Latinos are on the ballot in races Tuesday, and are already campaigning for next year’s midterms and the 2024 election. From left to right: Haya Ayala, a 2021 candidate for lieutenant governor in Virginia; Annette Taddeo, who’s running for governor in Florida next year; and Ruben Gallego, a…
Joe Biden photo credit: Creative Commons. Pope Francis photo credit: Catholic Church of England and Wales/ Flickr President Joe Biden is meeting with Pope Francis today to discuss climate change, poverty and the COVID-19 pandemic — issues the two leaders share in common as key areas of concern.…
Latinos as young as 14 years old are becoming climate activists to demand action from their elected officials, and the world. Photo credit: Zero Hour / Facebook Young Latino climate activists are stepping up to the daunting task of slowing down the effects of climate change. A study…
Immigration advocates in Arizona are putting pressure on Sen. Kysten Sinema to stop blocking immigration reform. Photo credit: Living United for Change in Arizona / Facebook Immigrant rights advocates are fed up with legislators, who they say have been dragging their feet on comprehensive immigration reform and the…
Photo credit: Coalition for Community Control over the Police A migrant was found dead in an appparent lynching in south Texas last week. Brooks County, where the body was found, is considered one of the deadliest places along the southern border. The Southwest has a long history of…
Photo credit: La ClĂnica Del Pueblo / Facebook For millions of immigrants, accessing quality healthcare services in the U.S. is extremely challenging. Cultural, linguistic and economic barriers have led to a lack of proper medical care and a distrust in the healthcare system. Studies show 46% of immigrants…
Photo credit: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement / Flickr The Department of Homeland Security released new guidelines for deportations that could help ease the pressure off many undocumented immigrants living in the U.S. Still, advocates raise questions about how these guidelines will be enforced, along with concerns about…
Photo credit: Homeboy Industries / Facebook Los Angeles is sometimes called “the gang capital of the world,” and for communities of color in East L.A., gangs are an issue known all too well. Now advocates are working to change that by fighting back against the gang violence and…
Photo credit: Rodriguez Family / GoFundMe Mona Rodriguez, an 18-year-old mother of a 5-month-old son, was in the passenger seat of a car when she was shot in the head by a school safety officer in California. She was declared brain dead after the Sept. 27 off-campus shooting.…
Photo credit: El Sol, Jupiter’s Neighborhood Resource Center When some neighbors in Florida complained about the “open-air labor market” where day laborers gathered in search of work, community advocates came together to solve the problem. El Sol is a neighborhood resource center in Jupiter, Florida. It was founded…
