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Fighting Inside and Outside of the Ring: How Luchadoras Challenged Gender Norms in 1950s Mexico

Marjolein Van Bavel’s “Morbo, lucha libre, and Television: The Ban of Women Wrestlers from Mexico City in the 1950s“—published in the current issue of Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos and which we invite you to …

Interview with George Sanchez, on the promise and history of Boyle Heights

This post is part of our virtual #OAH2021 conference series. Visit our virtual exhibit page to get 40% the book. “When I think of the future of the United States, and the history that …

The Lessons of Mexico’s Tax Reform Efforts

Mexican fiscal history is characterized by a constant: poor tax collection. Despite several attempts to reform the tax system, no change has resulted in a level of tax collection that would place …