What MAGA Sees When They See Me

March 4, 2026 by Miguel De La Torre

The other day, I was strutting through the mall like it was my personal runway, operating under the firm belief that I was a deliciously hot Latino man. In my head, I was the love child of Bad Bunny, Pedro Pascal, and Oscar Isaac—too sexy…

‘Not All Skinfolk are Kinfolk!’: Latine ICE and Proximity to Whiteness

February 25, 2026 by Miguel De La Torre

Malcolm X introduced the concept of the house “negro” and the field “negro ” to white America. During slavocracy, the house “negro” would aid and protect the master’s interests, even to the detriment of those who lived in shacks and did the backbreaking fieldwork. Despite how horrific…

The Global Race for AI Dominance and the Perpetuation of Oppressive Systems

February 5, 2026 by Miguel De La Torre

A race to achieve global dominance in artificial intelligence is underway. Whichever nation can construct the largest AI ecosystem will be able to dictate global standards and reap broad economic and military benefits. This race has created a new geopolitical divide. Historic understandings of “East…

Action Trumps Intent: Does it Matter if the President is Racist?

January 12, 2026 by Miguel De La Torre

I have heard many dismiss President Donald Trump as a racist. In response, he has claimed, “I don’t have a racist bone in my body!” Why shouldn’t I take him at his word? After all, I do not know what is in his heart. Only…

Trump’s Gunboat Diplomacy and The Blasphemy of American Exceptionalism

January 4, 2026 by Miguel De La Torre

Imagine a government run by a convicted criminal. A president who lies, enriches himself and his family, and persecutes political opponents. A president who is willing to overthrow his own government just to stay in power. A president who is, in all senses of the…

AI, Surveillance, and Solidarity

December 11, 2025 by Miguel De La Torre

During economic strife, authoritarian political systems masquerading as populism rise to protect the power, profits, and privilege of the wealthy ruling class. Power is obtained through conspiracy theories and disinformation and it is maintained through surveillance. We are at the crest of a disinformation apocalypse….

I Was a Refugee Once. I Fear I May Be Again.

December 2, 2025 by Miguel De La Torre

Early in my life, I started my journey through this earth as a refugee when my parents fled the rise of an authoritarian regime in their homeland. With just the few possessions they were able to stuff into a suitcase, they arrived in New York…

AI Everlasting Life

November 18, 2025 by Miguel De La Torre

What does it mean to be human in an age where, through Artificial Intelligence (AI), we can become a god? An age in which AI competes with Christianity for everlasting life? More importantly, is it even wise to become eternal? Missing from most debates concerning…

Rejecting Jesus

November 5, 2025 by Miguel De La Torre

The eurocentric Jesus has brought despair, disenfranchisement, and death to communities of color. For the sake of their own salvation, these communities must reject the genocidal Jesus who destroyed Indigenous peoples who refused to bow to the European white God; the capitalist Jesus who justified…

The Coming AI Havoc

October 8, 2025 by Miguel De La Torre

When automobiles replaced the horse and buggy in the early twentieth century, entire industries disappeared—blacksmiths, horse stables, whip makers and carriage manufacturers. You couldn’t give away horses. Still, newer jobs in the automotive industry replaced these careers, contributing to the strengthening of the middle class….