Los Angeles is sometimes called “the gang capital of the world,” and for communities of color in East L.A., gangs are an issue known all too well. Now advocates are working to change that by fighting back against the gang violence and mass incarceration plaguing their neighborhoods. Father…
Mona Rodriguez, an 18-year-old mother of a 5-month-old son, was in the passenger seat of a car when she was shot in the head by a school safety officer in California. She was declared brain dead after the Sept. 27 off-campus shooting. The family announced Friday that she…
When some neighbors in Florida complained about the “open-air labor market” where day laborers gathered in search of work, community advocates came together to solve the problem. El Sol is a neighborhood resource center in Jupiter, Florida. It was founded in 2006 to help day laborers, who often…
More than 14,000 migrants were camped out under the bridge in Del Rio, Texas, over the weekend, with images and videos from the scene making headlines. Reports by the El Paso Times described a border patrol agent swinging his whip and charging his horse at Haitian immigrants while…
Bay Area advocates are grappling with a rising cost of living and increased job insecurity that has resulted in a housing crisis affecting thousands of Latinos. Latino renters in San Francisco spend nearly 75% of their income on rent. Latinos also face a greater risk of eviction and…
The California recall election is near, and Latinos could be a key group in determining the results. The drive to recall Governor Gavin Newsom has been linked to a Republican coalition of anti-vaxxers, and QAnon conspiracy theorists. According to California’s secretary of state office, this is the sixth…
Five Latino heroes were among those whose lives were cut short when a bomb detonated outside of the Kabul airport in Afghanistan last week. In total, 13 service members and more than 160 Afghan civilians lost their lives in the blast. President Joe Biden called the fallen Marines…
The time to redraw district lines is here and Latino representation is on the line in many states. Legislative and congressional lines are redrawn every 10 years, and as this once-a-decade process approaches, many organizations are determined to fight for fair maps. The 2020 presidential election saw record-breaking…
Latinas have been on the frontlines in the fight for equal rights. Sadly, many are forgotten in history. On this Women’s Equality Day, we celebrate the brave women who make us proud and remind us of what’s at stake in the fight for equality. As women, Latinas are…
For years, advocacy groups in Phoenix have sounded the alarm on unchecked corruption within local law enforcement. Earlier this month, the Department of Justice announced its investigation into the city’s police department, following allegations of excessive force, corruption, homeless abuse, and racism against Latinos and communities of color…
