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Aquí en Chicago - English - Chicago History Museum

Geraldo Cadava @geraldo-cadava.bsky.social · Jul 30

Can't wait for this!
www.chicagohistory.org/exhibition/a...

Aquí en Chicago traces the lives of Latino/a/e communities that have maintained a persistent cultural presence and flourished in Chicago.

www.chicagohistory.org

Geraldo Cadava @geraldo-cadava.bsky.social · Jul 23

... Jessica Kim (Imperial Metropolis), Natalia Molina (Fit to Be Citizens and A Place at the Nayarit), Gustavo Arellano (everything he writes for the LA Times), and so many others. Go read their work!

Geraldo Cadava @geraldo-cadava.bsky.social · Jul 23

I couldn't have written it without the work by lots of historians of Mexican Los Angeles. They've been doing it for years. Thank you Bill Deverell (Whitewashed Adobe), George Sanchez (Boyle Heights and Becoming Mexican American), Eric Avila (Popular Culture in the Age of White Flight) ....

The Fight for Mexican Los Angeles

Geraldo Cadava @geraldo-cadava.bsky.social · Jul 23

Carlos González Gutiérrez, the Consul General of Mexico in L.A., is fighting for Mexican Los Angeles. "When you are here, if you are a Mexican national, you realize that you belong, that, to a great extent, this is a Mexican city." Thank you for reading.
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

The city’s Mexican consul is trying to protect local immigrants, but there are limits to what he can accomplish.

Geraldo Cadava @geraldo-cadava.bsky.social · Jul 13

(And don't you love the art??)

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Geraldo Cadava @geraldo-cadava.bsky.social · Jul 13

And in case you missed original story, here it is: www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

Some mental-health-care providers are trying new approaches to treat patients whose worst fears have come true.

Weekend - Air India crash report points to pilot confusion in cockpit - BBC Sounds

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Geraldo Cadava @geraldo-cadava.bsky.social · Jul 13

Check out this BBC News segment with Erica Lubliner and Dana Rusch, about the work they do with their Latino and immigrant patients. Starts at minute 27. They’re badass. I wrote about them in my recent @newyorker.com piece.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

An air India plane crash killed 260 people with only one sole survivor last month

www.bbc.co.uk

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Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · Jul 9

Erica Lubliner, who directs a clinic that offers mental-health services to Latinos at UCLA: “ICE is going after the gardener with his truck, the workers at the car wash. The idea that they are somehow dangerous cuts at their identity in a deep way…They feel unwanted. They feel targeted.”

Geraldo Cadava @geraldo-cadava.bsky.social · Jul 1

I've been talking with therapists who treat immigrant patients. They've observed a level of terror they haven't seen before--this moment is "humanistically different," one told me. But they're also trying new treatments and seeing incredible resilience.
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

Some mental-health-care providers are trying new approaches to treat patients whose worst fears have come true.

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EAJ @rosemaryandrock.bsky.social · Jul 9

Heartbreaking. It's so immoral to be traumatizing and retraumatizing whole communities like this.

Geraldo Cadava @geraldo-cadava.bsky.social · Jul 1

I've been talking with therapists who treat immigrant patients. They've observed a level of terror they haven't seen before--this moment is "humanistically different," one told me. But they're also trying new treatments and seeing incredible resilience.
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

Some mental-health-care providers are trying new approaches to treat patients whose worst fears have come true.

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Jessica Bari @jessicabari.bsky.social · Jul 9

Insight to the stress, psychological harm and wellbeing in immigrant communities caused by discrimination, ICE raids, and anti-immigrant rhetoric.
TY for the important reporting ‪@geraldo-cadava.bsky.social.

Geraldo Cadava @geraldo-cadava.bsky.social · Jul 1

I've been talking with therapists who treat immigrant patients. They've observed a level of terror they haven't seen before--this moment is "humanistically different," one told me. But they're also trying new treatments and seeing incredible resilience.
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

Some mental-health-care providers are trying new approaches to treat patients whose worst fears have come true.

Geraldo Cadava @geraldo-cadava.bsky.social · Jul 1

I've been talking with therapists who treat immigrant patients. They've observed a level of terror they haven't seen before--this moment is "humanistically different," one told me. But they're also trying new treatments and seeing incredible resilience.
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

Some mental-health-care providers are trying new approaches to treat patients whose worst fears have come true.

Albert Camarillo on “Compton in My Soul: A Life in Pursuit of Racial Equality” - Public Books

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Geraldo Cadava @geraldo-cadava.bsky.social · Jun 25

Such an honor to talk with Al Camarillo about his memoir, "Compton In My Soul: A Life In Pursuit of Racial Equality," published by @stanfordpress. This is the final episode of season three of Writing Latinos. Thanks for tuning in, more to come next spring.
www.publicbooks.org/albert-camar...

Albert Camarillo is the Leon Sloss Jr. Memorial Professor, Emeritus, at Stanford University. He’s one of a small number of people who founded the academic

Jorell Meléndez-Badillo on “Puerto Rico: A National History” - Public Books

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Geraldo Cadava @geraldo-cadava.bsky.social · May 28

🚨New Writing Latinos Episode!🚨 One of my faves. We talk with @jmelendezbadillo.bsky.social about his book, Puerto Rico: A National History, plus his collaboration with Bad Bunny!
www.publicbooks.org/jorell-melen...

“Part of what the book is trying to do is to challenge this notion of Puerto Rican docility.”

In Chicago, Will the Pope Bump Last?

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Geraldo Cadava @geraldo-cadava.bsky.social · May 22

In Chicago, we're having a moment with Pope Leo XIV. But will it amount to more than that--a renewal of the church here? This was a fun one for me.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

A historically Catholic American city considers the election of Leo XIV, a home-town Pontiff.

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Geraldo Cadava @geraldo-cadava.bsky.social · May 15

The new episode of Writing Latinos, featuring Justin Torres, is one of my favorites. We tried something I'd wanted to do for a long time: read a short piece together and discuss. The Afro-Puerto Rican writer Jesús Colón's vignette, "Youth: The Palisades as a Backdrop" was perfect. Check it out!

Public Books @publicbooks.bsky.social · May 14

In a new episode of “Writing Latinos,” @geraldo-cadava.bsky.social chats with novelist Justin Torres, author of “We the Animals” (@marinerbooks.bsky.social) and “Blackouts” (@fsgbooks.bsky.social), about Jesús Colón’s “Youth: The Palisades as a Backdrop.”
www.publicbooks.org/justin-torre...

Geraldo Cadava @geraldo-cadava.bsky.social · May 14

Thank you for coming María!

The Hispanic Republican: The Shaping of an American Political Identity, from Nixon to Trump | The New York Historical

Geraldo Cadava @geraldo-cadava.bsky.social · May 9

I'm really looking forward to this event in New York on Monday night--May 12--at New York Historical. Here's more information, and I would love to see you, friends!
www.nyhistory.org/programs/the...

Learn about the history and development of the Hispanic Republican voting base and the significant role they play in American politics.

www.nyhistory.org

Author Michael Luo: Strangers in the Land

Geraldo Cadava @geraldo-cadava.bsky.social · May 6

Chicago friends! TONIGHT: talking with
@michaelluo.bsky.social about his stunning book, "Strangers in the Land." It's a beautiful and moving narrative history of Chinese migrants and Chinese Americans. At Harold Washington Library Center. Here's more:
chipublib.bibliocommons.com/events/6761b....

In celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, CPL welcomes journalist Michael Luo to discuss his new book Strangers In The Land: Exclusion, Belonging, And The Epic Story Of The...

chipublib.bibliocommons.com

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Geraldo Cadava @geraldo-cadava.bsky.social · Apr 29

Hello Chicago! I'm happy to be celebrating the publication of @michaelluo's book "Strangers in the Land," by talking with him at Chicago's Harold Washington Library Center. It's next Tuesday, May 6. Read more here:
chipublib.bibliocommons.com/events/6761b...

Author Michael Luo: Strangers in the Land

In celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, CPL welcomes journalist Michael Luo to discuss his new book Strangers In The Land: Exclusion, Belonging, And The Epic Story Of The...

chipublib.bibliocommons.com

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Geraldo Cadava @geraldo-cadava.bsky.social · Apr 22

New York friends! Please join us at @mcnallyjackson.bsky.social on Tuesday 5/13. We're celebrating the publication of Mike Luo's book, Strangers in the Land, with a discussion on the uses of history today. With Mike Luo, Jelani Cobb, David Remnick, and me.
www.mcnallyjackson.com/event/05132025

www.mcnallyjackson.com

Nicolás Medina Mora on “América del Norte”

Geraldo Cadava @geraldo-cadava.bsky.social · Apr 16

I'm really into this new episode of Writing Latinos! On Nicolás Medina Mora's novel, "América del Norte". Check it out!

Public Books @publicbooks.bsky.social · Apr 16

New at PB: In the latest episode of our podcast exploring the many meanings of Latinidad, host Geraldo Cadava (@geraldo-cadava.bsky.social) talks with author Nicolás Medina Mora about his new book “América del Norte” (@sohopress.bsky.social).

“One of the main differences between Mexico and the United States is that in Mexico history is very much alive.”

Marie Arana on “LatinoLand”

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Geraldo Cadava @geraldo-cadava.bsky.social · Apr 3

In the new episode of Writing Latinos, we talk with @aranama about her book "LatinoLand," out now in paperback! Podcast from @publicbooks.bsky.social, book from Simon & Schuster.

Public Books @publicbooks.bsky.social · Apr 2

Marie Arana was the first Latina editor of the WaPo's Book World, the inaugural literary director of the Library of Congress, & the author of several books. For “Writing Latinos,” @geraldo-cadava.bsky.social talks with Arana about her new book, “LatinoLand.”

“The United States is not idea. We are human beings and nobody represents that more in my book than latinos.”