In 2021, there have been only three days in which police have not killed someone. Now, thousands across the country are protesting in the aftermath of several high-profile police killings. As last summer’s racial uprisings echo in the current waves of protests, another reminder of the state of…

At the end of March, New York became the 15th state to legalize recreational cannabis, potentially becoming one of the largest markets of legal marijuana in the country. Just two weeks later, New Mexico legalized the plant for recreational purposes; Virginia and New Jersey also have recently done…

Activists across the country are urging corporations, politicians and community leaders to pick a side in the battle to stop voter restriction laws. The calls come as multiple states look to pass legislation based on lies about fraud in the 2020 election. These new discriminatory laws could deeply…

Unhoused and housed residents of Los Angeles’ formerly Latino-majority neighborhood, Echo Park, are urging their city to consider what it’s like to be in a mutual community. Despite mass mobilization of protestors and advocacy groups, the Echo Park Tent Community — made up of hundreds of unhoused people…

Last week, immigrants protested on Capitol Hill to show support for a bill that could provide Dreamers with a path to citizenship. The American Dream and Promise Act was passed by the House of Representatives on March 18, and now awaits a vote in the Senate. While the…

During the height of the coronavirus pandemic, New York City was known as the COVID-19 epicenter of the country. For the first three months of the pandemic, more than 200,000 cases were reported in New York City alone and Latinos were disproportionately infected and dying. Now, Gov. Andrew…

While more than 60 million in the U.S. have received at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine, Latinos are getting vaccinated at low rates. Pulso has rounded up answers to five questions you might have about the vaccine. How do vaccines work? There is a long history…

On Tuesday night, a man killed eight people — six of whom were women of Asian descent — in three different massage parlors in Georgia in the worst mass shooting in almost two years. Many have drawn attention to the multi-layered sexism and racism that would motivate the…

As part of a greater move to undo the previous administration’s rhetoric and messaging against immigrants, President Joe Biden is doing away with a 2020 version of the civic exam for people seeking citizenship. In its place: an older version of the test used before the Trump era. …

A new bipartisan bill introduced by a Florida politician and Puerto Rico’s non-voting member of Congress seeks to make Puerto Rico a state, but Washington Democrats are split on the issue. Puerto Rico’s Governor, Pedro Pierluisi, has met with President Joe Biden’s team. He and other pro-statehood politicians…