This week the U.S. reached a new height of COVID-19 cases, reporting it’s 11 millionth coronavirus case and Latinos are still shouldering much of the physical and economic fall-out. And while news of two new vaccines with high tested efficiency have lifted spirits, experts say it will take…
According to a recent survey by the Stanford Latino Entrepreneurship initiative, 86% of Latino small business owners have reported significant impact on their businesses due to the pandemic. Photo courtesy of: Orlando Osornio In the spring of this year, many Latino-owned businesses were shut down due to COVID-19.…
Steve Treviño’s stand-up comedy special, “My Life in Quarantine” was filmed at an outdoor studio in Canyon Lake, Texas, in September. The Latino comedian has been touring the country, but observing strict COVID-19 safety precautions at his shows. Photo credit: Courtesy of Steve Treviño. Like a lot of…
November 15 is National Recycling Day, a day started by environmentalists in 1997 to promote waste reduction efforts. Recycling products conserves energy, reduces pollution, and protects natural resources. But some activists say recycling isn’t enough to prevent the climate change that’s already negatively affecting Latino communities. Weeks before…
Last Tuesday, a record number of Latino voters flocked to the polls and voted by mail in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, helping Joseph R. Biden Jr. become President-elect. On Friday, the U.S. eclipsed prior records of COVID-19 cases with 120,000 cases in one day. Texas leads…
Visual artist Victoria Suescum at her home studio in San Antonio, Texas. The Panamanian-born painter says she has been inspired from a young age by signage artwork on buildings such as auto shops, small grocery marts, and salons in Latino communities. Photo courtesy of Victoria Suescum. A new…
As many struggle financially this year due to the ongoing pandemic, 2020 might be the year some Latinos rethink what gifts they give for the holidays and how much they spend. Photo by Volodymyr Hryshchenko on Unsplash Should Latinos make 2020 the year that they change the way…
Army veteran Richard Brito, a native of Brownsville, Texas, served in Vietnam and Panama in his distinguished military career. After leaving the Army, he served for many more years in the Air National Guard. Photo credit: Courtesy of the Voces Oral History Center From 6th grade, Richard Brito…
Hundreds of supporters of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) rallied on the steps of the Supreme Court in March 2015, as the Court heard oral arguments in King v. Burwell. The case was the last time the Affordable Care Act was challenged in the Supreme Court, until Tuesday…
Several Latinos won big on election night, including New Mexico Democrat Ben Ray Luján and New York Democrats Ritchie Torres and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez from New York. Photo credit: Ritchie Torres campaign, Ståle Grut / NRKbeta, Official photo of Congressman Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM). After a record-breaking 2020 election…
