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Online harassment is not less serious than analog or “real-life” harassment. It can cause you mental anguish, get you fired from a job, broadcast sensitive personal information to the public, or in some cases put you and your family at risk for physical harm. Unfortunately, current federal and state laws have little in place to protect victims of online harassment...
Dreamers Protest BeLatina
Saturday’s “major announcement” from President Trump has been summarily considered a nonstarter by Democrats who are rejecting any attempt by the president to negotiate while 800,000 federal workers are set to miss their second paycheck since the government first shutdown in December. The president’s announcement was an attempt to compromise with his congressional opposition; he offered a three-year temporary...
AOC 2018
There’s something unarrestable about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, as if she were not bound by the same laws of physics than the rest of us. It isn’t just that she is in constant motion — speaking here or there, dancing in college (gasp!), or literally waltzing her way in to her well-deserved political office. She seems also to have mastered, in...
Dulce Email Featured BeLatina
Experts argue that self-love is an important, if not the most important, part of living a happy, fulfilled, and inspired life. And yet, many of us do not practice self-love. We spend all our energy and time supporting  others. We instinctively offer love to friends or family members in need of a confidence boost, and then we so quickly...
Milk and Honey Natural BeLatina
In the world of body odor and personal hygiene, going au natural is a really nice idea, but you have to do it right. After all, when left to our own devices on a hot, humid day or after a rigorous workout, our natural scent can quickly go from good to gross if not properly tended to. Do a...
Trump Tweets belatina
President Trump tweets about “the Wall” a lot. In fact, he’s been tweeting about the border wall since even before he took office. He is nothing if not consistent, clinging to the same themes and bits of misinformation in order to garner support for his central campaign promise: “Build the wall!” Time and again, though, experts have debunked his...
Covington High Washington DC BeLatina
Update: in the time since this story broke, a private detective agency brought on board by the diocese that oversees Kentucky's Covington Catholic High School claims there's no evidence that the students provoked a conflict with a Native American man near the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, reports NPR. Additionally, the family of 16-year-old Nicholas Sandmann is now suing...
AOC Election night
Earlier this week, the New York Times published the portraits of almost every single woman who is currently holding office on Capitol Hill in a feature titled “Redefining Representation: The Women of the 116th Congress.” Collectively, the portraits are presented online in an interlocking grid. You can access each individual piece, or take in the project as a tapestry...
Sharice Jones Congress
After an election cycle that witnessed a shift in favor of gender equality in Congress and governorships, Sharice Davids, the Democratic Representative for the 3rd district of Kansas, might be just the woman to carry the flag for progress, equality, and change. https://www.instagram.com/p/BrttIuunbRm/ Davids connected to Bruce Lee and the rigor of martial arts as a child, but her mother, who...
Border Detention More Children
A new official report has revealed that thousands of children were separated from their parents at the southern U.S. border under President Trump’s watch, but well before he implemented his notoriously unpopular and cruel “zero-tolerance” immigration policy. You remember, the one that ordered border patrol agents to forcibly separate minors from their families after their treacherous journeys north to...
Research, past and present, has demonstrated psychedelics Research, past and present, has demonstrated psychedelics’ unique capacity to treat mental health conditions. However, psychedelics are considered a Schedule I drug by the Drug Enforcement Agency, meaning that the federal government believes that psychedelic compounds have a high risk of abuse, are unsafe to use even under close medical supervision, and have...
Lujan Grisham Sworn In Belatina
Regardless of your political affiliations, most of us can agree that 2018 was a pretty tumultuous year in this country, especially for women. But as we kick off 2019, with what many hope to be a fresh start and a positive shift, we have several reasons to celebrate. The 116th congress is making history, with a record number of...