The Latinx House is a new space for Latino creators and allies to network and party 🕺🏻 This year’s annual Sundance Film Festival in Utah hosted this first-of-its-kind event. The Latinx House originated from the founders of Time’s Up ⌛️ the organization fighting to stop sexual harassment in…
Eduardo Chávez grew up in a privileged household. His grandfather was the civil rights icon CĂ©sar E. Chávez who co-founded the National Farmworkers Association and led one of the largest civil rights movements in U.S. history. But Eduardo always felt removed from how his family changed the lives…
Filmmaker and activist Eduardo Chávez grew up hearing about how his grandfather, civil rights icon CĂ©sar Chávez, fought tirelessly for farmworker’s rights. Eduardo wanted to connect with his grandfather’s mission, so he spent a month picking grapes with undocumented farmworkers at a vineyard in Sonoma, California. He turned…
Just when we thought it couldn’t get worse for Latino immigrants, the Supreme Court passed a policy that makes it harder for legal immigrants to access public health benefits, including SNAP (food stamps), housing vouchers, and Medicaid. The “public charge rule” that will impact the lives of millions…
Twenty-four-year-old Maritza from Miami is not registered to vote because she thinks she doesn’t “know anything about politics.” But we disagree… Maritza believes fewer people should be locked up for small crimes. And that stricter gun laws can prevent mass shootings. Clearly, she has strong opinions, but she…
By way of Panama 🇵🇦 this rap duo — Los Rakas — is made up of cousins Raka Rich and Raka Dun. The word raka reclaims the Panamenian slur rakataka, a derogatory word for someone from the ghetto. The group has established itself as a California favorite because…
“Writing my Latino novel” is, naturally, the way we demonstrate exactly how absurd (and damaging) it is to portray Latinos from an outsider’s lens. While some critics slammed the disingenuous depiction of immigrants in the book “American Dirt”, many more opted to tweet these “novels” to show the…
There is power in numbers, and the U.S. Census is one way Latinos can show our government who we are and what we need. Every 10 years, each person living in the U.S. has a chance to fill out the Census form. The responses generate updated statistics of…
Alejandrina Guzman’s father worked two jobs in order to send her to UT Austin, where she became the school’s first Latina student body president. She is one of only 13% of Latinos to receive a bachelor’s degree. Even fewer Latinos continue: only 4% have a Master’s degree (compared…
Nine-year-old Byron Xol was living in the U.S. without his father, who was deported in 2018. But on January 22nd, Byron, and the families of eight other migrants who were deported, eagerly waited to be reunited. The emotion was undeniable as Byron’s dad fell to his knees and…
