Rachel Hatzipanagos

Washington, D.C.

Reporter, About US at The Washington Post

Staff writer at @washingtonpost's @aboutus newsletter about race and identity | latinx 🇺🇸+🇭🇳+🇨🇺+🇬🇷 | she/her/ella

Articles

‘Inhumane’ Mexican worker program commemorated in U.S.

May 13, 2024 | sfgate.com | Rachel Hatzipanagos

Sebastian Corral still remembers having his hands checked for calluses 73 years ago as a would-be agricultural worker at the Rio Vista Bracero Reception Center in Socorro, Tex. “If your hands were smooth, they wouldn’t hire you,” Corral said in Spanish. Corral, who was 18 years old at the time, was applying for the largest foreign worker program in U.S. history, established in 1942 to allow Mexican citizens to work in the United States under short-term labor contracts.
This ‘sacred site’ for Mexican Americans named national landmark

May 13, 2024 | washingtonpost.com | Rachel Hatzipanagos

Braceros wait in line at the Rio Vista Farm Reception Center in Socorro, Texas. During peak seasons, up to 1,800 men filled short-term labor contracts to help address agricultural worker shortages. (Courtesy of USCIS History Office and Library)CommentSaveAbout US is a forum to explore issues of race and identity in the United States. .
Francis Scott Key Bridge is named after an enslaver. Time for a change?

May 6, 2024 | washingtonpost.com | Rachel Hatzipanagos

Democracy Dies in DarknessNationalClimate Education Health Innovations Investigations National Security Obituaries Science NationalClimate Education Health Innovations Investigations National Security Obituaries Science Some think the bridge in Baltimore should not keep the name of the author of “The Star-Spangled Banner” when it is rebuilt.
Everything you know about Cinco de Mayo is wrong

May 4, 2024 | unionleader.com | Rachel Hatzipanagos

The true meaning of Cinco de Mayo — a holiday best known as an excuse to drink margaritas, eat tacos and celebrate Mexican Independence Day — couldn’t be farther from the stereotypes. It’s actually a celebration of a Mexican military victory over the French. As the legend goes, upon hearing the news of the victory, Mexican American mineral miners in Columbia, California, fired gun shots into the air, which some historians cite as the first Cinco de Mayo celebration.
Todo lo que sabemos sobre el Cinco de Mayo es falso

May 4, 2024 | infobae.com | Rachel Hatzipanagos

El verdadero significado del Cinco de Mayo -festividad más conocida como excusa para beber margaritas, comer tacos y celebrar el Día de la Independencia de México- no podría estar más lejos de los estereotipos. En realidad, es la celebración de una victoria militar mexicana sobre los franceses.
Everything you know about Cinco de Mayo is wrong

May 2, 2024 | sunjournal.com | Rachel Hatzipanagos

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Everything you know about Cinco de Mayo is wrong

May 2, 2024 | pressherald.com | Rachel Hatzipanagos

The true meaning of Cinco de Mayo – a holiday best known as an excuse to drink margaritas, eat tacos and celebrate Mexican Independence Day – couldn’t be farther from the stereotypes. It’s actually a celebration of a Mexican military victory over the French. As the legend goes, upon hearing the news of the victory, Mexican American mineral miners in Columbia, Calif., fired gunshots into the air, which some historians cite as the first Cinco de Mayo celebration.
Everything you know about Cinco de Mayo is wrong

May 2, 2024 | washingtonpost.com | Rachel Hatzipanagos

About US is a forum to explore issues of race and identity in the United States. Sign up for the newsletter. The true meaning of Cinco de Mayo — a holiday best known as an excuse to drink margaritas, eat tacos and celebrate Mexican Independence Day — couldn’t be farther from the stereotypes.
Live updates: Multiple people arrested at Columbia as police breach occupied building

Apr 30, 2024 | washingtonpost.com | Niha Masih |Kyle Melnick |Praveena Somasundaram |Rachel Hatzipanagos

New York police arrested multiple people at Columbia University as dozens of officers in riot gear entered the campus, breaching the Hamilton Hall building occupied by pro-Palestinian protesters. Police removed protesters from the campus with their hands zip-tied behind their backs as those nearby chanted, “Shame on you.” Columbia President Minouche Shafik said she had asked police to maintain a presence on campus through at least May 17.
Juneteenth or Jefferson Davis? Ala. state workers may have to choose.

Apr 22, 2024 | washingtonpost.com | Rachel Hatzipanagos

About US is a forum to explore issues of race and identity in the United States. . Alabama state Rep. Juandalynn Givan and other Black lawmakers have lobbied for years to have the state recognize the Juneteenth holiday. “It’s an acknowledgment that history happened, and I think we need to do whatever we can to make sure our history is not lost,” Givan (D) said. This year, lawmakers may have reached a compromise. Under the bill H.B. 4, Juneteenth, celebrated on June 19, would become a state holiday.