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Altamed’s COVID response in the Latino community and Book “Chicano Boom”
Hispanics have been disproportionately hurt by the coronavirus pandemic due to their jobs as essential workers and multigenerational living conditions. In California, Latinos represent 60% ... -
Surge of COVID amplifies disparity in Latino communities
By RUBEN VIVES, LOS ANGELES TIMES – DEC. 1, 2020 There was no way for Carolina Sanchez to isolate from her family after testing positive two ... -
Supreme Court skeptical of Trump's plan to exclude undocumented immigrants from census
Several justices, including some conservatives, seemed to doubt that the president had such sweeping power to modify the census results. By Pete Williams, NBC News ... -
One seat, competing pressures as Newsom considers Senate pick
Alex Padilla, California’s secretary of state, has emerged as the front-runner to succeed Kamala Harris. But Gov. Gavin Newsom appears to be in no rush ... -
California continues census fight over undocumented immigrants as Supreme Court hears case
BY KIM BOJÓRQUEZ, THE SACRAMENTO BEE – NOV. 30, 2020 California continued its push to count undocumented immigrants in the census Monday as the U.S. ... -
The political fight between Latinos over ‘Latinx’
BY: BENJAMIN FRANCIS-FALLON, LOS ANGELES TIMES – NOV. 29, 2020 When asked how Democrats might translate their success among Arizona’s Latinx community in the latest ... -
Young Latinos mobilized, voted and were pivotal in the 2020 elections
"There's a good chance that a majority of those people who were first-time voters will continue to vote," says political scientist Stella Rouse. By Nicole ... -
First Latino DACA recipient wins Rhodes Scholarship
By Nora Neus, CNN – Nov. 26, 2020 In second grade, Santiago Potes walked into Marina Esteva's gifted and talented classroom at Sweetwater Elementary School ... -
U.S. Border Patrol settles with 2 Americans detained for speaking spanish
In a video of the 2018 incident in Havre, Mont., a Border Patrol agent is heard telling the two American women he detains that speaking ... -
‘Latinos’ and the elections
The term 'Latino' often obscures rather than clarifies the politics of specific ethnic or racial communities with growing class divisions. by Armando Ibarra, The Progressive ...
