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…

The federal minimum wage is $7.25, the same it was in 2009 when a bill was passed to raise it after the 2008 recession. Now, people across the country are feeling a similar financial pain because of economic issues brought on by COVID-19, but the fight to increase…

The Biden administration unveiled a highly anticipated immigration bill last week. If passed, it would become the first major citizenship law since 1986. Among the policies proposed are legislation for an eight-year pathway to citizenship, a shorter legal status for agriculture workers, and new enforcement measures for border…

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…

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of people, disproportionately Latinos, have lost jobs. As unemployment hit record numbers, many Latino households were unable to pay bills, and as a consequence of not having jobs, many have also lost insurance. In order to ensure expanded insurance coverage,…

It’s an ordinance that was supposed to help grocery store workers — many of whom are Latino — in southern California earn more money while they put their lives on the line during the pandemic. But the so-called “hero pay” law, which temporarily increases wages for these workers,…

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…

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 rejected WhatsApp came after the mobile platform released a new privacy policy that left many concerned about their data. As users…

Just hours after Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were sworn into office Wednesday, the new president rolled out a set of 17 executive actions, six of which focused on undoing immigration policies set in place by Donald Trump. For many immigrant rights organizations, it was the…

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,…