Advocates worry vaccines will be out of reach for Black and Hispanic neighborhoods devastated by COVID-19
Advocates worry vaccines will be out of reach for Black and Hispanic neighborhoods devastated by COVID-19
COVID-19 has been disproportionately deadly for communities of color in Texas. And advocates for those communities are worried that they will have more trouble accessing vaccinations than the white population […]
Job Losses in 2020 Were Worst Since 1939, With Latinos, Blacks, Teenagers Among Hardest Hit
December capped the worst year for U.S. job losses in records tracing back to 1939, with Hispanics, Blacks, teenagers and high-school dropouts hit particularly hard. In 2020, the economy shed […]
Here Are All Of the Latinos Set to Serve in Joe Biden’s Incoming Administration So Far
President Elect Joe Biden’s inauguration is just days away and the entire country is buzzing with the prospect of change. Joe Biden ran his campaign on a message of unity […]
When COVID Info Doesn’t Reach Everyone, These Trusted Messengers Step Up To Help In Hard-Hit Latino Communities
A silver van pulls up to a coronavirus testing site in the parking lot of La Familia, a daycare and family services center in Fort Collins. Cristina Diaz and her […]
Latino Voter Outreach Strong Ahead of Georgia Runoff Elections
A new year is finally here, but for Gigi Pedraza, executive director of the Latino Community Fund in Georgia, the 2020 election season is still going strong. The nonpartisan organization, […]
Don’t Call Texas’s Latino Voters the “Sleeping Giant”
If you ask him to check a box, Peter Guzman considers himself a Democrat. Yet though he is now thirty years old, he has voted only twice in his life. […]
Republicans May Send Latinos to the Democrats with SCOTUS Replacement
The death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Trump’s selection of conservative replacement Amy Coney Barrett has left Democrats in a state of shock. Although a majority of Americans say that […]
Outrage, Lawsuits Follow Governor’s Ballot-Dropbox Ban
AUSTIN, Texas — The head of the Texas League of Women Voters does not think a last-minute directive to limit ballot dropboxes will stop residents from voting on Nov. 3. […]
Mobilization Effort in Texas Encourages Young Latinos to Vote
AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas group cultivating Latino voters under age 35 has ramped up its grassroots efforts to get them registered and out to vote in the November election. […]
Understanding why Latinos are so hard hit by Covid-19
(CNN) — Two months into the coronavirus crisis, with many Americans clamoring for a return to business as usual, Latinos are still mourning the terrible toll on their communities. An Ecuadorean bus […]
