Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons Latino students in one state are falling behind, and some say it’s a lack of Latino teachers on campus that’s causing our children to suffer in the classroom. Arizona is one of the most Latino states in the country. More than 2.1 million Latinos…
Left: Dr. Jane Delgado Right: Dr. Serena Auñón-Chancellor. Photo credit: Kreges Foundation and NASA Johnson / Flickr With women’s reproductive rights in question, and as we come out of a global pandemic, medical and health-related issues have been making major headlines. Though chances of us finding a Latino…
Top row, left to right: California Gov. and Rep. Romualdo Pacheco, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, New York Rep. Adriano Espaillat, New Mexico Senator Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo. Bottom row, left to right: New York Rep. Ritchie Torres, Nevada Senator Catherine Cortez Masto, Nevada Rep. Barbara Vucanovich, Secretary of…
Photo credit: Joe Piette / Flickr Many of us probably have a tĂa or tĂo, brother or sister, mom or dad who work, or have worked, for the U.S. Postal Service. In fact, about 1 in every 10 Postal Service workers is Latino. Now their jobs are being…
Photo credit: Stephen Braunewell / Medium For many Latino entrepreneurs, finding investors does not come easy. Carl Palme, a Mexican immigrant running his own tech startup in Boston, has had his share of hardships with finding investors that will put their money toward his company simply because of…
Photo credit: MultCo Communications/ Flickr Is free speech in the classrooms of communities of color under attack? Recent school book bans have silenced the voices of Black and Latino authors. Now, Florida politicians have passed the Parental Rights in Education bill — also known as the “Don’t Say…
Top row, left to right: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Rep. Ritchie Torres of New York and Rep. Norma Torres of California. Bottom row, left to right: Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada, Sen. Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico, and Rep. Ruben Gallego of Arizona Latino…
Thousands of teachers in Puerto Rico have taken to the streets to protest unfair pension cuts and demand a livable wage. Photo credit: FMPR / Twitter Juan Ruiz Goyco, a teacher from Arecibo, Puerto Rico, works hard. In addition to being a full-time teacher, he tutors in the…
President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris pose with members of the Biden Cabinet, the most diverse Cabinet in U.S. history. Photo credit: The White House One year ago today, Joe Biden was sworn into office as the nation’s 46th president. He entered office amid a global pandemic,…
Photo credit: Sec. Gina Raimondo / Twitter Last week, Robert Santos made history, as he was sworn in as the 26th director of the U.S. Census Bureau, and the first Latino ever to hold the position. During the 2020 Census, the Bureau changed canvassing strategies to reach historically…
