Marlen Garcia
Editorial Board Member
Garlen Garcia rejoined the editorial board in 2023 and previously served on the board from 2015 to 2020. She wrote an opinion column for the Sun-Times from 2012 to 2020 and focused on immigration and other issues affecting Chicago’s immigrant communities, especially Latino neighborhoods. Garcia is a politics nerd who also previously managed the Sun-Times’ political endorsement process. She also has an extensive background as a sports reporter for USA Today and the Chicago Tribune. She attended Illinois State University and lives in suburban Chicago.
Las continuas protestas sobre brutalidad policial han forzado importantes conversaciones sobre raza e igualdad en los lugares de trabajo
Ongoing protests about police brutality have forced important conversations about race and equality in the workplace.
Seríamos mucho más fuertes contra una estructura de poder político y empresarial predominantemente anglosajona que prospera a costa de nuestra marginación
If we’d let our ties bind us, we’d be much stronger against a predominantly white political and corporate power structure that thrives on our marginalization.
Que tengan que volver, aunque las clases de verano sean virtuales debido a la pandemia, muestra lo valioso que son para la universidad.
That they are going back, though summer classes were moved online because of the pandemic, underscores how valuable they are to the university.
Es mejor que Hilco Redevelopment Partners y los funcionarios de la ciudad hagan bien las cosas en un vecindario que ha sufrido muchos golpes.
Hilco Redevelopment Partners and city officials had better get it right for a neighborhood that has withstood many hits.
Hay que dejar que los niños sean niños.