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Before the rise and spread of Christianity in the first millennium of the common era, paganism was the common religion of Europeans. Just as there is not a single Christian faith, but many denominations and sects, there was no single set of beliefs that one could identify as “pagan.”

I am not sure why, but there seems to be a resurgence of focus on skin color; or maybe (and more probably) the obsession was always there, but more people are expressing themselves on the topic, for better or worse. Or maybe the fascination only applies to public figures. First there was Michael Jackson; then…

A conflict between access to public space and a push for private development in Puerto Rico is being intensified by climate change, prompting residents and environmentalists to rally for a beachfront area threatened by fierce storms and rising seas.

It is with great pleasure that we interview Dr. Nadia V. Celis Salgado, a delightfully inspiring colleague with whom we have shared academic explorations and adventures in conferences and events [shout out to the Caribbean Studies Association!] through Latin America, the Caribbean, and their diasporic centers around the world. Nadia Celis is professor of Latin…

Operation Pedro Pan: Cubas Mass Exodus Of Children Explained By Marina Manoukian/Feb. 24, 2021 4:47 pm EDT For two years in the 1960s, Operation Pedro Pan, also known as Operation Peter Pan, resulted in thousands of Cuban children being relocated to the United States. With the help of the Catholic Welfare Bureau and the U.S. State Department, Cuban parents were able to send their children off in the hopes of finding a better future. And since this implied a rejection of communism, the United ...