How to reward immigrant essential workers: Give those risking their lives during the coronavirus a path to citizenship
How to reward immigrant essential workers: Give those risking their lives during the coronavirus a path to citizenship
Every night at 7 p.m. in New York City, we clap and make noise for essential and frontline workers. In 2017, more than 15% of the health-care labor force were immigrants, […]
Coronavirus: Mexican wrestlers sew Lucha Libre face masks
Unable to compete due to coronavirus, Mexico’s Lucha Libre wrestlers have taken up sewing face masks. Social distancing means the iconic sport is on hold for now, so fighters need […]
Government Relief Less Likely To Reach Latino Businesses
Latino communities may face a generational setback in growing wealth, as the pandemic-driven downturn exacerbates an already present gap in funding for their small businesses. Juan Rios sits among the […]
LATINX PLAYERS POISED TO BLOW UP THE 2020 NFL DRAFT
Despite these uncertain times, the 2020 NFL Draft will proceed as planned. But because of the COVID-19 outbreak, the 2020 NFL draft will be held virtually for the first time […]
Latino Teens: Distance Learning Is a Giant Stressor amid Coronavirus
Latino teens are more worried than their peers that they won’t be able to keep up with school work or extracurricular activities amid coronavirus, says a new survey by Common Sense and […]
Coronavirus could ‘decimate’ Latino wealth, which was hammered by the Great Recession
Octavia Nieto worked for over 10 years as a pastry chef at a bakery in Princeton, New Jersey. Now with the business closed indefinitely, she relies on a part-time job […]
Hispanics more likely than Americans overall to see COVID-19 as a major threat to health and finances
Hispanics are more concerned than Americans overall about the threat the COVID-19 outbreak poses to the health of the U.S. population, their own financial situation and the day-to-day life of their local […]
A Profile of Coronavirus and the Latino Workforce
*This article was originally published in the NALCAB Blog. Over the last month, the Coronavirus pandemic has ravaged the lives and well-being of all Americans. It has disproportionately impacted the most […]
Latinos: COVID-19 Disrupts Finances, Daily Life, Mental Health
COVID-19 doesn’t discriminate. But U.S. Latinos are more likely than all Americans to say the coronavirus pandemic changed their daily lives, and disrupts their mental health, finances, and jobs, according to new Pew Research […]
At 100, Odon Cardenas, ex-POW still hears the ‘Screaming Mimis’
Excited at the chance to mark the milestone of his birth to the minute, Odon Cardenas stayed up until midnight, even as the whole family fell asleep. He was, after […]
