
Latinos tend to put Whiteness in the spotlight and it's hurting them, writers argue in new anthology
CNN
Saraciea J. Fennell remembers how normal it seemed for her, her siblings and cousins, to use bleaching cream on their elbows and knees every day growing up. As dark-skinned Latinos, that's what they had been taught to do.
"Once I got older, I realized it was an anti-Black practice because I was not being allowed to love the skin that I'm in," said Fennell, a Black Honduran writer based in New York City and editor of a new collection of essays and poems titled, "Wild Tongues Can't Be Tamed."

Janet Mills and her allies are counting on a gender gap to narrow Platner’s wide lead ahead of the June 9 primary to decide who will face incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins. They are betting that the unfiltered style that has brought Platner widespread attention as someone who could help Democrats reach young men will backfire with women.

As a shrinking number of Transportation Security Administration agents work to keep hourslong security lines moving despite not being paid, President Donald Trump stepped into the fray Saturday, announcing he will send Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to airports by Monday if Congress doesn’t agree to a plan to end the partial government shutdown.











