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…
Photo credit: Joe Biden / Flickr The U.S. is seeing its highest number of jobs created in years. So, why is no one talking about it? Under President Joe Biden, 5.9 million jobs have been created – which is already three times more than the jobs created under…
President Lyndon B. Johnson speaks with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., upon signing the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The bill became law after a 60-day filibuster — the only civil rights legislation to survive a filibuster. The filibuster has been a hot topic this year:…
Top row: Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández (D-NM), Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY), Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-TX). Bottom row: Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), President Joe Biden, Rep. Chuy GarcĂa (D-IL). Better roads, bridges and broadband internet will soon be coming your way after President Joe Biden signed into law the…
Side by side comparisons show (left) a woman featured in a TikTok video who claims to have been abducted and brought to Mexico; and (right) Sofia Juarez, who went missing from her Washington home in 2003, one day shy of her 5th birthday. Is there a new lead…
The Texas Rangers at King Ranch, 1890 The bloody history of anti-Mexican and anti-migrant violence runs deep throughout the Southwest. From the “Hour of Blood” to modern-day violence at the border, here is a look at the dark legacy of anti-Latino abuse, torture and lynchings in Texas. Texas…
