VideoPrisons: The New Asylum for Youth
by Leticia Miranda on August 10 2009, 3:16PM
A New York Times article reports that more and more courts are ordering mentally ill youth to jail as community mental health programs are facing bigger cuts and thinning resources. “We’re seeing more and more mentally ill kids who…
Topics: Criminal Justice
The African Diaspora Dialogues
by Leticia Miranda on August 5 2009, 12:00PM
A new group tries to bridge the gap between Blacks born here and those arriving from Africa.
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What Race Really Has to Do with The CA Central Valley’s Fight for Water
by Leticia Miranda on July 16 2009, 4:50PM
Thanks to one of our readers and a local listener-supported radio station here in the Bay Area, I was promptly corrected about what the real racial politics are when it comes to water in the Central Valley. As an…
Topics: Environment
Books: Chicana Political Power
by Leticia Miranda on July 16 2009, 12:00PM
Yolanda M. López’s most famous reinterpretations of la Virgen de Guadalupe will no doubt spark discussions around Chicanisma, sexuality and tradition.
Topics: Arts & Culture
by Leticia Miranda on July 8 2009, 1:05PM
Although I’m a little reluctant to admit it sometimes, I’m from Fresno, CA. But when my girlfriend and I got lost driving back to our Oakland homes from Los Angeles this last weekend, my loyalty to the Central Valley…
Topics: Economy
by Leticia Miranda on July 3 2009, 2:58PM
That’s the question Chevron is asking Richmond, CA. This Wednesday, a Contra Costa Superior Court Judge sided with environmentalists and community groups in a lawsuit against the refinery to stop the company from manufacturing cruder types of oil until…
Topics: Environment
by Leticia Miranda on July 2 2009, 12:48PM
Safe Haven in Peril? Rody Alvarado filed for asylum in the US after years of domestic violence at the hands of her husband while Guatemalan police stood by idly. Ten years later, Alvarado’s case is still in limbo. Karen…
Topics: ColorLines Features
by Leticia Miranda on July 2 2009, 12:00PM
A new bill in Congress would expand the 1977 law that got Blacks and Latinos good mortgages.
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Working for ICE Won’t Help Your Deportation Case
by Leticia Miranda on July 1 2009, 1:20PM
It seems having ICE on your resume isn’t so helpful after all. CBS 5 in San Francisco reports a Pakistani American immigrant, who after 3 years of working as an undercover informant for ICE, is now facing deportation. “I…
Topics: Immigration
by Leticia Miranda on May 6 2009, 12:00PM
The Bush administration bashed immigrants until the end.
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Lessons from the Fight for Gay Marriage
by Leticia Miranda on April 9 2009, 12:00PM
One organizer reflects on what the movement needs to move ahead.
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by Leticia Miranda on January 6 2009, 12:00PM
The gap between rich and poor in Ontario, Canada, is swelling into what some activists call an economic apartheid. But what many of them won’t mention is the disparate impact the gap in wealth has on communities of color, or…
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