Photo credit: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute June is National Cancer Survivor Month, and one of the most survivable cancers — if caught early enough — is colon cancer. However, communities of color, including Latinos, aren’t getting screened for colon cancer as often or as early as we should.…
19 children and 2 teachers died from a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. Their names and tributes are below. It’s happened again. 212 mass shootings in 144 days. Why are we okay with this? Ten years ago, innocent children were killed at Sandy Hook…
Emmett Till (top left; photo credit: Mamie Till Bradley) was a 14-year-old boy who was lynched by a mob of white men in 1955. President Joe Biden (top right; photo credit: The White House) signed the Emmett Till Antilynching Act into law this spring, making lynching a federal…
May is National Inventors Month, and we’re celebrating Latino and Latin American inventors who have changed the world. In the top left, Roberto Landell de Moura of Brazil demonstrates his creation, the wireless phone. In the bottom left, Beautyblender founder Rea Ana Silva reinvented makeup application with her…
Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons Latino students in one state are falling behind, and some say it’s a lack of Latino teachers on campus that’s causing our children to suffer in the classroom. Arizona is one of the most Latino states in the country. More than 2.1 million Latinos…
Top row, left to right: California Gov. and Rep. Romualdo Pacheco, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, New York Rep. Adriano Espaillat, New Mexico Senator Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo. Bottom row, left to right: New York Rep. Ritchie Torres, Nevada Senator Catherine Cortez Masto, Nevada Rep. Barbara Vucanovich, Secretary of…
Photo credit: Joe Piette / Flickr Many of us probably have a tía or tío, brother or sister, mom or dad who work, or have worked, for the U.S. Postal Service. In fact, about 1 in every 10 Postal Service workers is Latino. Now their jobs are being…
Top row, left to right: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Rep. Ritchie Torres of New York and Rep. Norma Torres of California. Bottom row, left to right: Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada, Sen. Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico, and Rep. Ruben Gallego of Arizona Latino…
President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris pose with members of the Biden Cabinet, the most diverse Cabinet in U.S. history. Photo credit: The White House One year ago today, Joe Biden was sworn into office as the nation’s 46th president. He entered office amid a global pandemic,…
Top row: Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández (D-NM), Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY), Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-TX). Bottom row: Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), President Joe Biden, Rep. Chuy García (D-IL). Better roads, bridges and broadband internet will soon be coming your way after President Joe Biden signed into law the…
