Latino USA

“Earth-Shattering” Results Show Latino Voters Were Fed Up and Demanded Change

Latino voters played a huge role in the “earth-shattering” midterm election, showing a “historic shift” to the left and away from how many Latinos voted just two years ag

Listen Again: Texas Flipped! Gina Hinojosa Is Set to Become Texas’ First Latina Governor

The morning after a historic midterm election, we revisit our conversation with Gina Hinojosa from the campaign trail. Now governor-elect, she will become the first Latin

Listen Again: Texas Flipped! “Moderate” Democrat Bobby Pulido Wins Back Latino Voters in South Texas

In a stunning upset on a historic midterm night, Tejano music icon Bobby Pulido defeated incumbent Republican Rep. Monica De La Cruz in Texas’ 15th Congressional District

Paramilitary Forces, Concentration Camps, and the Midterms: Timothy Snyder on Fighting Fascism

Historian Timothy Snyder wants people to start calling out our current government with words like: fascism, concentration camps, and paramilitary actions. Snyder, author

Dolores Huerta: Labor Rights Leader, Dancing Queen and Humble Diva

Dolores Huerta has died at age 96. She was a powerful leader who shaped the labor rights movement and stayed out late to dance and chat with young people, even in her 80s

Chicago’s Our Home: How Some South Shore Residents Are Taking on the Federal Government

One night in September 2025, more than 300 federal agents – including ICE and the FBI – raided an apartment complex in the south side of Chicago in a massive militarized

Chicago is Our Home: Haitians Left In Immigration Limbo

More than 300,000 Haitian immigrants lost their temporary protected status this summer, leaving them in fear and uncertainty about whether they’ll be able to remain in th

Estrella: Bittersweet Freedom for a “Bad Mexican”

This summer, after serving a nine-year sentence in a notorious Texas men’s prison, Estrella was released but wasn’t free. First she was put in immigration detention facil

Estrella: la inmigrante imperfecta

Este verano, después de terminar una sentencia de 9 años en una prisión de hombres en Texas, Estrella salió, pero no encontró libertad. Fue transferida a las manos de ICE

Guillermo del Toro on Why His Pan's Labyrinth Is More Relevant than Ever

This spooky season we get an extra treat from one of the masters of horror. On October 9th, Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro’s seminal fantasy horror classic, Pan’s L

The Whisper Game: Looking for Answers in Perú

What identified Nixon as a member of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua? Was it a confidential informant's testimony? Was it the rose tattoo on his arm? Was the fact that

The Whisper Game: Trump Comes to Town, a Young Venezuelan Migrant is Sent to CECOT

Before the Venezuelan migrant Nixon Azuaje-Pérez was arrested, a PR firm reached out to national media outlets and told them that the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua was t

The Whisper Game: A Young Migrant and Spent Bullet Cases

In July 2024, then nineteen-year-old Nixon Azuaje-Pérez picked up spent bullet casings after a shooting outside his apartment in Aurora, Colorado. It was a decision that

From the Fields to Hollywood: Luis Valdez on Chicano Storytelling

Before 86-year-old Luis Valdez directed the play Zoot Suit and the film La Bamba, he was staging theater in the back of a flatbed truck in the fields of California for fa

Sneak Peek: How Peniley Ramírez survived one of the deadliest earthquakes in Mexico City

We bring you a sneak peek of a recent Futuro+ bonus episode. Our co-CEO Peniley Ramírez remembers the devastating 2017 Mexico City earthquake that occured on the 32nd ann

The “Water War” in the Rio Grande

Last year, reporter Jack Herrera traveled the length of the Rio Grande basin – from its source in Colorado to the Gulf of Mexico. He found that the water crisis in the re

Breakfast at Puerto Viejo: Reclaiming Afro Dominican Music with YEИDRY & Yasser Tejeda

YEИDRY is a Dominican-Italian artist whose newly released debut full-length album, Como Agua, takes a deep dive into Afro-Dominican rhythms. The album includes palos, bac

LA's Backyard Party Scene: An Instagram Account and a Memoir

Guadalupe Rosales is an artist and the creator of the popular Instagram accounts “Veteranas and Rucas” and “Map Pointz,” which focus on the fashion, the music, and certai

The Art of Soccer Chants: The Good, The Bad, and their History

What would soccer be without fans? And what would a match feel like without them chanting at the top of their lungs? Chants are a way to express joy, patriotism, and frus

9/11: The Day that Forever Changed U.S. Immigration Policy

September 11, 2001 was a paradigm shift. The terrorist attacks reshaped U.S. immigration policy forever and this year marks the 25th anniversary. Nearly 3,000 people were