A rally in honor of 13-year old Adam Toledo takes place in Chicago, April 2021. Photo credit: Bart Shore / Wikimedia Commons 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…

As of mid-April, more than 40% of the U.S. population lives in a state where marijuana is legal recreationally. In total, 17 states plus the District of Columbia, Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands allow for the recreational use of cannabis. Photo credit: Piqsels At the end of…

In battleground state Georgia, activists are fighting voter suppression through digital and in-person campaigning. Their goal is for Black, Latino and Asian American communities to be fairly represented at the ballot. Photo credit: @ga_standup Instagram Activists across the country are urging corporations, politicians and community leaders to pick…

Residents and allies protested the clearing of their Los Angeles community by demonstrating at the park, then walking to the office of City Councilmember Mitch O’Farrell. O’Farrell was instrumental in the destruction of the encampment. Photo credit: @libdenk’s Twitter Unhoused and housed residents of Los Angeles’ formerly Latino-majority…

Recent demonstrations in support of the American Dream and Promise Act have been decades in the making. In 2010, leaders of the immigration reform movement were arrested in Washington, D.C. at the end of a peaceful protest to demand the government keep promises made to the Latino community.…

In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo wrote a book about his competency in beating the vaccine. Then, criticism started raining down. Photo credit: nygovcuomo / Instagram During the height of the coronavirus pandemic, New York City was known as the COVID-19 epicenter…

Army Spc. Angel Laureano holds a vial of the Pfizer vaccine. Photo credit: U.S. Secretary of Defense / Wikimedia Commons 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…

Resistance against aggression toward the Asian American community is not new. In this May Day demonstration from 2007, women of Asian heritage advocate for more rights for immigrants and refugees. Photo credit: takomabibelot / Flickr On Tuesday night, a man killed eight people — six of whom were…

Candidates for citizenship take an oath of allegiance at a naturalization ceremony in Illinois. Photo credit: COD Newsroom / Wikimedia Commons 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…

Rep. Nydia Velázquez and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, both of New York, support a bill for Puerto Ricans to determine a future not binded to statehood. Velázquez is the first Puerto Rican woman to serve in Congress and Ocasio-Cortez is of Puerto Rican descent. Photo credit: U.S. House Office…