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…

Sonoma County, California is home to some of the best agricultural land in the United States, much of which is used to grow grapes for winemaking. Latinos, many who work in the region’s agricultural industry, make up 27% of the county’s population. Despite that, recent statistics show Latinos…

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…

After a federal judge blocked President Joe Biden’s 100-day deportation moratorium, ICE continues deportations to several countries, affecting the lives of families seeking asylum in the U.S. Immigration advocates have been watchful of the unjust immigration system and the disparities Black immigrants often face. A little over a…

During an Instagram live broadcast earlier this month, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recounted the events that occurred during the Jan. 6 riots when insurrectionists stormed the U.S. Capitol building. The congresswoman contextualized her trauma of that day with her experience as a sexual assault survivor. The issue of trauma…

The people of Texas weren’t prepared for a winter storm that would bring arctic temperatures across the state, or the onslaught of damage to the state’s infrastructure that followed. Many volunteers on the ground deem this to be a humanitarian crisis following the disappointing response by some Texas…

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…

A recent study by the Stanford Latino Entrepreneurship Initiative shows Latino-owned businesses are the fastest-growing small business segment in the country. While these businesses grew 25% in the last two years alone, numbers like that don’t always translate into access to capital. “Latino-owned employer businesses are significantly less…

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,…