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A Wisconsin school board votes to keep dual language program after pushback from families, students
Families and students in southern Wisconsin are celebrating after the Delavan-Darien School District school board voted to keep its K-12 dual language program unchanged following weeks of community backlash and organizing efforts.
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For “No Sabo Kids,” Being Latino Comes With More Than Just the Language
South Florida’s large Hispanic community coincides with greater levels of Spanish speakers, but what is the experience of those who cannot speak their native tongue?
Border Patrol surveillance network expands across Michigan highways
Civil rights advocates are concerned about warrantless monitoring, data collection, and the quiet spread of federal enforcement infrastructure far from the southern border.
Cocaine and Corruption: As U.S. Military Operations Continue, Ecuadorians Say Drug Crime Needs Holistic Response
Experts emphasize that long-term stability depends on addressing systemic corruption and social service deficiencies, rather than military intervention alone.
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Democracy in CTLN: Voter Access Across New England
Hispanic and Latino Americans are the fastest growing racial and ethnic group in the U.S. electorate since the last midterm elections, with about 34.5 million Hispanics and Latinos eligible to vote in 2022. While the turnout for Hispanic and Latino voters nationwide has increased over the past decade, they still fall behind other groups. Hispanic and Latino voters face a variety of barriers, but efforts to limit voter access are increasing across the country. Democracy doesn’t properly work when people and communities are prevented from participating within local, state, or national elections. Expanding voting access across the country ensures that communities are accurately and justly represented by its elected officials. Advocating for and increasing voting access includes expanding early voting, online voter registration, and same-day voter registration. In Connecticut, there is currently no form of early voting and fairly restrictive absentee voting laws, according to Staff Attorney Aida Carini [...]
Cicero Independiente: Taking a People First Approach in Creating News
Cicero Independiente is a bilingual, independent, people-centered news organization local to the town of Cicero, a Southwest suburb of Chicago. Cicero Independiente was founded in 2019 by April Alonso, Irene Romulo and Ankur Singh in response to the lack of accessible information focused on the people of Cicero. The trio bonded over a common desire to create local, transparent news for people traditionally neglected by the media, and to give these people the power to decide how their stories are told. IL Latino News met with Digital Editor April Alonso and Development and Community Engagement Coordinator Irene Romulo to talk about their journey. Irene Romulo, Development & Community Engagement Coordinator of Cicero Independiente April Alonso, Digital Editor of Cicero Independiente ILLN: April and Irene, as two of the founders of Cicero Independiente, tell me about the experience of starting your own publication. Alonso: I think at the beginning I [...]
Latino News Network and Be The Ones Announce Partnership
Latino News Network (LNN) and Be The Ones are proud to announce their partnership to help constituents be well informed and prepared to participate in down-ballot races (local & state races) this November. The multi-layered communication and education campaign equips voters with accessible, clear, factual information to better understand which positions are on the ballot and how these officials impact issues like reproductive justice and voting access. While 32 million Latinos are eligible to vote in the U.S., only 53.7% cast a ballot in 2020. Research shows lack of easy to understand and accessible information is a barrier to participation. Local civic & voter education is essential if we want to increase participation. State and local officials shape our lives. They make decisions impacting everything from kids’ education, immigration policies, expanding healthcare, and voter access. With 99% of elections this year being state & local positions, we have an opportunity to meet people where they [...]
Latino News Network And Be The Ones Announce Partnership
Latino News Network (LNN) and Be The Ones are proud to announce their partnership to help constituents be well informed and prepared to participate in down-ballot races (local & state races) this November. The multi-layered communication and education campaign equips voters with accessible, clear, factual information to better understand which positions are on the ballot and how these officials impact issues like reproductive justice and voting access. While 32 million Latinos are eligible to vote in the U.S., only 53.7% cast a ballot in 2020. Research shows lack of easy to understand and accessible information is a barrier to participation. Local civic & voter education is essential if we want to increase participation. State and local officials shape our lives. They make decisions impacting everything from kids’ education, immigration policies, expanding healthcare, and voter access. With 99% of elections this year being state & local positions, we have an opportunity to meet people where they [...]
Addressing Period Poverty
Period poverty is a global issue experienced by millions of people, especially houseless, low-income and Black and Brown communities. Still, so many are unaware of what this is. The stigmas surrounding menstruation, sexual health, and gender have all contributed to the mass dismissal of this topic as a health crisis, preventing many from recieving help. In fact, periods are so stigmatized that many can’t even utter the word period or menstruation: it’s the cycle, that time of the month, Aunt Flo or so many other euphemisms that deflect from this naturally occurring bodily function. At Illinois Latino News and its sibling affiliates under the Latino News Network banner, we view our readers, you, as an extension of our newsroom. If journalism is a public service, you are our collaborators, our partners. In covering this topic, we need your help. We want to know your experiences dealing with menstruation and/or [...]
Oases in the Desert: How Local Initiatives Battle Food Insecurity
The Go Green Fresh Community Market in Chicago’s Englewood is an oasis. With its earthy-colored signs and stalls stacked with leafy greens, the local grocery store sits at the intersection of 63rd and Racine – right in the heart of a food desert, where locals have little or no access to fresh produce. Food deserts, according to the USDA, are entirely man-made urban areas with a poverty rate of at least 20% and where at least a third of the population lives more than a mile from a supermarket or large grocery store. In Chicago, food deserts make up the majority of South and West neighborhoods, prompting around 500 thousand residents to shop at local corner stores. A typical corner store, however, is crammed, small, and does not carry fresh food options, explains Elliot Clay, state programs director at the Illinois Environmental Council. Results of concentrated shopping at corner [...]
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