On Wednesday, Senate Republicans blocked a proposal for a bill to grant Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to Venezuelans in the United States. TPS status can be designated for foreign nationals in the United States who are unable to safely return…
When Monica Brown became a mom and began to explore children’s books, she was shocked to find a lack of diversity in their pages. In particular, she wished to see more books celebrating the contributions of Latinos to the world…
Happy Hispanic Heritage Month! The yearly celebration began this week on September 15th, and will carry on until the 15th of next month. You might be familiar with the yearly festivals, events and activities, but the celebration of the contributions…
Last Monday, we celebrated Labor Day, a day to honor and recognize American labor and their contributions to our country. But this Labor Day is unlike many others. While Latino workers have consistently been overrepresented in industries like service and…
As a little boy in Tarragona, Spain, Gustau Alegret would watch the news on television, lock himself in the bathroom and present the news while standing in front of the mirror. Today, he is an international, three-time Emmy award winning…
This year, 32 million Latinos are eligible to vote in the United States, making up 13.3% of the electorate. It is the first time that Latinos are expected to be the largest ethnic minority eligible to vote in a presidential…
Washington DC’s National Mall is not the National Mall without the dozen or so Smithsonian museums that line the streets on either side. The National Museum of African American History and Culture, the National Museum of the American Indian, and…
Tiny, cheese-filled arepas, fried octopus, plantain raviolis, all beautifully plated, are just some of the options available in Washington DC’s highly acclaimed restaurant Seven Reasons. Named America’s Best New Restaurant by Esquire and Washington DC’s number one restaurant by the…
Amid the coronavirus pandemic and with Latin American governments struggling to address the public health crises in their respective countries, the competition for influence in the hemisphere between China and the United States takes a new form: coronavirus assistance. Based…
Residents of the Gulf Coast anxiously watched as tropical storm Laura, called an “unsurvivable storm” by the National Hurricane Center, intensified and gained hurricane status. Before hitting the continental United States, and in conjunction with the now-weakened tropical storm Marco,…