As more Latino voters in California loosen their ties to the two major parties, candidates are testing new ways to connect through local issues and direct community engagement.

What diaspora engagement reveals about citizenship, political identity, and the responsibilities that come with democratic participation across borders.

Voter behavior is shaped by turnout, local identity, candidate relationships, and community trust more than by party registration or ethnicity alone.

Assemblymember Blanca Pacheco chairs the California Assembly's Rules Committee, giving her significant power over which bills get hearings, how quickly they move, and whether laws take effect immediately.

Examine the tension between state ballot outcomes and national political battles.

Latinas prioritizing immigrant protections, democracy, and opposition to the Trump agenda at significantly higher rates than Latino men.

The victory reflects a growing statewide movement to recognize domestic labor as essential work and to ensure immigrant and women workers receive the protections long denied to them.

The nation is confronting the full scale of Latino workers’ economic power — and the inequities they continue to face.

From wage gaps and student debt to housing discrimination — Many Latinos are locked out of opportunities that fuel long‑term financial stability.

Aisha Ortiz turned her lifelong love of history and fashion into a thriving business.

Restaurateur celebrates her Mexican roots through food, culture, and a growing local following.

The program shows how climate solutions and workforce equity can grow together.

Financial‑literacy classes are helping Spanish‑speaking families access tools to build financial stability and navigate an increasingly complex economy.

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.

Fellows will contribute reporting that expands the reach of their storytelling and strengthens journalism that informs, connects, and empowers communities

With no tryouts, no fees, and fully inclusive teams, KG Soccer removes financial and logistical barriers that often keep kids out of organized sports.

Student support programs, academic resources, and community services essential to Latino student success are at risk.

"This opportunity reinforces our belief that when Latino residents are empowered to tell their own stories, journalism becomes a tool for connection, dignity, and civic participation."

Transforming climate data into sound to help audiences “listen intentionally” to long‑term environmental change.

For Latino communities...conservation's not simply about a policy issue, it's about our identify, and our heritage and our way of life."

Op-Ed: Chicago’s working families shouldn’t have to choose between good union jobs and the right to breathe clean air in the neighborhoods they helped build.

Latinos brace for a turbulent 2026: economic strain, immigration fears, and major clean‑energy job losses. The stakes have never been higher.

Activists and residents organize as they fear their city might be a hotspot of exposure to a dangerous chemical.

California has stopped buying coal power, marking a major clean-energy milestone. Advocates say the next step is making sure Latino communities share in the benefits.

A new UW–Madison program is training medical students to provide culturally competent dementia care for Wisconsin’s growing Latino population, addressing long-standing barriers of language, trust and access in memory care services.

While some new mothers receive abundant support and celebratory fanfare, migrant mothers often face bare rooms and social isolation.

While this political theater unfolds, the communities most devastated by COVID-19—Latino and Black families—remain largely unacknowledged in the administration’s rhetoric.

Special report outlines the lasting impacts of Hurricane Maria and how mismanagement of Puerto Rico’s electric grid in the years since has led to ongoing instability.

I didn’t leave until my situation became extremely violent because I was raised by my grandparents and didn’t know what a healthy intimate relationship was supposed to look like.

" We must continue to work to end the colonial legacy of oppression and its manifestation in policies rooted in white supremacy that upend reproductive rights."

"The Trump administration wants to limit housing vouchers for permanent supportive housing, which is what I am on. I do not make enough money to get a market-rate apartment."

Investigation of the many approaches that Berwyn's local government can take to mitigate urban flooding for its residents, including green alleys.

The LatinX Diabetes Clinic offers linguistically and culturally accessible care for Latinos with diabetes.

Community-based programs prioritize cultural understanding and trust.

A transformative after-school experience that has quietly been shaping the futures of Detroit youth since 2001.

Excessive water that accumulates in developed areas, is a growing concern for residents and infrastructure.