In a presidential democratic race now absent of Latinos candidates, leading candidates are crafting messages that resonate with Latino voters at the Iowa caucuses on Feb. 3, the first nominating contest of the 2020 election cycle. While some candidates have garnered support and endorsements from prominent Hispanic groups,…
Latino football fans are ready for the biggest sporting event of the year, when the Kansas City Chiefs take on the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LIV at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami on Feb. 2. And while companies and marketers focus on targeting the passionate Latino…
Only 5% of Hollywood performers featured on screen in the last 12 years were Latino. Photo: Thomas Wolf, Wikimedia Commons Hollywood has a diversity problem, and some new collaborations hope to address it. The mayor of Los Angeles and some of Hollywood’s elite Latina actresses are partnering up…
On Jan. 26, basketball great Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna, and seven other passengers died in a 10 a.m. helicopter crash in Calabasas, California on their way to a youth basketball game. In Los Angeles, where Bryant played all 20 seasons of his career with the LA…
Almost overnight, “American Dirt” went from one of the most anticipated novels of 2020, to one of the most contested. Written by Jeanine Cummins, the book tells the story of a Mexican family fleeing cartel violence and their journey across the border. Cummins, who up until recently identified…
A Honduran mother and her ailing children who had been hospitalized in the United States after seeking asylum were deported to Guatemala on Jan. 21 by immigration officials. The family are some of the latest asylees removed as a result of the Trump Administration’s Migrant Protection Protocols. The…
The creation of a new super political action committee (PAC) that focuses on Latino youth engagement was announced on Monday, January 13, aimed at empowering Latinos to fight Trump’s 2020 candidacy. This super PAC, Latinos United (ALU), will focus on defeating President Trump in the 2020 elections, during…
A recent study has found that Latinos earned more college degrees in the last ten years than in any previous decade. Latino enrollment numbers in college programs have also continued to increase during this time period, although the general population of Latinos continues behind other groups in this…
The “Remain in Mexico” policy has forced thousands of migrants to wait in border town camps as their asylum cases are decided, while teams of modern day “freedom riders” from across the country mobilize to bring them books to read, food to nourish their spirit, and a serving…
California has banned for-profit and immigrant detention centers. Effective Jan. 1, California’s new state ban aims to stem the growth of America’s bloated prison system by ending housing of inmates in privately-owned prisons and detention centers. And by 2028, California will not allow housing of any inmates in…
