For the Latino Museum Board, Sofia Vergara, Eva Longoria, and Chef Jose Andres among other have been named Actresses Sofia Vergara and Eva Longoria, musician and producer Emilio Estefan, and chef-activist Jose Andres have been appointed to the board of trustees of the National Museum of the American Latino, Smithsonian Board of Regents. Also named […]
Sofia Vergara, Eva Longoria, and Chef Jose Andres Named for the Latino Museum Board
June 30, 2021 By
Vice President Harris Makes her First Visit to the Southern Border
June 29, 2021 By
Last week, Vice President Kamala Harris visited the Southern border in El Paso, Texas to see a migrant processing center following the criticism she received for not visiting the US- Mexico border. The Vice President toured the El Paso Central Processing Center, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection facility and spoke with 5 young girls […]
High School Basketball Coach Fired After Tortilla- Throwing Incident Involving a Predominantly Latino team
June 25, 2021 By
A school board in Southern California decided to fire a basketball coach in the wake of widespread criticism after tortillas were thrown at an opposing team. The board’s decision comes after some people in the audience threw tortillas to the Latino team as an altercation ensued at the end of a division championship between Coronado […]
New report reveals 2,600 Latinos were killed by the police or in custody in the past 6 years
June 21, 2021 By
While the true scope of the impact of policy brutality is difficult to know, a new report found that in recent years more than 2,600 Latinos were killed by police or died while in custody. The report was released last week by UnidosUS in partnership with a group of researchers, scholars, activists, and family members […]
Orlando’s LGBTQ Latino Community is Healing & Mobilizing 5 Years After the Pulse Massacre
June 14, 2021 By
Joel Junior Morales moved to Orlando a few years before the Pulse massacre in search of “his people”, LGBTQ people and Latinos. He found them but Orlando’s queer community at that time was less visible. He frequented Pulse, a beloved gay nightclub known for drag shows and Latin Nights. The bar was one of the […]
Ground Braking Movie ‘In the Heights’ Rejects Old Latino Movie Tropes
June 10, 2021 By
Lin- Manuel Miranda was only 19 when he first wrote what he called “a very bad musical” that saw only five notes make it into the final version of the “In the Heights”, which won four Tony Awards following its Broadway premiere in 2008. Now, after a long journey to get the right studio to […]
Dianne Morales Bets on Progressive Vision in Run to Become New York’s First Latina Mayor
May 28, 2021 By
New York City’s Mayoral candidate, Dianne Morales, visited the nation’s largest cooperative housing development in the Bronx on the anniversary of George Floyd’s death. In an interview Morales said, “We haven’t really changed the systems that made it possible for George Floyd to be murdered. It’s so important, because of this moment in time, for […]
Latinos are twice more likely than Whites to want the COVID-19 Vaccine, but cites fear barriers
May 17, 2021 By
According to a new study from the Kaiser Family Foundation, unvaccinated Latinos are two times more likely than Whites to want the COVID-19 vaccine. However, Latinos surveyed raised several concerns including having to pay for the vaccination and having to provide information about one’s immigration status, showing that there needs to be more information that […]
Trump-era Policy that Biden Administration Uses to Expel Migrant Faces Uncertain Future
May 5, 2021 By
President Biden came into office promising to reverse Trump-era policies that have restricted immigration to the United States. However, for months, Biden officials have relied on a Trump-era policy put in place at the U.S. southern border that has caused almost a million migrants’ expulsion back to their home countries. The future of the policy, […]
Human Smugglers Use Facebook to Reach Migrants and Spread False Hope of Reaching the U.S.
April 7, 2021 By
Human smugglers are openly advertising their services on Facebook while falsely telling Central Americans interested in crossing undocumented into the U.S. that they can promise a 100% safe journey. According to the Department of Homeland Security, the use of social media by smugglers is not new but the practice is growing, fueling false hope as […]
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