Photo courtesy of Azul Azul, a Latina-led ocean justice organization, empowers Latino communities through advocacy, leadership, culture, and policy to protect the ocean. By centering people and justice, Azul transforms conservation into a movement rooted in identity, equity, and collective action for change.
The U.S. hosts several UNESCO World Heritage Sites that highlight its rich prehistoric and Indigenous cultural legacies, including ancient settlements, ceremonial earthworks, and sacred dwellings—testaments to advanced societies with complex trade networks, architecture, astronomy, and enduring cultural traditions.
Photo courtesy of Kanawa_studio at Getty Images Las mujeres hispanas/latinas aún enfrentan desigualdad en términos de salario en comparación con los hombres blancos no hispanos en EE. UU. y no alcanzarán la equidad salarial hasta el año 2206, según un informe del Instituto de Investigación sobre Políticas para la Mujer (Institute for Women’s Policy Research). En promedio, ganan $28,911 menos por año que los hombres blancos. La educación es la clave para superar esta brecha.
Citing the pandemic, the Trump administration is increasing the expulsion of migrant youth, disregarding the Flores rules that give them access to legal counsel before deportation.
An additional 50 COVID-19 cases, as well as 278 people being quarantined, has led to Puerto Rico closing more than 30 public school cafeterias and several food warehouses.
Saint Peter's Church and Saint Bartholomew Catholic Church have collectively had 100 COVID-19 deaths. Both congregations have parishioners living in crowded apartments.
edited by Jennifer A. Loughmiller-Cardinal and Keith Eppich
Written by Stephen Santa-Ramirez, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Higher Education University at Buffalo, SUNY
Written by Raquel Muñiz, JD, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Law and Education Policy, Lynch School Liaison, Law School Boston College AAHHE Faculty Fellow, 2020
The rising cost of college has been well documented. As students and their parents find paying for a high-priced education more difficult, some become desperate to secure scholarships.
Venezuelans who fled their country and send money back home to their families are dealing with the economic fallout. Venezuela’s minimum wage is the equivalent of around $2/month.
According to federal data, illegal boarder crosses from Canada to the U.S. has nearly tripled over the past three years and a growing number of these crossings are Mexican citizens.
During a TV broadcast in Venezuela, the country’s president, Nicolás Maduro, said two U.S. citizens were arrested during a raid allegedly meant to capture the Venezuelan president.
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Cinco de Mayo and in honor of those impacted by COVID-19, the Pueblo Colorado Cinco de Mayo Planning Committee is hosting a special car caravan.
There are reports across Latin America and the Caribbean of migrants deported from the U.S. being mistreated, run off and threatened because of fear that they are carrying COVID-19.
