For a proud community of Cuban artists and musicians in Washington, D.C., the COVID-19 pandemic was a gut punch. A once-thriving scene of live performances and raucous jam sessions is silent. For palabra., filmmaker Josee Molavi documented the artists’ dilemma and captured their resilience
Read MoreIn Texas, at least 10,500 people died in nursing homes and assisted living facilities during the worst of the pandemic. Through it all, nurses have had to fight the virus twice as hard - on the job and among their families at home
Read MoreFor Latino Asians, waves of coronavirus-fueled hate and violence present a seemingly unending threat. They’re also reminders of a strong, but complicated heritage.
Read MoreMany Gen Z and millennial Latinos have used time in pandemic lockdown to build financial literacy. They’ve turned to social media influencers like Delyanne Barros to help close their own wealth gaps.
Read MoreBillions of dollars are spent on HIV vaccine research. Many scientists have devoted their careers to the effort. But it hasn’t been enough: Dozens of HIV vaccine candidates have shown promise, only to fail in large clinical trials.
Read MoreElla fue una adolescente embarazada. Mucha gente le dijo que su origen y su acento limitarían su carrera periodística. Hoy Liliana Soto es una reconocida periodista de investigación en Arizona, tiene nueve Emmys decorando su casa y decenas de seguidores.
Read MoreShe was a pregnant teenager in Mexico. Later, she was told her background and her accent would limit her English-language journalism career. Today Liliana Soto has nine Emmys decorating her home, and scores of followers as an investigative video journalist in Arizona.
Discrimination was long baked into housing policy and practice in Evanston, Illinois. Now the city is the nation’s first to officially compensate African Americans for what systemic racism has done to their community
Read MoreMore Latinos throughout the Americas have adopted the muslim faith. In Chicago, during Ramadan, they’re celebrating lives of community service.
Read MoreA first responder looks back on a year of frontline work in a pandemic. At first, everyone was on edge, working against an unknown threat and under uncomfortable safety precautions. After thousands of COVID-19 deaths, protecting community and family are now this firefighter’s top priorities
Read MoreSilvia Viñas supo que estaba en el lugar correcto cuando escuchó el primer episodio al aire del podcast que cofundó: El Hilo. Este podcast profundiza en el "cómo" y el "por qué" de las noticias de América Latina. La audiencia es de habla hispana, principalmente basada en las Américas, incluyendo los Estados Unidos. Este público está ansioso por conocer, semana a semana, un análisis de los acontecimientos que ocurren en sus comunidades.
Read MoreSilvia Viñas pulled a thread and co-founded an innovative podcast that dives deep into the “how” and “why” of news in Latin America. Today “El Hilo” resonates with Spanish-speaking audiences in the U.S. eager to understand what’s happening in their world
Read MoreComplicated histories of discriminatory policing, community distrust and cycles of violence can’t hide the simple truth that a young Latino died in a controversial shooting by Chicago police. Now a fed-up neighborhood wants answers
Read MoreTeachers in Maryland’s Montgomery County formed a group called Las Caza Vacunas -- The Vaccine Hunters -- to help people find shots. The group’s work became more urgent after eligible Blacks and Latinos were turned away at vaccination sites
Read MoreKeith Dannemiller has called Mexico City home for 33 years. But since 2017, the U.S.-born photojournalist has aimed a bicultural lens at a growing Latino community in North Carolina. Ahead of a post-pandemic exposition, Dannemiller shares a series of portraits from his return to the U.S. South, and contemplates notions of “home”
Read MoreA horrific shooting in suburban Atlanta is a stark reminder of what’s before us: Hate crimes against Asians in the United States are up 150%, a product of the vitriol contained in phrases like “China virus.” We must recognize this for what it is -- a symptom of an epidemic.
Read MoreHundreds of proposed local voting laws threaten the votes of Latinos and others, a new lawsuit charges. The bills are competing against a federal effort to expand mail-in voting and other measures that fueled record turnout last November.
Read MoreGuatemalans infected with COVID and deported from the U.S. aggravated the country’s coronavirus outbreak. They have faced stigma and neglect at home. In 2020, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement moved to stop exporting the virus. But documents in Guatemala say infected deportees continue to arrive in planes sent by ICE
Read MoreDesde que comenzó la pandemia, guatemaltecos infectados por el COVID y deportados se han enfrentado al estigma de la pandemia y al abandono en su país. Autoridades de los Estados Unidos actuaron para eliminar la exportación del virus. Pero informes indican que deportados infectados siguen regresando a Guatemala
Read MoreIn the United States we now have one pandemic for all Americans, and a custom-made disaster for Brown and Black people
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