After a winter storm closed testing sites, and the holiday rush ended, COVID-19 testing is now on the decline, and people across the country are beginning to relax their pandemic precautions. Experts now worry reopenings are happening too soon, especially since less than 10% of the U.S. population…

A 2016 rally to raise the minimum wage in Minnesota shows that the fight for a higher minimum wage has been going on for a long time. Photo credit: Fibonacci Blue / Wikimedia Commons The federal minimum wage is $7.25, the same it was in 2009 when a…

An asylum seeker arrives in Mexico. There are close to 100,000 refugees and asylum-seekers in Mexico from Central America. Photo credit: Daniel Arauz / Flickr The Biden administration unveiled a highly anticipated immigration bill last week. If passed, it would become the first major citizenship law since 1986.…

From coast to coast, at least 150 million are in the path of a winter storm which has brought heavy snowfall and freezing temperatures to states across the country. Apart from exacerbating a housing crisis, forcing blackouts and creating shocking conditions for many, this storm is also disrupting…

The extended Affordable Care Act enrollment period runs from Feb. 15 to May 15. It’s a “chance for a do-over” for those who missed enrolling last year. Photo credit: Piqsels Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of people, disproportionately Latinos, have lost jobs. As unemployment hit…

Grocery store workers continue to serve the public during the pandemic, which has some cities advocating to give them a temporary pay increase, known as “hero pay.” But Kroger, the largest grocery chain in the country, has resisted. Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons It’s an ordinance that was supposed…

The White House COVID-19 response team on Tuesday announced updates to the vaccine roll-out. Although many families are waiting to receive their first dose, one hopeful milestone: More Americans have now been vaccinated than have tested positive. Meanwhile, a new variant is spreading rapidly in Britain, and a…

Over half of U.S. Latinos use WhatsApp monthly, counting for more Latinos users than on Instagram and Twitter. Photo credit: Piqsels In the past month, tens of millions of people have left WhatsApp and migrated to other messenger apps, including Signal and Telegram. The wave of people who…

Trump-era policies against DACA “Dreamers” and other undocumented sparked protests across the country throughout the former president’s four years in office. Now, the newly sworn-in President Joe Biden is taking action to reverse many of those laws. Photo credit: Molly Adams / Wikimedia Commons Just hours after Joe…

Amid political turmoil and a presidential transition, Latinos are dying at rates far worse than at any previous point in the COVID-19 pandemic. In California, almost 40% of positive cases are from Latinos, and in Texas, Latinos are dying at the prime of their lives. Across the country,…