There is power in numbers, and the U.S. Census is one way Latinos can show our government who we are and what we need. Every 10 years, each person living in the U.S. has a chance to fill out the Census form. The responses generate updated statistics of…

Alejandrina Guzman’s father worked two jobs in order to send her to UT Austin, where she became the school’s first Latina student body president. She is one of only 13% of Latinos to receive a bachelor’s degree. Even fewer Latinos continue: only 4% have a Master’s degree (compared…

Nine-year-old Byron Xol was living in the U.S. without his father, who was deported in 2018. But on January 22nd, Byron, and the families of eight other migrants who were deported, eagerly waited to be reunited. The emotion was undeniable as Byron’s dad fell to his knees and…

This year 32 million Latinos will be eligible to vote, so Latino super PACs are activating us to use our political power this election cycle. Super political action committees (PAC) are groups that raise and spend money to elect and defeat candidates, and influence laws. They are typically…

Sister Norma Pimentel sees hundreds of migrants daily at the Humanitarian Respite Center on the U.S.-Mexico border. She helps these migrants, freshly released from border patrol custody, navigate life in a new land. She’s the daughter of Mexican immigrants and grew up traveling between Mexico and the U.S. …

Racing hot rods were all the rage in the 40s and 50s, until Mexican Americans customized classic cars, made them lower and slower, and changed car culture forever. Inspired by the paseo, when young people gathered in town centers to flirt, caballeros would deck their horses out to…

While many demand inclusive Latino representation in the art we see on museum walls, the people who actually work in museums are often neglected…. We rarely see Latinos as curators, museum directors or historians. Of the 30% of people of color in staff positions in the U.S. art…

For those of us who express love by gift-giving, consider supporting independent Latino creators at marketplaces near you this Valentine’s Day, or some of these great finds: In gentrifying Washington Heights, M. Tony Peralta has a flagship studio store that celebrates his Dominican heritage through jewelry, clothes and…

Since the coronavirus outbreak has sparked fear across the globe, Google searches for the term “corona beer virus” and “beer virus” have gone up 🤔 Amidst the frenzy to protect ourselves from the disease, some have merged the two. Okay, let’s start by clearing up the basics… Coronavirus…

In December, Chicana writer Myriam Gurba set off a dialogue, writing, “a self-professed gabacha, Jeanine Cummins, wrote a book that sucks,” in an article about the issues with the literary world. The book she’s referring to is “American Dirt”, which is told from the perspective of a Mexican…