The Biden Administration is working on updating census forms to update how it identifies Americans’ race and ethnicity for official use. The administration is collecting publican feedback on its Jan. 27 proposal to change the choice for people who identify as Hispanic or Latino or a version of those. For the next census in 2030, […]
Biden Administration Proposes New Census to Help Identify Latinos and Hispanics
February 17, 2023 By
Univision rolls out new ads urging Latinos to participate in the census
March 11, 2020 By
The census officially starts April 1, but the Census Bureau will send out invitations to complete the survey online starting Thursday. Univision this week unveiled a bilingual effort that includes free kits composed of videos and printed materials with “Sesame Street” characters to underscore the importance of counting children in the census. It’s part of a multiplatform campaign […]
The Arizona Coyotes now have a Latino owner
July 30, 2019 By
The Arizona Coyotes has a new owner and the National Hockey League (NHL) has its first Latino majority owner in league history — after purchased a controlling interest in the team. Meruelo, who is the son of Cuban immigrants, purchased the controlling stake from Andrew Barroway, the team said in a statement. It makes him […]
Julian Castro met with Latino leaders days before he makes presidency announcement
January 10, 2019 By
Former Obama administration housing chief Julian Castro met with Nevada Democrats and leaders of the Latino community in Las Vegas on Tuesday, days ahead of his planned announcement of a 2020 run for the presidency. Castro, the Democratic former mayor of San Antonio said that as a presidential candidate, he’s going to be talking about […]
With new primary schedule in California Latinos will have more say in 2020
January 9, 2019 By
Because of a slight calendar adjustment, Latinos will have a larger say in who Democrats elect to run for president in 2020. “One in five American Latinos lives in Texas and if you add California, you get substantial power of the Latino vote to really influence the Democratic Party and reshape especially the Democratic Party […]
DC Comics’ “Blue Beetle” will feature first Latino Lead
December 13, 2018 By
The American comic book publisher and Warner Bros. are developing the superhero movie “Blue Beetle”, which will feature comic book character Jaime Reyes as the first DC standalone Latino lead. Reyes is a Mexican-American teenager from El Paso, Texas, who finds his life turned upside down when he discovers the Blue Beetle scarab tool, which gives […]
Ed Pastor, Arizona’s 1st Latino congressman dies
November 30, 2018 By
Former U.S. Rep. Ed Pastor, who championed liberal causes as Arizona’s first Latino member of Congress but was known for his bipartisanship, died after suffering a heart attack, his family said Wednesday. He was 75. Pastor, a Democrat, served 23 years in Congress until deciding in 2014 against running for re-election. Pastor won a 1991 […]
Report reveals that LA County deputies seem to target Latino drivers
October 5, 2018 By
Los Angeles County deputies disproportionately pull over and search Latino drivers according to a report released yesterday by the Los Angeles Times. The Times’ report revealed that two-thirds of drivers pulled over during that period were Latino. Additionally, the overwhelming majority of searches that found no illegal substances were of Latinos. The Domestic Highway Enforcement Team is meant to focus […]
Latino candidate won Democratic nomination for Governor in Arizona
August 29, 2018 By
David Garcia, an Army veteran and education expert, won the Democratic nomination yesterday to challenge Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey, giving him a chance to become the state’s first Latino chief executive in more than 40 years. Garcia’s main competition in his party’s primary was Steve Farley, a state legislator. But operatives in both parties had […]
The overdose death rate for Latinos has doubled in three years in Massachusetts.
May 3, 2018 By
A tall, gangly man twists a cone of paper in his hands as stories from nearly 30 years of addiction pour out: the robbery that landed him in prison at 17; never getting his GED; going through the horrors of detox, maybe 40 times, including this latest, which he finished two weeks ago. “I’m a […]
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